Religion offers very simple answers - science offers new possibilities. Did we indeed rise out of that primeval goo by coincidence, or are we the result of divine intervention?
2006-06-30 18:05:02 · 31 answers · asked by sady_the_hibernal 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
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2006-07-07 17:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Bifrons 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someday the majority belief will scoff at the theory that we all evolved by accident from some goo the same way that we now laugh at the idea that the Earth is flat and that if you travel too close to the edge you will fall off! Really, take a look at the marvelous complexity of any living thing and answer me this... how many failed
mutations did it take for a successful new version of a species to occur... or, how did this species survive long enough for this 'accidental' iterative process to yield a successful breeding male and female? For that matter, why even have male and female? Also, look around... do you see any evidence anywhere that this accidental iterative process is still going on? If it's not still going, why did it stop? The whole idea is simply rediculous. It does make sense to me, though, that this theory of evolution gives people a way out of being accountable to a creator.
2006-07-07 12:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by jbert_123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We didn't come from prieval goo. That much is clear. That's not the way the world works. If you build a small house, it will rot away and disappear in less than 1,000 years. It will not become a palace in 100,000,000 years. If you plant a garden, it will not naturally become more beautiful with time. It goes wild rather quickly, without maintenance.
Everything goes from order to chaos by natures doing, not the other way around. Therefore, is it reasonable to asume that human beings, in all ther complexity and symetry came to be out of millions of years of genetic mutations? Does it really make sense that something as complex as your hand (and that's just one body part) could take form by an accident of nature?
I've heard arguements that "well yes, after MILLIONS OF YEARS," such trends can take any direction, and that yes--man could have come from single-cell life."
But if you examine the arguement, it doesn't make sense. There is no natural historical record that shows a trend towards complexity from simplicity, with the exception of fossils. And even that record is inconclusive, due to huge gaps. In truth, the gaps are bigger than the evidence!
For evolution to be the source of mankind, you would have to find a continuous progression of one human shape to another. Remember, we're talking about each generation being only BARELY different from its predacessor. So one should be able to find fossil records of every stage of development!
No, even in the short recorded history of man kind, genetic changes have been observed. But its not evolution, it's devolution.
No, a species cannot undergo total transformation through genetic mutation.
This may, or may not be proof of God. You be the judge. But evolution makes less sense than devine intervention. Just look at a leaf on a tree, and how every cell has a purpose. Purpose implies intent. Intent implies creation.
2006-07-07 20:35:24 · answer #3 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every religion or every culture believes in a higher power. Like John Donne said, we can't live as humans without a notion of transcendence...I guess we don't like to think that we're done..
but the thing is we'll never know for a fact, and I don't see a problem in combine the science with a god...because the evolution, that first cell it had to come from somewhere, or the big bang, it needed an impulse, right?
who made the cells?
2006-07-07 18:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by M.A.G. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Primordial
I believe in primoridal goo which arose from divine intervention. Something started this existence. It had to be a higher being. Whether this being would be so focused on Earth's happenings, I don't know. I just think everyone should believe what they feel is right (after exploring their options) and never do harm to someone that feels different. It is stupid to hurt someone for something you don't even KNOW to be true.
2006-07-07 21:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are the result of a loving father. His name is I Am, well, that's one of his many names. He created us to commune with him. We are here to praise, worship and bless his name, like Miriam E said.
God created us a little lower than angels and gave us free will to believe in him or not. So we have freedom of choice.
BTW - I am not narrow minded. I am redeemed. I have been the lost sinner, I have been a "backslider" with a double twisting dismount and a pike. I find I like the surety of salvation and a loving father much better. I am the child of the King, and I am a princess!
And the music is great: Kutless, Manic Drive, Pillar!
2006-07-07 19:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by rustymane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-07 17:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divine formation
2006-07-07 22:16:53 · answer #8 · answered by chewey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couldn't it be both? What if the divine put the goo there and then sat back and said "Let's see what will happen"
2006-07-01 01:09:28 · answer #9 · answered by q2003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pride goeth before the fall
2006-07-07 22:34:06 · answer #10 · answered by kissablelips421 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋