Why do people who are ignorant of evolution try to "challenge" it?

Question

Its the funniest thing.

Its like someone ignorant of how a car operates telling saying "why cant we just pour V8 in our 8 cyclinder and save money on gas? Didnt think of that did you Mr. Engineer guy!!"

Attention: Ignorant scared evolution-hating guy...read about it first, then you will be able to ask intelligent questions...honestly, I havent seen one informed intelligent question about evolution in here.

Learn -- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/

Answer 1

Evolution is a scientific theory. The creationists idiotic non-arguments do not impact in any way on the huge mass of genetic, paleontological, ethological and other evidence for evolution. Evolution is scientific fact, whatever those who don't understand what a theory is say about it.

The creationists are purely a political problem. There is no point trying to persuade them about evolution because the fact that they have chosen to believe an ancient book over modern science proves that they have abdicated rational thought. We must prevent this pernicious ideology infiltrating schools and the education system or these fools will consign us all to a new dark ages.

Answer 2

I can't say I've researched the subject any farther that what I've been told in class and have read in books but to me the entire theory seems to be fatally flawed on a both a fundamental and empirical basis.

First I'd like to say that micro-evolution (evolution within a species) is alive and well and evidence of it can be seen in daily life. (probably why I'm as tall as I am)

The problem is the theory of macro-evolution and the idea that multiple wildly different species came from a single simpler species. Yes there is some rationalized evidence of this, for instance looking at a human hand and a the hand of a whale. Both have similar bone structure so it'd be easy to jump to the conclusion that they are both derivatives of the same animal. However, just as good of an explanation is they had the same designer that didn't re-invent the wheel whenever it wasn't necessary. Or maybe the similarities in the design are like the similarities in two paintings by the same artist. All three of these views are reasonable and none of them have been proved therefore each hold the same weight.

The theory also breaks down at beginning. If a single cell is the simplest form of life, then even that is far too complex to have formed randomly.

Of course the immediate heated reaction is that creationist have no evidence either so why is there theory any better. I think in the destruction of macro-evolutionist theory there in lies the proof. If it's impossible for something as complex as a single cell to be randomly thrown together then isn't it logical to assume that guidance was needed?

Answer 3

You know, reading your tirade makes me wonder why you are so angry.

I am an evolutionist (note the name used), but evolution and religion (even creation) are not singularly preemptive. One, science, is an attempt to explain the physical universe by describing a series of theories and laws; the other is FAITH. Faith, by definition, does not need a connection to the physical world.

I find that nothing will change the opinion of the closed-minded. So why stoop to the level of deriding people? Better to make sure that creationism stays out of the Science classroom and in the arena of religious education where it belongs.

Case in point there are people who don't understand that science self corrects over time. We now have one less planet than we did a month ago. Why... Because our understanding has improved as a result of questioning and challenging commonly held theories and concepts. This is possible by the advancements of technology and other areas of science.

If, by some freak accident, we can prove that god (any) exists, it will not invalidate science. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama once commented that our understanding of science, and the uniformity of the laws of science are proof of divinity, not a challenge to divinity.

Finally, I don't know "Mr. Engineer Guy" while I think V-8 is out as a source of propulsion, you can run a car on cooking oil. Read the links below

Answer 4

The same reason that people who are ignorant of religion try to challenge it: the concepts that it requries bother them.

And yet, someone apprently took the V8 in the 8 cylinder theory to heart, because they're working on plant based fuels.

I'm not afraid of evolution. I find nothing in the Bible that directly comes out and requires that each set of creatures be created individually. In fact, the idea of God working throgh a process to create seems more in line with what we know than the "*poof!* there's stuff" theory anyway. To me, the issue is who is in control. Trying to figure out how God made us is great, and any one theory may be right or wrong or have merits or discredits, but if you haven't accepted that God's in control, you're going to end up with self-inconcistient ideas that keep needing to be revised only to discover that you've opened new holes. The "punctured equalibriam" theory was put in place to account for the fact that we seemed to see rapid evolutionary growth, and then stagnation in the fissil record, but that created problems with genetic theories for evolution, so it was revoked, reopening the problems with rapid and then stagnent evolutionary growth. Dating methods for fossils rely on the dating of rocks, the dating of the rocks rely on the dating of the fossils, and when people challenge them, no convincing answer is given, just "trust us, we've studied this and our teachers said this is the way it is." That doesn't mean they can't get things right, it just means I reserve judgement for something more concreet.

Certainly we've seen the principles of evolution at work in the lab, so I think to dismiss it out of hand is a little short sighted, but to date, I haven't seen any theories that take all the evidence in hand and weave a single convincing structure for the development of life into the verious forms throughout the world.

Answer 5

i visit disagree truly along with your first aspect. the concern is that you're equating the technique of evolution with the theory of Evolution through organic determination. One is a proof of how the different works. That evolution, meaning replace in a inhabitants with the help of the years, takes position is an observable reality. the way it takes position is what the theory tries to describe. so a concepts as human beings false impression the theories, i'm no longer hesitant to agree that it takes position on each and every area of the argument. My own opinion is that someone attempting to argue adversarial to the theory as a valid clarification is a lot more beneficial probable to have misunderstood it than someone arguing in desire. Oh, and the note "Darwinist" is truthfully a creationist invention. it really is an implication that any one which accepts evolution is by some potential pushed to look after Darwin and his theory, yet that merely shows a false impression of technology typically. Any scientist who ought to furnish verifiable data that the ToE is flat incorrect would assure him/herself a nobel prize.

Answer 6

Why do you evolutionist hang onto something that is NOT iron clad? There has yet to be any absolute irrefutable evidence to support evolution other than some Judge who declared it as a fact using his Civil Authority.., I remind you this Judge was not elected a Universal Authority on the matter nor was/is he an authority on the formation of the Universe - HE WAS NOT EVEN THERE TO WITNESS IT!

Why are you scared (threatened) by the possibility that there is a God who created all things? It seems to me you have a double standard and scared to death that Creation believers threaten your belief in a Monkey God.

LASTLY -according to Evolution to embrace it you MUST agree with Darwin that Black people are inferior to whites (which is horse poop philosophy) because according to Darwin, white people are the higher end of the evolution scale.

EVOLUTION IS A RACIST CONCEPT!

Answer 7

Wellno one says to pour V8 into a V8 engine. Shows how you guys are grasping at straws to hold onto this THEORY that is full of holes called Evolution.

Evolution was a farce with forgeries used to support it.

Why is evolution not happening now? What is man evolving into? How did the first life start from nothing? Defeats your basic scientific premise that "Nothing comes from Nothing".

If your evolution theory is valid, why propose more theories to support it?

By the way - I have studied evolution as a scientist and if it was my theory I would be ashamed to even attach my name to it.

Answer 8

There is 3 category :

1. Evolutionists
2. Creationists
3. Nephiliologists, (like me)

Creationist don't want to chalenge Evolutionist, they just want to replace it because they say it is heretical, in fact they say all sciences is heretical. They don't cares if it is true.

A Nephiliologist, think that Evolution is true on some points, but we think life was seeded, by another civilisation, by the BenBen, the seed of life. We think Nibiruans came here to collect gold dust to repair their sun shield around their planet. So they came a breeded ancient Neandertal, and the Daughters of Eve. It created the Cro-Magnon like we know it.

It is evolutionism with somes creationism theory.

If you want to know more about Niphiliologism and the History of Planet Nibiru : http://www.apollonius.net/nibiru.html
http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/1.htm
http://www.planetarymysteries.com/egypt/sphinxmars.html
http://www.dcca.nl/art/planeet12-uk.htm

Answer 9

we refute it because there are holes in it, just as there is in creationism.
will we ever really find the answer, i don't know but my perspective is this, that it is somewhere in between i don't have any proof of this i cant refute any argument you have against it but i just feel that its right.
i believe in a higher being(god) and not because it was taught too me,i don't live by any religious doctrine, i just know it deep down inside, like knowing that your healthy with out having too See a doctor, or knowing that your first date was a good one - you cant prove it --you just know it !!!
i am going too add this if evolution is such an absolute, then why are their SO many species of marine and mammalian life that have remained the same since or before the arrival of man.

Answer 10

Is evolution a theory or a fact.....if it id a theory why do you defend it like it is a religious belief of yours.....................if it is a fact please demonstrate to me your empirical truth that is irrefutable and not possible to be questioned.................You may feel it is the best theory to support your belief system, but to present it as factual beyond the scope of ever being questioned is preposterous...whether you are a deist or an atheist......at least be intellectually honest