questions for creationists:?

Question

Why is that people don't first educate themselves about evolution before trying to attack it?

I mean, look at this quesiton:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtfjjyMF6HAlpf5iFhffsjDzy6IX?qid=20060911152134AA1DMdg

This person doesn't have the first CLUE what the theory of evolution posits, but yet dismisses it.




How about this:

1) LEARN
2) DISCUSS

It goes in order. 1, THEN 2.
Not 2 then 1.

Please make a note of it.

Answer 1

Well, that's why America ranks down there with Turkey for lack of acceptance and understanding of evolution. I haven't once seen a viable argument against evolution that I couldn't poke holes in. It tells you how bad our educational system is.

Answer 2

Well, it wasn’t a very well worded question. Evolution is a theory that is still “evolving”. The common threads through many life forms that tie it all together could have a number of explanations for those who are truly open minded, because the whole picture has not yet been proven conclusively. Scientific reason goes along the lines of putting together a theory based on observations and testing the theory against new information as it comes to light. If the new information fits, then the theory advances until the evidence becomes irrefutable and the theory becomes a law. At the moment, the transitional phases that would “prove” evolution have not been found in the fossil record, i.e. you get what could be a related or ancestral fossil of a modern animal, but the steps to finally producing the animal that we see today have not been found yet. There are large gaps and that is why it is still a theory of evolution. In most scientific circles, evolution is looked at with phrases such as “we think this is the probable mechanism” or “we believe this is how it may have worked.” You won’t find many truly open minded scientists who will say that this is definitely what happened. Many people are trying to treat evolution as an irrefutable law to use as a baseball bat on the heads of the creationists. Give them a break. The evidence may be mounting against them, but they have not yet been “proven” wrong.

Answer 3

Hi Bula'ia. This evidence is compelling, but actually does not prove evolution. That is only one conclusion that can be reached from the evidence and is used to support one line of thinking only. The fusing of the chromosomes as you suggest would have lead directly to modern man, with no intermediate steps (i.e. Homo Erectus and Australopithecus). The history of science is littered with incorrect conclusions drawn from insufficient evidence. As one leading researcher from AUT put it "The more we know, the more we find out just how much we don't know" Unfortunately it is a huge flaw in modern scientific methodology. 30 years ago I said that many cancers were nothing to do with mutation, but probably the result of a partial or total loss of differentiation, as that is were I saw the evidence pointing. Scientific dogma at the time totally put down the theory and wasted a further 30 years on chasing blind alleys. I also said that the evidence did not support blocks on the DNA, but I favored another mechanism which looked at the entire genetic code producing mRNA and the unwanted material being deactivated on its way to, or at the ribosomes (at the time I was leaning towards deactivation on transit through the nuclear membrane).

Science is not always right.
Data is not always correctly interpreted
DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS

Answer 4

I do agree with the OP question and assesment in many ways. The recent ID movement was invariably flawed. If you want to disprove something to a scientifically minded person you need to approach it in a manner that speaks the same language to them. The simple truth is that it is the "Theory of Evolution". Though it is often taught as a law that it isn't. There are many holes, contraditctions, and unproven hypothesises in evolution. Acceptance in Christianity or Evolution is as much on faith as the other is.

There is evidence that Evolution, at least in part, has and probably continues to happen. But the truth is we still don't have a full picture and scientists are still guessing and using a template that seems to fit the evidence they have. The time needed for the level of macro-evolution on the scale that evolutionist believe is beyond astronomically impossible. But any serious scientists that questions the "Holy Grail" of evolutionary theory is shunned and derided. There is serious discussion and scientific research done out there that does contradict what is taught as fact now.

I beleive that God had, and continues to have, a hand in these things.

Answer 5

But take a look down the answers to that question to Cartier95. S/he puts down another stack of "questions for evolutionists", intent on out-ingorancing the asker. What's annoying is that I could answer each of them with a sensible, informed answer but a) there are too many and I have to carry out normal living as well as this and b) someone that stupid doesn't deserve an answer/won't listen because they are programmed not to.

Answer 6

Its not that I hate christians, I just hate the ignorance that comes with some of its members. You know there is this small core group of youth pastors reading chick tracks around campfires filling their heads with this garbage. Only in America do you get this hate for science.

The mythbusters must be a satanic atheist television ministry according to these answers and questions.

Gah..... I need a drink.

Answer 7

I think he did learn first. Unfortunately, what he learned is that it's easiest to dismiss evolution if you don't have a clue what it posits. That allows you to make up your mind based on what you find at the creationist websites (Motto: "Where cluelessness is king!").

Answer 8

I believe in evolution.

I think if a person is a creationist that's good for them.

I have a problem with both sides attacking each other. Believe what you want to believe and more power to you.

Answer 9

LoL! As I said this person isn't even aware that question would be better placed in the Science section!

Answer 10

Do you really expect them to research it on their own? They get all their info from the church and/or biased sources written by religious organizations that misrepresent the facts.