Do people believe in Darwins theory of Evolotion still, or have we come past that?

Question

I mean, we still havent found the missing link...

My husband and I believe in evolution as a daily thing (such as species dying out because of weather and so forth), but not as the creation of the world.

Do people still believe that we started as goo and continued up the line to where we are today even though we have no scientific base?

Im just curious because I havent had a good conversation about evolution in awhile, and Im not sure where the scientific community stands at this point, and I'd like to stay informed.

Thank you in advance.

Sorry - I was typing too fast in the dark.

What I meant was EVOLUTION. LOL.

Answer 1

Actually, only the USA and the middle east considers it false. Everywhere else on the planet has over a 90% acceptance rate of it as a fact.

We are way, way behind.

You might want to brush up on it since you obviously haven't been reading any up to date sources (there aren't many missing links left, as it happens...)

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/



Some organizations statements on Evolution:
--------------------------------------------------http://www.nsta.org/159&psid=10
http://www.interacademies.net/CMS/6159.aspx
http://www.aaanet.org/stmts/evolution.htm
http://www.vertpaleo.org/policy/policy_statement_evolution.html
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?year=&id=4298
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ASN/evo.html
http://www.baylor.edu/biology/index.php?id=27622
http://www.geosociety.org/aboutus/position1.htm
http://www.sfn.org/?pagename=guidelinesPolicies_SfNStatementonEvolutionandID
http://zoology.okstate.edu/EvolutionStatement.htm
http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/8954_nabt_statement_on_evolution_ev_5_21_1998.asp
http://www.hssonline.org/society/society_frame.html?http://www.hssonline.org/society/about/evolution.html
http://www.ou.edu/cas/zoology/evolution.htm
http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blaguevol.htm
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inbios/news/evolution.htm (this is a BIG one ... Michael Behe, one of the fathers of 'Intelligent Design', was *BLASTED* by the rest of his department -- he'd have been let go had it not been for his having tenure)
http://www.aip.org/gov/gov/policy7.html
http://buzz.smm.org/buzz/community/guidelines/evolution
http://www.texscience.org/files/statements.htm
http://www.unc.edu/depts/msen/statement/evolution.html
http://www.aip.org/education/sps/governance/statements/2003evolution.htm



Falling from 'faith' is a good thing. It means we're finally using that common sense and reason. When logic is providing answers that a bunch of goat herders 2000 years ago couldn't possibly have conceived, that's a good thing.

Or should we stop using antibiotics and modern surgical techniques since those goat herders couldn't have predicted them?

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Oh, and Jeff C? If you're gonna email people to lament their lost souls and pray for them? You should really turn on contact for yourself as well so we can email back laughing in your face. It's only fair, of course -- you violate your religion (judging our souls, which isn't your place according to your own fairy tale), so we should be free to laugh in your face at your hypocracy.

Answer 2

"Science and [the Bible are] no longer seen as incompatible."
--- The Daily Telegraph, London, May 26, 1999.

Reconciling Science and Religion
- An Enduring Quest
- - Accept the Limits
- - Let the known facts speak
- - The Creative Days--24 Hours Each?
- - Faith, not credulity
- - Respect science; acknowledge belief
- - Has Science Taken the Moral High Ground?
http://watchtower.org/e/20020608/article_01.htm

Why I Believe the Bible
--A Nuclear Scientist Tells His Story
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122a/article_01.htm

The Awesome Universe---Where Did It Come From? :
- The Big Bang--What It Does & Doesn't Explain
- So Mysterious, yet So Beautiful
- 'Something is Missing'--What?
http://watchtower.org/e/19960122/article_01.htm

Life A Product of Design :
- Copying Life's Marvelous Designs
- Learning From Designs in Nature
- The Great Designer Revealed
http://watchtower.org/e/20000122/article_01.htm

Unraveling the Mystery of Your Genes :
- Genes, DNA, and You
- Peering Into the Microscope
- What Is Behing the Mystery of Life?
- How DNA Replicates
- How Proteins Are Made
http://watchtower.org/e/19990908a/article_01.htm

You say, My husband and I believe in evolution as a daily thing (such as species dying out because of weather and so forth), but not as the creation of the world." The Bible calls that "time and unforseen occurance." (Ecc 9:11end)

You seem to have missed getting a copy of the Special : "Is There a Creator?", Sept 2006 issue of Awake! mag.
http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm?content=/region/global/english/releases/educational/060901.htm
It is all about creation --cover to cover-- including an article titled:
"Did God Use Evolution to Create Life?"

I feel Sure you'd Enjoy it! I Know I Did! And, as the site says, extra copies are available on request.

There are also these books that I highly recommend:

"Life-- how did it get here?
By evolution or by creation?", and

"Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?"

They are all 3 available upon request to those who wish to read them, at no charge.
http://watchtower.org/e/publications/index.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/worship.htm
This ^ is where you can find us to get copies,
& also what you can expect on a visit.

Now you have fuel for MANY 'good conversations'!

Answer 3

Um, no offense, but you really should keep up on science. See, that's the thing about science -- new information is constantly being added through observation, experimentation, fossil finds, etc.

First: there is no "belief" in evolution. Either you accept the huge mountain of evidence that shows evolution to be a correct way of explaining the origins and diversity of life on earth, or you don't. It's not belief, it's logic and reason. If you "believe" in it, then you've missed the point entirely.
Second: there have actually been quite a few "missing links" found (there's that "keep up" part). The scientific base for evolution is one of the strongest in science, as well-founded as Newton's theory of gravity. Do you "not believe" in gravity? Fine, you can choose not to believe if you want -- but you're still gonna get pulled down to earth :)

I think many people here don't understand how science works. Hypotheses and ideas that aren't supported by evidence are VERY QUICKLY discarded by science. No scientists wants to waste his career chasing after false hypotheses. And every bit of data, observational evidence, results from fossil finds, and genetic evidence is independently verified by LOTS of other scientists several times over before being accepted as real. If evolution did a poor job of explaining the origin and diversity of life on this planet, it would have been abandoned long, long ago. Instead, over 150 years it has proven time and time and time again to match observational and fossil evidence, and found to be correct. That during that entire 150 year period not a single serious challenge to evolution by natural selection has withstood scrutiny has led well over 99% of all scientists (and 100% of biological scientists who actually study evolution) to conclude that it is a FACT, just like gravity.

But don't let the opinion of scientists decide the issue for you, go out and catch up on the evidence for yourself, and reach a logical conclusion. Then you can leave illogical, superstitious, and uninformed "belief" behind.

Happy Solstice :)

Answer 4

Here is the scientific community's stance on this point......we don't "believe" in evolution. It is a theory we understand, we understand how the evidence is linked, and we have come to accept the theory as fact. Beliefs are what people are forced to resort to when they don't have an understanding.
It's common for people who don't know a thing about hominids, Australopithecenes, etc. to say "we haven't found the missing link". Fact is, there are a multitude of missing links. The lineage to modern man is pretty well mapped out. We will never convince those who are closed to the possibility of evolution. They will always have other beliefs.

Answer 5

Actually, Yahoo! News just had an article (a few days ago) about a step in the missing link turning up in the Rift Valley of Africa (I forget the name they gave it).

Yes, many people, including myself, believe that evolution is how man got here.

Found the article at the LA Times.

Answer 6

There was an enormous wealth of data from which Darwin drew his conclusions. Since Darwin's time, we have determined many of the mechanisms down to the molecular level, and have discovered evidence to dwarf the material on which the foundation was built. Is the study complete? It never will be. Is it scientifically sound? Absolutely.

Answer 7

Dreamstuff..FYI Evolution doesnt dictate that humans are apes...it suggests that we have a common ancestor with apes, which is also going to be pretty difficult to prove. \ To answer, I believe in Natural Selection, as well as selective mutations. Its happening all the time. Its a big part of what makes life so amazing. But, I dont think that Evolution can explain the Origins of mankind. Nor do I subscribe to Abiogenesis..

Answer 8

The irony about the missing link is - no matter how many links science finds, Creationists will always claim the 'missing' link is still missing.

Furthermore, evolution does NOT say we started as goo. It merely is a theory of how life developed. It makes no claims at all about the origin of life.

Answer 9

Are you kidding, over the last three decades the theory has become nearly airtight, we know now that fossils only forms under certian conditions, and we have plenty of animal transitional fossils. Around 98% of the scientific community, who study science as their life, believe in evolution. As opposed to around 70% 30 years ago.

EDIT: And wow, now that I actually read your question, as others have said, it has nothing to do with evolution. This ignorance is on a whole other level..

Answer 10

I don't know if Evolution is the final word on the origin of species, but I do know that believing that some god my less than intellectual ancestors made up, instantaneously farted the universe out intact, is absurd.