No? Well then why do so many people listen to Creationist who have never studied biology when it comes to evolution?
2006-10-02 02:10:15 · 27 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We are getting closer every day. Here is a link to the latest Time magazine cover article which discusses it.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/01/coverstory.tm/index.html
2006-10-02 02:19:37 · update #1
DillyDallyLama - thank you for sustaining my objection. Do you know what "sustained" means?
2006-10-02 02:24:25 · update #2
Princess Nausicaa - my point exactly.
2006-10-02 02:24:56 · update #3
billcompugeek - a few things that have gotten better opver the years: technology, racism, the rule of law, sanitation, and when is the last time a ruler decided it would be best to murder all of the male children under two? We still have our problems - and they are BIG problems - but we are improving. Vlad the Impaler would not last as long today, I hope.
2006-10-02 02:27:43 · update #4
Char - agreed.
2006-10-02 02:28:14 · update #5
Vicki - It's a decent question, but I would listen to a biologist because s/he has studied that which is around us. If there was a plague of lice like in the OT, would you go to a theologian, or would you go to a pharmacist and get some anti-lice shampoo?
2006-10-02 02:33:42 · update #6
martino - you say "even science," as if it also is changing. When is the last time the Creation story in Genesis was updated to correspond to current consensus? You are right about the adgendas, but I think the scientific community is just a tad more open to change.
2006-10-02 02:36:33 · update #7
playball- okay... do this over on the biology board. I'll be interested to see you in action.
2006-10-02 02:37:32 · update #8
Gary - so assexual reproduction is a myth, too? Sheesh.
2006-10-02 02:38:42 · update #9
fci pitch - The Time article does not agree with you, but okay. I know the state of the media and science coverage, so I'll let you have that one. But how long before the Creationist pieces fall into place?
2006-10-02 02:40:14 · update #10
Royallady 1947 - agreed.
2006-10-02 02:41:02 · update #11
icheeknow - i rather doubt that they will create a chicken or an antelope. they will start with a single celled organism like God did.
2006-10-02 02:42:44 · update #12
Marvin R - I agree with you in part, but if the hypothetical atheist is trying to tell you how to interpret, say, the Bible's support of slavery without knowlege of the culture from which it emerged, would you take his or her word for it?
2006-10-02 02:45:33 · update #13
TopReviewer, my question was not about faith vs. science. It was about the reliability of sources. I invited Christians to answer because they are the ones behind the drive to remove evolution from our school curricula.
2006-10-02 02:48:15 · update #14
Mc K - I think it's rather obvious that that site's primary purpose is to convince, not to educate. I find that rather suspect.
2006-10-02 02:49:48 · update #15
birdsflies - After wading through all of your grammatical errors, I can oly say that the difference between "religion" and "science" is that scientist are aware that they do not know, where as the religious thend to ascert that they do know when in fact all is conjecture. One seeks to learn and the other prefers stasis.
2006-10-02 02:52:41 · update #16
No, I do not accept Bible teaching from anyone who does not believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God.
On the second part of your question, I cannot even pretend to have studied the sciences that deal with evolution. I really don't understand why the creation vs. evolution debate is so hot. It doesn't shake my faith one iota either way.
2006-10-02 02:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by Char 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I have done and still do both. More years than I want to tell.
Evolution has a long way to go. The pieces may fall into place but not anytime soon.
Everyone seems to say emphatically it is there, but good keen scientists still are working hard to find a direct line that would give an absolute.
As of today there has not. Just quite a bit of assumptions.
Presumed, should be, could have and observations are all subject to interpretations.
2006-10-02 02:16:28 · answer #2 · answered by dyke_in_heat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do we have cops teaching the DARE program? Maybe we should have pharmacists going to the grade schools and teaching the kids about law enforcement!
All joking aside, I don't listen rabid 'creationists' with no science training. Nobody should!
However, scientists who are also Christians, are categorically discounted by the evolutionists.
The two are NOT mutually exclusive. Both sides wish to argue and not discuss.
2006-10-02 06:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by jloertscher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should I have them try to teach me something about Christianity, when They themselves don't believe in it, & they can NOT even teach themselves anything, remember they don't believe in anything, & nor can a Evolutioists teach us anything, They have many family members that forgot to evolved, & they are too busy themselves trying to finish their process of evolution. So my answer to all Your Question NO. I will stick with Creation, something that can be proven not only by men but also by sciencetists, the other day On discovery Channel they were talking about Pluto & other Gaxaies, & when all study & theology was done, They came up with an answer, we DON"T KNOW WHAT CAUSED ALL OF THIS, There must be something that we don't understand or see, That understanding they don'y have is GOD.
2006-10-02 02:23:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we now are concievably near to being able to create life in a controlled environment. You can no longer say it will never happen. So if man may one day create life and then genetically engineer what they have made, what makes evolutionists think they would be the first ones to accomplish this. Sounds pretty arrogant of man does it not. I know Christian biologists and geneticists who are in the forfront of their field and even they can not fault this reasoning so how is it you think you can. I think you put to much faith into evolution.
2006-10-02 02:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's a tendency of either type -- the creationist teaching biology and the atheist teaching religion -- to editorialize their own opinion into their teaching. That makes either problematic at times.
On the other hand, even scientific concensus is basically opinion. It constantly changes, needs throwing out and updating, is subject to the vicissitudes of fashion, trends and vogues, just like clothes or art.
Everyone has an agenda, is biased -- not to mention plain old WRONG at times. It takes extra effort to arrive at the truth.
2006-10-02 02:14:52 · answer #6 · answered by martino 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Evolution is a theory that things chance for the better over time. I attribute this push for the better to the Divine. There can really be no other explaination.
Evolution without God goes hand in hand with Degeneration - things getting worse.
2006-10-02 02:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why do you assume that Creationists haven't studied Biology?
There are MANY scientists who...THROUGH their studies have realized the existence of a Creator.
Check out this website... Reason to Believe (it's FILLED with RENOWNED scientists who give evidence...SCIENTIFIC evidence that points to one CREATOR.
Until you know ALL the facts... don't assume.
http://www.reasons.org/
2006-10-02 02:19:37 · answer #8 · answered by Mc K 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Faith and science are seperate issues.
Your question of how can you have faith without science is the cornerstone of athiests. It also makes me wonder why you targeted just Christians to respond.
2006-10-02 02:21:43 · answer #9 · answered by TopReviewer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends upon what the atheist had to say regarding religious instructions. everyone needs to expand their wisdom and knowledge and therefore listening to anyone no matter what
" labels " are placed on another there is always something to learn and think about -- providing one keeps an open mind. one has the choice thanks to free will to either accept or reject what anyone says.
2006-10-02 02:18:37 · answer #10 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋