Can any fundie give me an accurate description of the theory of evolution, or is it just the...?

Question

"Why are there still monkeys then" question?

So, none of you understand its fundamental concepts?

So 24/25 did not get the intent of my question, very interesting...

Answer 1

Fundies can grasp the subtleties of independent thought

Answer 2

Let's see, "why are there still monkeys out there?"

First, evolution does not say that every lower life form uniformly morphs into the next, but higher, life form. Common picture is that some 5 million years ago a group of animals that were common ancestors to both chimps and humans began to differentiate. The more chimp-like began to keep to themselves and the more human-like began to keep to themselves. An alternate notion was that in one place some of the offspring of the common ancestor had more human-like traits and those evolved creatures began a separate path (kept to themselves) while elsewhere those with more chimp-like changes began to flourish apart from the human branch.

Of course, the common descriptions have things like diet and the presence of different types of hazards or environment somehow reprogrammed the DNA so that now there are some 35 million distinct genetic variations, although in the sum there are upwards of 97 percent genetic agreement.

Still, that is the trick--how did so much change happen? If there were some mutation stages, then where are the fossils of all the intermediate freaks, mutants that failed? Maybe those are the austrilapithacines of Louis Leaky and family. Maybe those are the Neanderthal. Maybe.

Personally, I'm holding out that God made them all but with enough similarities as to give some of us something to do or think about--for what its worth.

Answer 3

You have a group of monkeys that live in the trees. One day, a new monkey decides to take over and drives out a bunch of the older ones. These monkeys are left in the grasslands where there are no trees. Some have short tails, some have long tails. Those with long tails are eaten by tigers (tigers can grab the tails more easily) and eventually there are no more long-tailed monkeys. So now all the monkeys have short tails. The taller monkeys can see over the grass to look for predators. The shorter ones are eaten by tigers because they cannot see over the grass. Soon, there are no short monkeys. It's very hot on the plains, and the really hairy monkeys die of heat stroke. Soon, there are only slightly hairy monkeys left to reproduce. Meanwhile, the clan in the trees thrives on as they always have, for they are perfectly adapted to their habitat.

THAT is how it works.

Answer 4

I know this question is directed at fundamentalist christians to discover if they understand the theory they dispute but everyone seems to miss the point of your question.
It is like the congressman who sponsered a bill to include the ten commandments in many public places but when asked on the colbert show if he could recite them, he stammered and admitted that he did not know what they all were.
you will find that many christians do not know the ten commandments and certainly are unable to decipher the meaning after being told what they are. they do not even agree officially on what they are. some have 9 and some 11.
SO I hope some "fundie" will attempt to answer your question so we can all understand exactly what theory they are saying is untrue.
maybe god created evolution as a constructive adapative force of life when he created life? It makes sense and resolves the dispute.

Answer 5

Evolution theory purports that man evolved from ape which evolved from birds which evolved from lizards which evolved from fish which evolved from micro single cell organisms which formed in a cosmic primordial pool....gee, when put that way it's hard to believe.
Monkeys still exist because they are waiting to become humans... but since they are denied, by whom? (I don't know- nature? HA!) they just have to remain monkeys. The more important question is: what is man evolving into? I haven't seen any evidence have you?

Hey Gremlin.... it's not whether I understand evolution... I do. It's a matter of whether I choose to believe it or not so shut up pissant!!!!

Answer 6

Monkeys and Human at one time had branched off from the common ancesters and they had gone separate ways. They adapted according to the environment they were in, so few anatomical modifications had been applied to offsprings generations to generations.

Most Christians do not posess the ability to understand the process of evolution. No matter how much I type this, you guys still come out ignorants, hopeless, blind and stupid.

Answer 7

I completely understand that you dont believe humans evolved from apes, great. Still, I have not seen one shred of evidence that any one species evolved from another- that a self sufficient single celled organism evolved into a dependent organism. There is no evidence that any species have changed their DNA and become a completely different species. I have not seen nor have I read anything that says that this is even a remote possibility.
Yes, I understand and have seen evidence that species have changed to adapt- but a bird always gave birth to a bird, a human gives birth to a human and a monkey gives birth to a money and so forth. If we all have a common ancestor, why is it that there is no procreation between the species? It is not just about, 'I believe in God so scrap evolution' I have done my homework, I have done the research and I have thought very logically about this- it does not make sense scientifically and there is not a shred of evidence that supports it. The only thing keeping it alive is the need to believe that there is no higher power to be accountable to and the fact is - there is. Here are some other, nonreligious FACTS to consider :

I cannot make you believe something that you don't want to believe, but I urge you to use discernment, reason and logic when thinking aobut evolution- all the things evolutionists accuse us of not using , but really- do the principles of evolution make sense? If this has taken place over the course of millions of years, little by little, then we are being decieved when we are told we are looking for "the missing link" we are looking for millions of missing links- besides that- there are so many common sense, scientific questions that evolution just cannot answer- no matter how you twist it.
If you are really interested in education and not just disproving something that does not fit your mold- read this article, it is fun reading but very informative and common sense-
Meet Gaspy: the lungfish:

http://www.reflecthisglory.org/study/did...

here are other bits of interesting fact for you to ponder :

Charles Dawson, a British lawyer and amateur geologist announced in 1912 his discovery of pieces of a human skull and an apelike jaw in a gravel pit near the town of Piltdown, England . . . Dawson's announcement stopped the scorn cold. Experts instantly declared Piltdown Man (estimated to be 300,000 to one million years old), the evolutionary find of the century. Darwin's missing link had been identified. Or so it seemed for the next 40 or so years. Then, in the early fifties . . . scientists began to suspect misattribution. In 1953, that suspicion gave way to a full-blown scandal: Piltdown Man was a hoax . . . tests proved that its skull belonged to a 600-year-old woman, and its jaw to a 500-year-old orangutan from the East Indies." Our Times--the Illustrated History of the 20th Century (Turner Publishing, 1995, page 94).

Science Fiction
The Piltdown Man fraud wasn't an isolated incident. The famed "Nebraska Man" was built from one tooth, which was later found to be the tooth of an extinct pig. "Java Man" was found in the early 20th Century, and was nothing more than a piece of skull, a fragment of a thigh bone and three molar teeth. The rest came from the deeply fertile imaginations of plaster of Paris workers. "Heidelberg Man" came from a jawbone, a large chin section and a few teeth. Most scientists reject the jawbone because it's similar to that of modem man. Still, many evolutionists believe that he's 250,000 years old. No doubt they pinpointed his birthday with good old carbon dating. Now there's reliable proof. Not according to Time magazine (June 11, 1990). They published an article in the science section that was subtitled, "Geologists show that carbon dating can be way off." Don't look to "Neanderthal Man" for any evidence of evolution. Recent genetic DNA research indicates the chromosomes do not match those of humans. They do match those of bipedal primates (apes).

What does Science Say?
Here are some wise words from a few respected men of science: "Evolution is a fairy tale for grown-ups. This theory has helped nothing in the progress of science. It is useless." (Professor Louis Bounoure, Director of Research, National Center of Scientific Research). "Evolution is unproved and unprovable." (Sir Arthur Keith--he wrote the foreword to the 100th edition of, Origin of the Species). "Scientists who go about teaching that evolution is a fact of life are great con-men, and the story they are telling may be the greatest hoax ever." (Dr. T. N. Tahmisian, Atomic Energy Commission, USA).

"To suppose that the eye . . . could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree." Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

A great resource for some education that is logical and common sense is called "The Science or Evolution: expand your mind" You can get this DVD from WayoftheMaster.com

The fact is there is nothing here that was not created, planned with a purpose in mind. Is there anything on this earth- not natural that just came together on its own. You can put pieces of 'stuff' in a box and put whatever conditions you choose and without a purpose and planning for that purpose, you won't get anything useful. I have yet to see anyone show matter being created out of nothing, or one species evolving into another or any proof of that happening. this world works in a clockwork type order , there is precision and purpose to everything you see - you cannot have purpose without a plan and you cannot have a plan without a planner- there is nothing that can disprove intelligent design. Period!

Answer 8

I think that life has lived underwater for as long as we had water.

I think civilazations of past have experienced mass extinctions. I think that worms, birds, ants and other insects, have helped to reseed the earth on many occations.

I also feel that there is a way we can work with these other creatures to cohabitate and tereform worlds. All it takes is a comparable tempature and we will be able to adapt, life will find a way.

Answer 9

Darwin himself said the if we could find a living micro-organism then evolution is wrong. I actually don't remember all of what I just read about this but Ann Coulter's book Godless is a really good book to read about this subject.

Answer 10

You have over looked one important point.......
the theory of evolution is just that, THEORY, not proven scientific fact.
Creationists in general like to believe in the literal version of creation i.e. that God physically scooped up some dirt and formed man......I believe
God can use any process of creation he chooses, evolution, physical formation from dirt, what ever......