You may use one more paragraph to explain why evolution happens, that is, why would it need to happen?
2006-09-26 14:05:30 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you all for your answers, I just wanted to know your position, and opinions.
As many reasons that there are to believe evolution there at least that many to not believe. Personally I do not believe that evolution happened or is happening. Why would it need to happen? Why should it happen? And if we can look that far into the past then surely we must know the future, right? At what point will evolution stop? If evolution is a fact then why are there thousands and thousands of different animals and fish? Wouldn't all have made it to nearly the same place by now? If evolution is a process of natural selection, then why is there thousands of different insects and spiders? I don't think that believing in evolution makes a person evil or anti-religion, as suggested in one of the answers, it just amazes me that humans can actually believe that we are that smart to figure out what happened a million years ago. We can not even agree about what happened 50 years ago.
2006-09-27 07:59:53 · update #1
And even if one were to agree that evolution is a fact, what is the difference?
What difference will it make to me or you?
2006-09-27 08:02:41 · update #2
how strange youw would ask this as i am struggling wiht this exact topic in my Global History class. I asked my dad about it and came to the conclusion that it is perfectly possible that we evolved. A lot of evolution was...the human brain develoming.
Isn't it opssible that we did eveolve and that God just waited to breathe the holy spirit into man when we was fully developed??
it's just a thought. I'm not sure
2006-09-26 14:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by Karlene 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You can't possibly sum up all the science for evolution in a short paragraph. But if you mean on a personal level, well I believe evolution is true because I'm a micropaleontologist (I study organisms for which there is the most abundant fossil record - thousands per handful of most sedimentary rock) and I am reminded of evolution every day. I mean I see evolving morphotypes, at high resolution, through the strata of the earth - whole branching trees of species. Both gradual change, so that it becomes difficult to say when one species starts and the other finishes, and sudden appearances of a morphotypes which are slightly different, slightly modified versions of previous ones. I am also convinced by the elegance and just plain logicality of the theory, the molecular and DNA evidence, the broad and specific phylogenies of life, the anatomical vestiges, the many weird and interesting solutions life come up with - the pandas thumb, orchids and etc, and just the overwhelming abundance of science.
Why it happens? it just does. Evolution leads to organisms which can survive better. If a species couldn't evolve, it couldn't adapt to it's and other environments. Changing environments and ecosystems would make life very hard for it, and it's descendants days on earth would be numbered, compared to those species which could evolve.
2006-09-27 08:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would it need to happen? Because things change. Life must adapt to those changes. Certain creatures with different traits might fair better in a situation suited to their abilities so they would prosper more than the creature who cannot handle the changes in his environment. Why do I believe it happens? Becuase of the mountains of evidence that support it. It can be observed in bacterial strains that have become resistent to our antibiotics. If you do not believe in evolution, then explain prehuman fossils and how some species did not exist way back while some that did don't exist now. Observe the differences in human generations, even in the last 100 years. Abe Lincold was giant for his time, but he was only 6 feet tall. Today 6 feet is nothing. People have gotten taller in the last few generations. Think about that and compare it to 65,000,000 years ago when mammals became the dominant group on our planet.
2006-09-26 21:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by Kaiser32 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe in evolution due to the significant amount of evidence that continues to be gathered which seems to support it. Advances in biology, chemistry, paleontology and geology all point to evolution as the most logical explanation of our development.
As for why evolution happens, I don't believe that there is a why. There is a how, and that is through mutation and natural selection. But why is another type of question and presupposes that there is some over all goal or purpose to which evolution is heading. Man has created a lot of problems by trying to apply a why and trying to force evolution through acts like ethnic cleansing. No good has come of these movements. It has been said, that the only thing constant is change.
2006-09-26 21:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by Magic One 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You aren't going to get a full understanding of why evolution could be true if you don't ask for the other side of the story also. Why isn't it true?
Main reasons why it could possobly true:
-The animals appear to all look alike is some aspects.
-Everyone else believes it, It's taught in science class for goodness sake!
-It's the only theory that makes sense.
-microevolution has been proven. Isn't that the study of microscopic change?
Main reasons why evolution is not true:
-The earth is too young to support evolution. That was discoved after evolution became so popular.
-Where are the billions of missing links? Billions!
-If a reptile's leg evolved into a bird's wing, wouldn't it become a bad leg before it became a good wing? What about the arms, the face, the digestive track?
-Microevolution is not what it sounds like. That is actually the process between something like a simple dog to many breeds of dogs, or a lizard to many colors and sizes of lizards.
Given that information, What do you think sounds true? I could only think of four reasons for evolution at the top of my head, so I added the same number of reasons against, even though I got about 15 more ones just as good as those.
2006-09-26 21:27:15 · answer #5 · answered by Lord_French_Fry 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm afraid there are more reasons to believe in an in a Creator than there are to believe in the evolution theory. If you watch any good wildlife series or even something examining the human body or the brain, the narrators are "blown away" by the inherrent design they see. They just don't admit it. Interesting men such as Darwin and Newton actually believed in a God and were quite spiritual. I read a recent survey that mentioned that 40 percent of scientists actually believe in creation not evolution.
2006-09-27 15:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by Stewpot648 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your asking for books worth of information to be put into a paragraph? The science behind evolution is very complex and there is a lot of info. Most people have about 0-1% of this knowledge which they base their opinion on. Basically, I believe in evolution because ALL the science points to one conclusion: evolution.
2006-09-27 12:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a science that has been formed, tested, and supported by the same scientific principles and laws that have brought about the computer that I am currently typing on. Evolution falls short of providing a simple explanation to those needing the simplest explanation. Evolution is a very complex science and for it to be completely understood and appreciated, one needs to have a strong attraction and understanding of all the sciences that support it. Sadly, evolution is so advanced that those lacking the mental stability to even fathom the idea of it, give up before taking the chance.
Evolution is true because of years of archeological, chemical, physical, and biological testing that has provided discrete evidence that all organisms on this planet evolved over the periods of MILLIONS and MILLIONS of years from the simple biological mechanisms that began to occur between biochemical compounds due to their electrostatic properties. This can all be traced back to a singular organism that began to adapt to the ever changing environment. This adaptation, led to variation, led to hybridization, led to genetic diversity which over the slow process of MILLONS and MILLONS of years led to the development of multicellular organisms. To say that evolution is not true, is to say that the fundamental sciences that it is based off of are untrue. Having said that, I believe there are a lot of hypocrites out there. That is, someone who says that evolution isn't true is a hypocrite unless the person doesn't: use electric power, have an air conditioner, have a computer, have a car, received a vaccine in their lifetime, or lit fireworks. All those objects are the direct result of the same sciences that brought about evolution.
2006-09-27 01:08:16 · answer #8 · answered by Shortstuff71 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, I believe evolution is mostly true. I do not believe in the christian god, but I do believe that there is someone on a higher plane that has made up all of creation, and the universe. I think that what ever form we had when we were first created, we were forced to evolve from that physical state into another to survive. What ever you believe, I think if you honestly think on it with a truly open mind, you will conclude that one can not exist without the other.
2006-09-26 21:17:01 · answer #9 · answered by Chris L 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The evidence that has been amassed and analyzed by researchers in their respective fields and that I read about in books. The fact that all animals have flaws and extraneous parts and some good and some bad engineering. When I look at how evidence was collected over thousands of years until finally a few scientists had to take all this data and make a pattern out of it and they did and their solution, evolution, makes sense to me. It fits in with geology, biology, anthropology, paleontology, etc...
(Sorry if that wasn't well organized)
2006-09-26 21:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is highly likely that oyu won't get a reasonable answer here. In my experience with evolution questions, there is just a lot of name calling back and forth and I am right, no , I am right.
When you do however give a reeasonable argument against evolution you will get one of two reactions - maybe both- they either take their toys and go away or they resort to 2nd grade playground name calling. I keep being accused of not knowing how evolution "works" but I have done my reading and studying evolution- I am well aware of how it is supposed to work and I am pretty sure my answers reflect at least a basic understanding of the theory- I have looked at many , many evolution questions here and have yet to see an evolutionist reasonably explain how evolution supposedly works - the only evidence they have is that creationism must be false. I am still waiting for someone to tell me so I won't be so ignorant any more.
Godd luck in finding a reasonable, scientific and non confrontational answer
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2006-09-26 21:25:34 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋