Is the Australopithecus the end of Mere Christianity?

Question

so much for the second coming, missing link seems to be winning

Answer 1

jim♥darwin,
It's posts like yours that give me even more hope. With the many events culminating at the same time this year around Rosh Hashanna and you worldly predisposition set against God, it only seems more likely that the Christians will be leaving this Earth on Friday night, California time.

But I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Answer 2

Mary Leaky, in a wonderful article written for the National Geographic Society about 20-30 years ago, gave an example of hominid tracks her team had been studying.

There were 2 sets, child and adult, and as they made their way across the lava fields, the adult stopped and turned to the left. The tracks suggest that this homonid stayed that way for several moments, gazing into the distance.

What was he/she looking at?? A predator? Another of her kind? A beautiful sunset?

For some reason, I have always found this account to be very moving, and very HUMAN.

Answer 3

This new find just furthers out understanding of the species and verifies what many anthropologists had surmised - that upright walking came before brain development and also while they were still semi-arboreal, and fills in some of the missing information of "Lucy". Kind of knocks a hole in the claim that Lucy is the only representative of Australopithecus (which she wasn't anyway) but it really wont matter to creationists. You already see the claims (cant tell if ape or human - not enough pieces - all the same bs )

Answer 4

Since Australopithecus predates Christianity by about 3 and 1/2 million years, I fail to see the connection.

Unless you are one of those who think the fundies are the true voice of Christianity. They're not. They're Johnny-Come-Latelies with an agenda rooted in ignorance and superstition.

Evolution as God's way to create is no hurdle for better informed minds. Why would you think otherwise?

Answer 5

So sorry, but from the descriptions I've read, it could very easily be a monkey/chimp/ape, not a human "ancestor". It is the size of a 3 year old, certain monkey/chimp/ape type features (tongue bone, ear bone, certain other bone structures) that are current today. Certainly sounds more like a chimp than a human to me. Occam's razor would tell me to call it a chimp, even outside of my religious beliefs.

In addition those that claim a "missing link" skyrockets in their clout and speaking tour fees even if it is later retracted (such as the "hobbit" recently was).

Answer 6

Not at all. There are many, many Christians who believe in evolution. The one thing that has never been proven is what created the first spark of life on earth - I believe that to be God. The second coming of Christ has nothing to do with finding, or not finding, the 'missing link'.

Edited to add: Great answer Granny Annie!

Answer 7

Yep.

http://park.org/Canada/Museum/man/TITLE.gif

Answer 8

EVERY time Science and Scripture go toe-to-toe about some aspect of the nature of reality -- the flatness of the earth, the heliocentric universe, the causes of disease, ad inifinitum -- Science kicks Faith's pasty, pimply @ss......EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Why should the Evolution vs. Creationism debate be any different? If there was a horse race, and one horse WON every one of the last thousand races, and one horse LOST every one of the last thousand races, where would you place your bet?

Answer 9

Yes, here's some light reading for the creationists:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5363328.stm

Answer 10

Yes, Chistianity is on the way out, although there will always be a few too stubborn to admit it.