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When an evolutionist starts talking about a billions year old earth they say things like . . . maybe, we think, probably, we are not sure, could be, possibly, we don't know yet, the "missing" link. Well technically there is not 1 missing link but millions of them. I just wanted some feedback on it.

2006-07-08 21:06:31 · 20 answers · asked by Billy B 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Do you find "God did it" more preferable?

And, if "God did it," why bother going to school or doing anything to improve our lives?

We should all just go live in caves or under trees and depend on God.

2006-07-08 21:22:20 · answer #1 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1 0

Well, that's a lot more honest than talking about the bible as a FACT, when for all we know it could as well not be any more than a pretty fairy tale.

Of course Evolution has a lot of things to explain yet! But it's trying. On the other hand, the main Creationist theory is "If they cannot explain it, then it must be wrong. We win." But even though Evolution weren't totally right (or even if it weren't right at all) that would not mean Creationism is. It is possible that something in between is the truth. And since scientists are HONEST, they don't take for granted anything they can't prove.

2006-07-08 21:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

DARWIN SAYS HIS TEORY IS NO MORE WITH HIS OWN WORDS!!!
In Asia, Africa and Australia lives a remarkable creature the archerfish that shoots down its prey from the air above it with a burst of water. It uses its tongue and the top of its mouth to form a groove simiilar to a gun barrel. Then by compressing its gills it squirts water up to six feet with deadly accuracy -- in spite of the distortion caused by seeing the target from below the surface of water.
Evolutionists still don't know how the archerfish got its amazing abilities.They can only wonder. Viewid through the distortion of evolution they cannot explain how the archerfish gradually learned to not aim where its eyes see but to aim instead at a different spot where the target actually is.
Without its binocular vision it couldnot see the object with such precision and without the special shape of the upper mouth and a specialized tongue it could not make the groove it needs to shoot lthe concentrated jet of water. Many factors have to appear together and be perfectly formed for this shooting mechanism to work. This of course goes totally against Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory which is based on a gradual step by step process.
Darwin wrote in (The Origin of Species)-- "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications my theory would absolutely break down"(1859, p. 171).
The archerfish offers precisely such an example since several complex systems must all appear at the same time perfectly and not gradually formed--binocular vision,a specialized mouth and tongue, specialized gills to compress and expel water and an aiming system based in the brain and not in the eyes. If any of these parts is missing the mechanism will not hit the target and no survival advantage is created.
When you get down to the facts the archerfish with one squirt of its gills shoots down Charles Darwin's entire theory of evolution and that by Darwin's own admission!!!
So evolution doesn't have the answer to this mystery. But the Bible does. Genesis 1:20-21 says that God created all the creatures that live in the water. He created a great variety of perfectly formed fish including the archerfish with all its special features such as binocular vision other specialized organs and a built in ability to compenste for the distortion of the water.

2006-07-08 21:12:06 · answer #3 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0 0

As soon as scientists move out of a controlled laboratory and start doing science in a forensic manner they can't be certain of anything. Experimental controls, reproducibility, etc. are out the window. This is a big problem in geology, too. Darwinian evolution and geology combined borders on fantasy. Add the communications medium: If the story isn't interesting to the viewer, they can't sell soap. So, all of this 'science' coming through to your kids on TV is really dangerous. It also defames real science wherein proper controls and reproducibility are in place and the findings are usually copesthetic with mathematics. Newton is a good example. Darwin and plate tectonics are bad examples.

2006-07-08 21:17:44 · answer #4 · answered by thepaxilman 2 · 0 0

Anyone who studies science is soon humbled by the realization of how much we just don't know. Nevertheless, we are able to piece together a good deal of knowledge in general terms, such as the theory of evolution.

Some religious people have a hard time understanding science because they have been led to believe that we already know everything. One the one hand they are dismayed by the uncertainty of reality-based knowledge, and on the other threatened by the possibility that new knowledge might force them to rethink their beliefs.

2006-07-08 21:32:51 · answer #5 · answered by injanier 7 · 0 0

This is the difference between discovered truth and revealed truth. If you have a direct pipeline to God, of course you get your Truth in a single package, all at once, no problem. But if you want to discovery your Truth, you need to take your time, look at the details, fit the pieces of the puzzle together.

The only problem with revealed truth that I can see is there is no way to know what entity is doing the revealing, and whether it knows the truth, or whether it has an interest in deceiving you. When you dig out the facts for yourself and piece them together yourself, you know. Some of us are not good at believing six impossible things before breakfast.

2006-07-08 21:13:08 · answer #6 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0 0

Because science lacks the hubris of dogmatic ideology, it leaves open the possibility that there may be more to learn...we don't already know it all.

*Note that utilizing learned behavior to better survive is a function of a large number of species and in no way contradicts evolution. In fact, it strengthens the evolutionary claim of adaptability. Ernest77h fails to understand that evolution is a continuing process and what we see in the Archerfish is a dramatic view of evolution in action. Nice try, though...

2006-07-08 21:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by m137pay 5 · 0 0

To leave something open-ended, to admit that there is still more to learn is actually smarter than saying, "This is true and that's it!"
Furthermore, the "theory" of evolution is a proven fact. The only part of it that is controversial is the theory of evolution BY NATURAL SELECTION. Natural selection is what really gets those religious people, because it implies that we were not created, but rather our present form is the result of millions of years of "survival of the fittest."

2006-07-08 21:46:48 · answer #8 · answered by red_rose6886 2 · 0 0

Please study Dieoff.com, TheOilDrum.com, LifeAfterTheOilCrash.net. The President has said we are addicted to oil--we are running out-- unless you believe we invaded Iraq to steal their datefruit. The Thermo-Gene Collision predicted blood for oil, our population Overshoot and the coming Dieoff of BILLIONS.
Dr. Duncan's Olduvai Gorge Theory states that we are headed back to the caveman existence as all cities will start having blackouts. Ignore this at your great peril--call it the Rapture or the Rupture-- our world will soon undergo a transformation beyond belief!

2006-07-08 21:22:10 · answer #9 · answered by totoneila 1 · 0 0

Hahaha. Nice point. Of course that has to be their vocabulary. Although I am a man of science, I in no way believe science can explain everything. I especially don't understand how we can know what happened BILLLIONS of years ago. That is, since no one was alive. And more importantly, the earth is not that old. :)

2006-07-08 21:14:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Ever noticed gaps in the bible? Like how Abraham lived to be well over 170? Everyone does it, not just Evolutionists.

2006-07-08 21:13:34 · answer #11 · answered by Reno 2 · 0 0

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