Creationists, when you say there is no evidence for evolution, what do you mean by that?

Question

Since there is, quite literally, hundreds of thousands of peer-reviewed evidence and proof for evolution. There is however, only one outdated book of bronze-age jewish mythology supporting creationism.
I'll address the common lies told by creationists to get the ball rolling;
1-"There are no transitional fossils. " One of the biggest lies told by creationists. There are THOUSANDS of transitional fossils. Here are some good sites that demonstrate this fact;
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional.html

2- "Evolution is only a theory" A true statement that is twisted by creationists to make it look like even though it's a theory, it's not true. Read what THEORY means in science please;
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html

3-"macroevolution has never been observed" again, a lie. Here is the link;
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/

So, please, educate yourselves about what you know nothing before you answer ok? Thanks.

Oh and for the idiots that will tout thinkgs like the mistakes Evolution makes, shake your head. Just because mistakes are made, doesn't mean the result isn't true. Unlike religion, science learns from it's mistakes. That's why ALL credible science is peer-reviewed. Once the mistake is found, it is addressed and then it moves forward. What does religion do in the same situation? It defends the mistake like it was dogma. Doesn't say much for the credibility of creationism now does it?

ReneeG
READ the links before you ask stupid questions ok? Thanks.

Rocky,
yes. I find the best way to put these people in thier place is to remind them that stupidity is NOT tolerated. Nor will it be.
If they want to ask and intelliegent question, do so. But to drag out something as asinine as "piltdown man" which was, as everyone should know, a hoax, is not only juvenile, but immaterial as well. Piltdown man has been delt with and removed from the archaelogical record. Next.

AllenF
Oh it's a secret alright, we hide them in esoteric vaults of arcane knowlege, we call them Museums. But you probably call them "the devil's hideout"
You really are the epitome of the moronic christian. Too stupid to understand the facts, too mired in your dogma to have enough courage to change. Pathetic.

Smiling4ever222
If there are any "facts" about creation, could you share them with us. Because at last count there was exactly ZERO facts surrounding the creation myth. Not a single one.
But hey, you might have some facts or evidence that supports creationism. If you did, you'd be the first christian in history to do so. But think of the fame!
Share with us!

Answer 1

It means that there is no evidence that they will ever accept because of their blind belief in their inherent mythology.

Answer 2

Grow up!

You evolutionists act as if you could somehow point to a single thread connecting man all the way back to some ocean microrganism. If you have it, it is time to stop keeping it secret from the rest of us.

What you really have is groups of animals which began an eon in one form and ended that eon recognizably diiferent, and you have few eon overlaps. I agree that you have transitional forms, and for the most part, you have no idea of the mechanisms of those transitions. Although I know some have attempted such descriptions.

What about this Island Evolution nonsense? A single species led to different birds on different islands. Of course! We all know what happens when you separate a gene pool and isolate the populations. It is the reason there are white men and black men and red men and yellow men. But none of them are of a different species. And I will believe that the birds of the Galapagos have become separate species when someone establishes colonies of all of them on one Island and can point to no reproductive hybrids after 20 years We all know what would happen if we populated an island with every breed of dog don't we? And, why, in thousands of years of selective breeding of dogs has no new species evolved?

The bottom line is that the simultaneous rise of various creatures in each eon lacks evidence to connect them all together to a common ancestor and you are left to make futile and unsupported claims of common ancestry. And every time a new discovery rears its ugly head, you become involved in a scramble to try and stuff it into existing theory. The history of the study clearly shows how many major modifications had to be made to existing theory to save it from abandonment altogether.

The latest example is the "Hobbit" discovery which has paleontologists pouring out invectives against each other in their fear of having to explain the find at all. Thus far the debate has led at least one to claim that the find was really a victim of disease, and no new find at all. Meanwhile, Cro Magnon has been pushed back nearly 100,000 years in the last two decades alone. I fully expect that the finding of a million year old Cro Magnon will be supressed by the finders because such a find would do irreparable damage to the theory.

In short, you are utterly incapable of refuting the Bible statement that multiple lines arose simultaneously.

The Creationists would do well to leave you alone, understanding that Darwin's theories require more faith than religion does.

Frankly I find it absurd to believe that the trillions of transitions which must have occurred to turn an amoeba into today's thousands of species could have occurred in the period of time from the moment the earth was capable of supporting life to now. You can point to the rise of no new species since the appearance of Cro Magnon.

I know. You get around that one by arguing that the transitions occurred at a geometrically higher rate earlier in our history. I await the discovery that will eventually stop evolutionists from wiggling around the theory and start them searching for reality.

Answer 3

Not a creationist, but find the question and links provided stimulating anyway!

If we can disregard the evidence of evolution, it is easier to think of ourselves as something more than just another species of mammal on the planet.... a very clever mammal, but an animal none-the-less. This makes humans the only thing or being on the planet that could possibly contain the spark or light of God within us. A pretty egotistical view if you also believe that God created all that is, was and ever will be.

I think most of these paradoxes in Christian teachings have their foundations in the translations made by scholars associated with organizations more interested in controlling the masses than pure transmission of the knowledge offered us.

It takes a scholarly attitude and a pure heart to see through much of what is available to the average person seeking to become enlightened these days. Creationism is just one facet of the issues created by the overall editing and 'spin' put on the translations of actual biblical documents over the centuries.

Answer 4

This is for ReneG.

You want evidence? Will DNA convince you?
If so, then try this for size.

The finches of the Galapagos Islands whose variations started Darwin on his study of evolution have since been examined forensically via their DNA. That DNA evidence proves that every single different species of finch on those islands are descended from a single DIFFERENT species of finch that was first to get blown or carried to those islands. DNA does not lie.

And THAT is what evolution is. Nature and nurture combining to provide a creature with the necessary means for its survival as a species.

Where a bigger beak meant better nutrition, bigger-beaked birds lived longer and made more baby birds, most with Mom and Dad's big beaks. Eventually big-beaked birds were the norm.

On another island, a long, skinny beak worked better. So the birds which possessed a longer, skinnier beak were the birds who lived to reproduce and pass on that DNA. And another finch species came to be.

There are also mutative episodes, the nature of which we do not as yet fully understand. They occur in a short time frame and seem to affect a whole species in a given area almost in a single generation. Sometimes these mutative episodes result in a better, more fitted to survive species. Sometimes they lead to an extinction because the DNA changes are not good. From the fossil evidence it would appear that this is what led to the extinction of mammalian-like reptiles at the end of the Late Permian. Mammals themselves evolved from a completely different family of reptiles, which possessed some of the characteristics of the mammalian-like reptiles who died out.

Evolution is just one more way for a Creator God to create. And lots more fun than just waving a languid hand and saying "Be!".

Answer 5

For the answer to your three points, go to this website! I believe that it will prove all three of your theories wrong. Once you are at the website, you can either skip the video, or watch it, but after that is done, click on the #2 button. This is Intelligent Design vs. Evolution. Watch that and I believe your opinion will change.

Answer 6

You really want serious answers with your quote?
"Oh and for the idiots that will tout thinkgs like the mistakes Evolution makes"

Answer 7

The odd thing is, religion in itself is a theory - whatever the beliefs are, the people are, in a way, theorizing how things came to be. And if you ask me, religion is even more of a theory than science.

Answer 8

I haven't seen any evidence and it may be fake, like the piltdown (sp.) man was fake. So until I see evolution happen or I see God, I'm not believing in either.

Answer 9

i guess you should ask that question to the person who said such a thing to you and you might know why. asking someone who has no clue what was going through the mind of the person when he said you that , it's hard to say the answer

Answer 10

I agree with Valkyrie

Answer 11

personally when I would say there is no evidence. I would mean something to the effect that there is NO evidence.