i love that you believe so strongly, but because a book was told to you by people who passed down stories from generation to generation and at some point written down on a piece of paper after thousands and thousands of years, there is no real proof of creationism either. I personally believe in evolution because it is scientifically proven, creationism can never be proven, only believed. Any realist will be able to show from that, creationism is unaceptable for an answer when you cannot find facts behind it.
2006-09-22 20:36:56
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answer #1
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answered by Southie9 5
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1. Matter came from the elements that created Earth while our galaxy settled. Post-colloidal planets, space debris, extreme temperatures.
2. The laws of the Universe come how the Universe 'works'. All those laws apply to everything in life.
3. Matter is not organized. Life adapted to matter, not vice versa.
4. Matter settled into this rock called Earth due to gravity and solar forces, such as the magnetosphere. It was a random process, not organization.
5. Life formed on Earth once the environment was capable of sustaining it.
6. Life did not learn to reproduce, life has always reproduced. That is the very nature of life.
7. The first cell capable of reproduction produced another cell. It took millions of years to evolve into something else.
8. The same reason humans keep having children now when the earth is so overpopulated. Life evolved instinct to reproduce so that life could continue to exist.
9. Because mutation is a change, it can cause a significant advantage in the 'mutated' form over the 'normal' form for that creature. If the mutation is passed on through reproduction, the 'mutated' life forms are more successful survivors and prosper while the 'normal' ones die out from being the weak or unadaptable of the species. Mutation is not the only cause of evolution, it is also adaptation.
10. The definition of religion is a common group of beliefs regarding a person, object, or system of thought that is considered to be supernatural, divine, godly, or otherworldly. Evolution does not fall into this category as it is based on science, not spirituality.
Where did God come from?
2006-09-22 23:13:38
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answered by Anonymous
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1. some force
2. some force
3. some force.
4. some force.
5. some force.
6. some force
7. some force.
8. if thyey dont reproduce and they die, then the species will definately go extinct. Slight gain is better than no gain.
9. Here's a good example...why do you repeatedly get colds? Its cuz mutation has allowed the germs to continually resist the immune system.
10. the difference is whether or not there is evidence.
As you realize, a lot of my answers were, "some force". you probably realize that i am not sure of the answer and it might appear that because you have an answer, you are more correct over me.
While I disagree with that, let me point out some reasons why.
Take diseases...according to your reasoning, the answer is, God made it so. Well, someone didnt think that that was a suffice answer and began to decipher what made humans sick. That has grown into what you know now is the medical field. Much research today depends on the evolution of bacteria and the changes involved. So next time you get very sick, dont go to the hospital and instead, just accept that God made it so.
The point I am trying to make is that, what we dont know, we say we dont know. We dont blindly go making up something and being resolute in it without first identifying if its right or reasonable. The questions you pose above are questions facing present time. I doubt 1000 years ago, people would have even known that there is something outside of earth, would have known the terms energy, that there is life too microscopic to the eye and so on. On to your other questions.
2006-09-22 22:10:31
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answered by leikevy 5
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1 Where did matter come from?
Space time and matter came from a singularity that "burst" into what we percieve as existence.
2 Where did the laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?
Inherent traits of matter.
3 How did matter get so perfectly organized?
It isn't "perfectly" organized, or things would not be continuously changing and restablizing itself.
4 Where did the energy come from to do all the organizing?
There is no energy involved in the "organizing" process. It is the nature of matter to react to other matter according to the four primary corces, strong magnetic force, weak magnetic force, gravity, and inertia.
5 When, where, why, and how did life come from non-living matter?
There are a number of competing hypothesis, all having degrees of supportive evidence. There is no "why" in science, only "how", so it is a pointless question.
6 When, where, why, and how did life learn to reproduce itself?
It didn't "learn" to. Somewhere along the line, a molocue developed that was able to replicate itself...probably a simple version of a virus.
7 With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?
Cells are asexual, so your quastion is moot.
8 Why would any plant or animal want to reproduce more of its kind since this would only make more mouths to feed and decrease the chances of survival?
Nature isn't interested in the survival of individuals, only populations. If a species has adapted to its environment, then it survives. If it doesn't, it dies out.
9 How can mutations create any new, improved varieties?
How about a deer with slightly longer legs, letting it run faster than its peers? The sublte mutations are usually the ones that last long enough to continue to reproduce their trait in their offspring.
10 How can you believe in something and not call it a religion?
My answers to all above is Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God ..."
I don't "believe" in the ToE. I accept its validity based on the available evidence. If your answer to all of the above is a Biblical quote, then clearly thought, evidence, logic, and investigation are foreign concepts to you.
2006-09-22 20:42:33
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answer #4
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answered by Scott M 7
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Perhaps you cannot find any "good" answers because on faith you automatically will not believe any other form of answer than your own.
and a cell capable of sexual reproduction?? that doesnt even make sense.
There are facts (yes... f.a.c.t.s) that can account for a vast majority of what you seek. However if you believe in something else as a faith, and believe in it fully... then you should just be satisfied with that. Enjoy your knowledge without having to "prove" it by negation.
That is like me saying:
1: without matter, where would a god come from?
2: who created the creator of the laws of the universe?
3: matter is not perfectly organized, but anyway... by whose standards?
4: Yes, where did the energy come from? What energy is god and where did he come from?
5: Is god not alive? how?
6: why doesnt a rock reproduce?
7: wouldnt god want to join in and have sexual reproduction too? oh wait... mary
8: Why would a god create anything, since whatever he creates would consume his resources?
9: Do you consider modern humans an improvement over some of our ancestors? Oh wait... we dont have any. Those crazy fossils must be a trick.
10: Science can very well be a religion of sorts. The difference by definition though is that with most faith based religions you are not asked to figure out why something is. You just do and believe what you are told. And yes, there is free will etc etc... but if you believe that god made everything is 6 days, why do you not try and test those theories and see if it is physically possible (especially with the plethora of evidence suggesting early hominids and the many other life forms that have survived on this planet for many millions of years)?
Honestly though, if you have your faith and it helps you live a better life than I am all for it. But dont expect other people to neccessarily believe what you do. The reason science is taught in classrooms and not creationism (generally) is that with science you can actually show cause and effect. With creationism, you just take it at its word without questioning it at all.
Does science know everything? Of course not. There will always be things that are not known, and there will always be things that will boggle the mind. Science will always find new theories to challenge old ideas, but that doesnt negate the process. But at least it tries to understand the universe around us, instead of just telling us to believe blindly.
My 2 cents.
2006-09-22 20:51:26
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answered by artisticallyderanged 4
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First of all, the answers that are given in Genesis can only be believed on the basis of faith. There cannot be any argument that could convince me to believe what is in the Book of Genesis, and furthermore, there are actually two creation stories in the Book of Genesis. These stories are simply ancient Jewish folklore and nothing else. I am sure that the reason that you cannot get any good answers is that the only answers that you would consider good are the answers that reaffirm your faith. Anyway, I will try to answer you questions to the best of my knowledge.
1) Matter did not come from anywhere, it always existed. This is similar to your belief that God didn't come from anywhere, He always existed.
2) Again, the laws of the universe didn't come from any, but they always existed.
3) I'm not certain that matter is perfectly organized, but if in fact this is the case it is a result of the laws of the universe.
4) Energy, like matter has always existed.
5) On this planet life has existed for about 3.5 billion years. Life began in the oceans, but for no particular reason. If anyone knew how it happened there wouldn't be such a debate, but at least we know that it DID happen. Currently science does not know of life occurring on any other planets but claims that the possibility of Earth being the only planet that has life on it is extremely low.
6) Life has known how to reproduce since there has been life. Life forms knew instinctively that they were in existence only temporarily so in order to survive in some way they decided to reproduce. Life learned to reproduce through chemical processes. Much about the earliest life forms and even chemical processes is not understood by science at this time. However, there is no need to insert God into the gaps in our knowledge, and no faith in God could really help us understand the answer to this question better.
7) There has never been a cell capable of sexual reproduction. Cells reproduce asexually. Typically this involves the cell simply dividing in half.
8) Reproduction by plants wouldn't decrease the chance of survival because plants are independant organisms. The same goes for the earliest of life forms. Even so, the organism that are doing the reproducing cannot be conceived of as having rationality. The biological nature of such organisms compells them to desire to reproduce. Furthermore the organisms biological nature compells them to act in ways that help their species survive rather than to think only of themselves.
9) Mutations alter the genetic makeup of an organism which may help the organism do something more efficiently, like evade predators. Over time that mutation may become very dominate within the species creating a variety of the original species which is better suited to life in its environment.
10) Evolution is not a religion. Neither is atheism, agnosticism, secularism, humanism, or liberalism. To be a religion, a belief system has to include a belief in an Ultimate Reality, it has to consider something to be sacred, it has to include beliefs relating to what happens to us after death, and it has to provide a moral code.
Only a person with reason could believe the Theory of Evolution just as only a person with faith could belief the Book of Genesis.
2006-09-22 23:02:59
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answered by Shaqfan11 2
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I read all the awnseres to your posted question and must admit i laughed out loud at the attempts from the evolutionists (monkeys). Espesially the individual who attempted to awnser all your questions with theories. You see none of them can supply any facts the substantiate there evolotion theory, or should i say evolution religion.
You see evolutionists believe the awnsers to your questions are the following.
1 Where did matter come from?
Millions of millions of years ago everything originated from nothing...
2 Where did the laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?
It always was there, before there was nothing, originating from something....
3 How did matter get so perfectly organized?
Chance, 1 in a million trillion billion . .. .. .
4 Where did the energy come from to do all the organizing?
Uhm, Uh, nothing???
5 When, where, why, and how did life come from non-living matter?
Everythings alive, we're all connected, stardust, monkeys??
6 When, where, why, and how did life learn to reproduce itself?
Uhm uh, discovery channel???
7 With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?
Uhm, uh, discovery channel, ditto!
8 Why would any plant or animal want to reproduce more of its kind since this would only make more mouths to feed and decrease the chances of survival?
Nature???
9 How can mutations create any new, improved varieties?
It has'nt, they just chooce to believe it
10 How can you believe in something and not call it a religion?
We think its science, it makes us feel better...
My answers to all above is Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God ..."
I totally agree, .... Created the heavens and the earth, and all that in them is
2006-09-22 21:02:34
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answered by Anonymous
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You questions are good though I dont quite understand No 10 or how you draw the conclusion that the world was made in 6 days.
I can answer "I dont know" to all your questions and still feel happy that the world was not made in 6 days as described (if taken literally) in the Bible.
I will assume if you take the 6 day claim literally then you take other things in the Bible literally.. lets take Noah for example.. you have seen the huge number of creatures that exist in the world, how could Noah and his lovely wife round up that many animals.. how? what size would the ship be?..what size? it take 10000s of man hours with all the technology that exists to build even the most modest ship today...how could one man with iron age tools build a boat the size it would need to be... unless of course he took just a few anuimals and the ones we see today evolved from those?
Challenge yourself to think a little more deeply about the messages in the Bible rather than just reading the words and accepting them it the most simplistic manner.
2006-09-22 20:49:52
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answered by Andrew 3
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The way you state your answer shows you are not really looking for these answers as you already know your answers. But what you really show is how ignorant you are. What you want is us "evolutionists" and alike to explain the big bang and everything that happened before and after wards in detail. If science had answers to all of these questions already, there would be no more science. I can answer or link you to a few of the answers to some of your questions that are scientifically solved, but I don't think you are going to read it. If you really want to know, you can easily find the answers yourself with a few simple internet searches. All you have to do is cut and paste your questions in the Y!Answers search page or a search engine. Then you need some time to try to read and understand how it all works. Some of the still unanswered questions in science (like "quantum mechanics", bio-research and other sciences, will be answered still in your lifetime, other might never be answered.
But I like to go into the last question. You claim that evolutionists (atheists) believe there is no god, but that's not true for many of us. I can only speak for myself of course, but I do not believe there is a god. This means I do not believe.
And I will start believing in god if you answer the following questions:
1. Proof me god exists and that he/she/it created all we know.
2. Who created god?
2006-09-22 22:12:47
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answered by Caveman 4
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Most of that we can probably never know (especially being small specks in the universe stuck on this one planet--heck, we are small specks in our own solar system, we are so tiny to the universe we basically don't exist), that is why cultures forever have made up stories that turned into religion. It was a way for people to feel they understood a world they really could not understand at all. (I know you probably won't care for that answer, but logically speaking...)
One of my questions is...what is outside the universe? Is it contained in anything, is their anything beyond it? The human mind has a hard time comprehending actual infinity and that it can exist in a space set inside nothing...
2006-09-22 20:41:10
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answered by Indigo 7
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