I have two sets of questions, one for Creationists, the other for Evolutionists?

Question

Creationists - Why did God make us? What was the need? Is it because animals don't fear him, and therefore can not worship?

Evolutionists - I have read that for every extinct Reptile there is a Mammalian counterpart to fill the gap. What gap do Humans fill? What/who was our Reptilian counterpart?

My aim is toshow that NIETHER side has all the answers.

Answer 1

You're not going to resolve the debate with a piddly question on Y! Answers . . . but you're correct in that nobody really knows. Evolution is full of holes, and proving the non-existence of God is proving a negative and therefore impossible.

Answer 2

I'm not sure you really need all the answers...

1) Creationists can't tell you WHY God made us because God never revealed it. Certainly one can speculate but speculation wouldn't provide a definitive answer.

2) There's no need for a species to fill another species' "gap". There's nothing in the theory of evolution that says all niches must be filled, although the probability that most of them would be would be rather high. Considering that according to fossils humans came about much, much later after dinosaurs became extinct they'd be more likely to fill the "gap" of some other mammal.

Answer 3

You already have the correct answer-neither side has all the answers.

God is sovereign, he doesn't have to have a need to fill in order to do anything He wishes. I am not sure that animals don't fear God, but maybe they are just not aware of Him.

The evolutionist part -I have never heard the reptile/mammal counterpart story, and gap? What do you mean gap?

Answer 4

You wrote: "I have read that for every extinct Reptile there is a Mammalian counterpart to fill the gap. What gap do Humans fill?"

That is pure horseshit... and it is not an assertion that comes from the Theory of Evolution. Are you sure you read that, or are you just making it up? If you did, indeed, read it, then all I can say is whoever wrote such a thing is pontificating from their posterior orifice. (It was most certainly NOT a real scientist.) If you made it up... well, you need a lot more practice lying, because that whopper is nowhere near credible.

Answer 5

http://www.apollonius.net/serpentrace.html


Reptilian Brain
Innermost in our brain is what is called the reptilian brain, its oldest and most primitive part. The reptilian brain appears to be largely unchanged by evolution and we share it with all other animals which have a backbone.




This reptilian brain controls body functions required for sustaining life such as breathing and body temperature. Reptiles are cold-blooded animals which are warmed by the daylight sun and conserve energy by restricting activities when it is dark. The biological clock (controller) for their activity-rest cycle is located in the eye itself {10}.

At this level of evolution, behaviour relating to survival of the species, such as sexual behaviour, is instinctive and responses are automatic. Territory is acquired by force and defended. Might is right.



The "Reptilian" brain is merely a term used by clinical psychologists when refering to the "Old Brain", or as Freud understood it, your unconscious desire-drive. It is the small part at the base of your brain where it meets the spineal cord, surrounded by the evolutionarily younger mass called the new brain...you know...neo cortex. It is called reptilian because it functions much like an ancient animal brain, all self-driving, carnal instinct. When you are horny, it is this brain that tells you to copulate, when hungry, to eat and etc.
This part of the brain is in no way biologically reptilian. I highly suggest discovering why something is termed the way it is before drawing conclusions, as the arguments you come up with will otherwise be absurdities.

This dashes into bits any idea that dinosaurs and humans share ancestry or a common reptile brain. It was early mammalian life, such as subterranean rodents, etc. that evolved inot humans post-extinction.

Answer 6

Well, I am a Christian, and to say that "NIETHER side" (which, of course, includes Christianity) doesn't have all the answers seems rather presumptuous. True, Christianity doesn't have ALL the answers - but have you even looked for ANY of the answers Christianity has to offer that other religions/sects do not, or has your search gone no further than Yahoo! Answers? If you truly want "answers" to Biblical questions like this, I recommend a book called "Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis. Christianity is too complex to be explained in a little paragraph on a Web site. Unlike Darwinism which can be easily deciphered by an ape, Christianity requires you to use your mind.

Answer 7

Here's the thing. Evolution as a theory is constantly changing and... well, evolving as we discover more things. (It's still a fairly new theory as these things go.) Just because one tiny aspect may be wrong doesn't mean it's not right. Creationism is just plain silly. It's not science, and it's not a theory, it's a myth, it's supposed to be symbolic. They're not comparable theories. If your house was on fire, you wouldn't try to decide between calling the fire department or hoping that Superman shows up.

Answer 8

I don't think we were created by a personal god, I think we were created by cosmic intellegence. The same intellegence that creates a star, galaxy or a random flower. The physical universe is made up of thinking non-stuff. The cosmic intellegence is everywhere, in you, in me in everyone. Your body runs by itself, and it is alive apart from you. It rejuvinates itself and maintains itself without any help from your consciouness. Every atom of nothingness has a purpose. You are not your phisical body, you are your thoughts, that is the real you. So intellegence is all around us inside and out. God or cosmic Intellgence is everywhere, it is impossible to avoid. but maybe there is a personal God, I don't really know.

Answer 9

To really answer your question, you'd have to know the reason why a couple decide to have a baby. I'm sure someone would say to keep our species alive, but do two people really sit down and say, "for the good of my species, let's have a baby!"? No! They do it out of love just as God made us because he wanted to love something he created. Do parents NEED their children? The same logic can be applied for God's reason for us.

Answer 10

Creationists: If God is perfect, why did he neglect to make a reptilian counterpart for humans?