If scientists discovered the remains of human-like beings, would you then accept the truth of evolution?

Question

Guess what, I have great news...scientists have actually found the remains of human-like creatures, not ape and not modern man but somewhere inbetween.

This link says it all, its shows the many different skulls of the hominds found and how creationists try to label them:

"As this table shows, although creationists are adamant that none of these are transitional and all are either apes or humans, they are not able to tell which are which. In fact, there are a number of creationists who have changed their opinion on some fossils. They do not even appear to be converging towards a consistent opinion. " http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/compare.html

Answer 1

No. I have decided that I am going to have faith in the bed-time stories my parents used to tell. What good is science? It doesn't give me warm fuzzies!

WARM FUZZIES CONQUER DESIRE FOR TRUTH.

my warm fuzzies.........

mine.......

Answer 2

People will prefer to believe in a god they have no proof of rather than a concept they only have a little bit of proof of.

They say "evolved from apes, hurr" but refuse to read far enough beyond their bible to learn that we didn't evolve from apes - apes and humans had a common ancestor.

They say "where are the new species". Humans ARE the new species. We haven't seen any 'new' species pop up out of nowhere because evolution is extremely gradual, and we simply haven't been around for long enough to witness any differences.

They ask "where did these distinctly human qualities arise", yet would not turn a page of a Jane Goodall report on the complex social structures, tool using and family lives of chimpanzees.

They say 'why aren't apes in zoos considered wrongfully imprisoned', like the poster DIRECTLY BELOW ME, without paying the slightest bit of attention to my second point

Answer 3

I think this is a science journalist with space to fill talking to scientist with a book to sell, interpreted by someone who didn't read the article very carefully. Our links to aquatic life are set at 365 million years ago, whereas our links with the apes are more on the order of 10 million years ago - there is no suggestion that we are "closer" to pond life. I think it's no surprise that features which are widely spread in the animal kingdom - eyes, jointed limbs, etc - date back to a deep common ancestor, and no news that life started in the seas. There is really no "discovery" being announced here - and no news - just a new book.

Answer 4

Scientists have already proved Darwin's theory wrong. Didn't you read the Hidden History of the Human Race and Forbidden Archeology. They both have stocks of archaeological findings that prove humans where way more intelligent and advanced millions of years ago. And they didn't look anything like monkeys. It is all confirmed in the ancient Vedic Text as well. GO to krishnaculture.com or www.stephen-knapp.com for universal truths

Answer 5

Giving science to a creationist doesn't accomplish anything. They don't understand the science behind evolution, why is this different. They are choosing not to get their information from science, they are choosing religion. If a hidden chapter from the bible came out detailing how evolution is what God says happened, then they would believe it.

Answer 6

I'll be happier when I see evolutionists go against the zoos and imprisonment of great Apes.

That is your forbears isn't it!

Is that how you treat your great grandparents by letting them put them in cages so people can throw peanuts at them!

That's respect.

That's morality.

You treat them like animals, as if you weren't one!

What, did you think you were created by a higher order, aside and apart from the animal world!

Answer 7

Those so called fossils are all fake. The bible says the world is 6000 years old. So any fossils older than that are obviously fraudulent

Answer 8

So what exactly is a "human-like creature"? How do you define human?

More importantly, can you describe the operative process of evolution and how it applies to inanimate objects to create life? No? Really. Hmmmm. Weird.

Answer 9

If there was an adequate explanation of abiogenesis, rather than the current postulations (i.e., the RNA world), then I might believe in evolution. But my God created the earth and man, and until there's a way to explain how life arose, I think I'll keep believing that. I also find it hard to believe that at some point all the qualities associated with being human just evolved (ingenuity, our complex emotions, our complex social structure... in essence, consciously making choices rather than being slaves to instict), of course the fossil record wouldn't be able to show us that. So no, I wouldn't believe in evolution. Good link though, it's interesting.
EDIT: In response to the poster below me, I'm aware of the toolmaking capabilities of chimps, as well as their capacity for language acquisition. Their social structures are not nearly as complex as ours however. And in response to your reference of Goodall, one of the chimps in the group she studied, named "Mike," rose in dominance in his group by banging kerosene cans on the ground while charging. While this shows a measure of intelligence and ingenuity (still nothing compared to humans), it clearly shows how this chimp was still, as I said earlier, a "slave to instinct." His inventiveness was only to gain dominance, a drive inherent in him from the start. I find it hard to believe that chimps ascribe meaning to things like we do; their culture and their inventions are simply used to serve animal instinct. You are trying to place some sort of meaning (or non-meaning) on life, you are aware of the various ways you can perceive life itself; if chimps were aware of these kinds of things, wouldn't they have tried to convey it to us already?

Answer 10

All religious people believe in the theory of evolution. Why must they trust it twice. But the concept is totally different than the Darwin theory.

Answer 11

Christians will find a way of claiming that this is a lie produced by some Satan worshiping scientist who hate God.