2006-07-01 09:10:49 · 24 answers · asked by sheena 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes I do. If evolution is correct why are there still monkeys?
2006-07-01 09:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by Greg 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are a great many things that we take as fact that are technically only a theory, but I would say that the theory of evolution is probably alot closer to becoming scientific law than most.
Evolution has actually been proven on a smaller timescale in the natural selection of moths in England during the Industrial Revolution. There was a common moth that used to be white because it allowed it to be camflagued among the light-barked trees, yet it was observed that there were occasional mutations that resulted in a dark-winged breed but these always were easy prey due to the contrast. As industrial processes covered things in ash, over the course of a couple decades the moth very rapidly swung to the darker variety and now it is the strain that exists today.
To the idiots who asks why there are still monkeys, it's because only the groups that were forced to evolve by environment would indeed evolve. So long as existing monkeys have no reason to evolve (having safe habitat and relatively free from predators), it will stay that way. Also, have you stopped to peraps think that maybe today's monkeys were a lower evolved lifeform back while we were monkeys? No, that would require thought.
The fact is God created science and asked humanity to become unto Him through our greater understanding of those gifts. The fact that you "Christians" have squandered the great opportunity He has given you is pathetic in the extreme. You people should try to spend more time questioning the world and less time finding reasons to spew hate.
2006-07-01 16:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by PALADIN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A theory is an idea that it may work this way. A fact is when science proves that it is true. So far, Scientist have not been able to prove the Theory of Evolution is true. You can find information on The Creation Research Institute web site which is many scientists who have tested and researched the roots and DNA of this theory. As with all failing theories, the dying theorists works hard to keep its root, but it is obvious that it is a failing theory by scientific proof of leading scientists in today.
You see, we have DNA testing. We have proof of small mechanical organic made mechanisms that do not break down to one cell organisms. So this disproves that all being come from one cell. A Creator of life had to fashion the small motor. Look at the DNA. It is a mechanically made form that works like a machine that could only be created by a Creator or God.
It is not enough to accept ideas they taught you in grade school, for science and discovery continue to discover and prove or disprove past theories.
The newest discoveries lead to a conclusion that there is a Creator of this Universe. The life on earth was not an accident or mutation as one man wrote 100 years ago. It is not the age of the theory, but in proving it lies the truth of it.
2006-07-01 16:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by Katarina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's a theory. Then there's the germ theory. Ever heard that one? If you wash your hands, you reduce your nasty germs; and don't run your tongue along the railing, etc.
Lots of theories. But it's all in the semantics maybe. Then there's the theory of second-hand smoke. Smokers may tell you it's only a theory.
All those people who are afraid of evolution, they have only a half-god that they go to church to worship every Sunday. For if there is a real God, there is an all-powerful God, and evolution just as any other fact of the universe would only serve to show his power.
But their god cannot tolerate anything such as evolution, and so they fervently revile and denounce the concept...
2006-07-01 16:26:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A theory is what you call a proposed answer that the evidence from experiments supports in science. Only in mathematics can a theory be proven true. This is the kind of fundamental understanding that many theists are missing, and religious beliefs exploit.
Would you also like to dispute the theory of gravity? It is incomplete as well. (just like evolution)
2006-07-01 16:16:16 · answer #5 · answered by bc_munkee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that there are multiple definitions for the word "theory". In science, a theory is a widely-accepted set of principles that are believed to be true. Gravity is still a theory in that regard.
2006-07-01 16:16:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all theories. As you pointed out, nobody was around then so we can only theorize. Creationism is an older theory than evolution, but it still amazes me that people beleive in evolution more than creation.
Evolution is false lies, Darwin theorist, not scientist.
Creation is true, Bible fact, not fiction.
2006-07-01 16:14:56 · answer #7 · answered by Gary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in the same sense that gravity is a theory (no one knows what actually pulls masses towards each other) and that mathematics is a theory.
Of course I'll put my money on the theory of astromechanics before I put any on any Earth-centric beliefs.
2006-07-01 16:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by Erik P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is not a theory.
There is a theory that evolution is how species developed, it may be a fact.
2006-07-01 16:21:34 · answer #9 · answered by a tao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think it is one of the most believable theorys there is. It makes so much sense.
2006-07-01 16:13:06 · answer #10 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Still just a theory.
2006-07-01 16:12:14 · answer #11 · answered by godwon2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋