Has anyone ever watched a single cell evolve. ??

Question

Just wondering I think the theory of evolution is a pagan religion masquerading as bad science

Answer 1

individuals don't evolve. Species evolve. And if you seriously think evolution is just "bad science" it shows that you have no real concept of what it is all about.

I'm not saying that geniuses are infallible, but most people that get into the hard sciences tend to be very intelligent in the sense of being good at discerning and analyzing patterns and data. For you to assume that 150 years of these people have been a complete waste of time is sad to me.

Answer 2

You don't believe in evolution? I have never actually watched a single cell evolve, but I do know that last year's flu vaccine is ineffective against this year's flu. I also know that many of the antibiotics that worked miracles 50 years ago are ineffective today against the same illnesses. The reason for this is simple natural selection. A few bacteria are naturally resistant to a drug and these multiply rapidly in the abscense of the others. Last year's vaccine is ineffective because this year's flu is a different strain. Different strains happen because of evolution. The bacteria must constantly change its genetic makeup through mutation and natural selection in order to evade the immune systems defenses. If your immune system wins the battle, you live and go back to work/school, etc. If the flu bug wins, you die.
But since you don't believe in evolution, last year's flu shot will work just fine for you. Right?? How about some 50 year old antibiotics?? Good luck with those.

Answer 3

Name the scientist who stated that the Nebraska tooth was definitely human. You can't, because nobody ever did. All you can do is hint at the standardised lie of young Earth creationists. Why were Ernst Haeckel's drawings always controversial among scientists if they "all" accepted them? Why are you suggesting that something happened which did not? Why was the Piltdown reconstruction not accepted by Marcellin Boule in France and Gerrit Miller in the USA if "all" scientists accepted it as a genuine fossil man? Why did Fr. Teilhard de Chardin who was present at some of the Piltdown digs suspect that the association of the jaw and cranium pieces was mistaken and disregard the thing after 1920? Why did even British scientists who had originally accepted it as real begin to see that it was anomalous if not mistaken after 1930? Why did one of them who wrote extensively on human evolution simply leave it out? How many doctoral dissertations were written on the subject of Eoanthopus dawsonii? Was that 500? How many were written on any closely related subject between 1913 and 1953? Was that 500? if the second number was only 500 or less, how can the first be 500? Didn't anyone write a doctoral dissertation on some other subject, such as the customs of clan X in the Amazon? Who exposed the fraud? Was it some character preaching in the street? Was it some parson thundering from a pulpit? When was the fraud publicised? Within weeks of the first real evidence. Do any scientists still claim it was real? Do you know anything about this case at all except the lies you have been fed? FRAUD Which young Earth creationist lecturer and debater claimed that a book written before 1974 referred to a fossil found in 1974 and even though corrected, claimed the same thing at least three times later? Which same creationist lecturer and debater claimed in 1982 that he has spent more than 12 years at Cornell University when the records of that University showed four years? Which creationist lecturer and debater claimed the same thing in Sydney, Australia in 1988? Which group of people consistently lies about the "Java man" discovered by Eugene Dubois in the late 1800s. Which group claims he found the supposed Java man fossil at the same level as tha modern skull, though the sites were dozens of kilometers apart? Why do they keep repeating this lie? Which group of "scientists" claim scientific or theological qualifications from institutions that sell degrees for a few hundred dollars, that they own themselves or do not exist at all? Why do creationists keep repeating the same material even though the scientific and much of the wider community have known for 30 years and more that they are lying? Why do you keep repeating this false material? I have never hear of flipperpithecus and I suspect it is entirely a young Earth creationist invention. Evolution is a fact since it is defined as a genetic change in populations, which has been observed and measured both by counting animals and from molecule by molecule examination of genetic material. Why do you insist on confusing it with the origin of life? It does not matter how much you and your fellow travellers lie, it does not matter how often or how much you misrepresent the opinions of actual scientists, it does not matter how much you distort some facts and conveniently ignore others, evolution remains a fact.

Answer 4

Anyone who has seen multiple generations of a family, of pets, or any other organization has seen evolution.

Science is seeing evolution of single-celled organisms on a daily basis. It is the whole idea behind resistance to antibiotics.

Preachers will tell you that this isn't really evolution, but they are simply redefining evolution to exclude such survival methods among organisms. Simply, evolution is the ability of an organism to adapt, over generations, to changes in the environment. Bacteria generating offspring resistant to chemicals is one such example.

Another example was brought about purposefully by Samuel Adams brewing company, who was able to produce a beer with over 25% alcohol. They developed a specific breed of yeast that is able to survive in higher levels of alcohol, creating a beverage with the highest percentage of alcohol produced without distilation.

Some say that microevolution isn't evolution at all, but the point is that microevolution is a divergence in form of a single species. Over time, the divergence grows and the similarity between the species decreases.

Other forms of evolution can come about by random mutation. This creates an organism with some dramatically different characteristics. Some examples of these things have shown up in nature, but of course there is debate as to whether this actually constitutes evolution.

In the end, those who preach against evolution will discount the evidence. It's kind of like those who fail to admit they have a disease until they die from it.

Answer 5

Yes, we know that bacteria and other single celled organisms, as well as viruses, evolve at a quicker rate than larger, more complex orgamisms, because they replicate so much faster, so there are mutations more often, within the same space of time.
This is why we get different strains of bacteria / viruses, as they mutate, causing different phenotypes, which is why they become resistant to antibiotics and things like that, for instance, penicillin is far less effective nowadays than it was when it was discovered.
This is also how the H5N1 strain of birdflu comes about, by a mutation, which causes it to be able to infect humans.
Evolution is a fact, deal with it.

Answer 6

Too much Pokemon, not enough education. Evolution is a process that usually involves generations. I have observed bacterial strains evolve in a few hours (<10 generations).

Answer 7

This is evelutions biggest flaw actually. The missing links. Cells do have activity that can be observed under microscopes but nobody has ever witnessed a single evelution of even one lifeform and the fosil record proves this. Mutations or defects can be mistaken for evelution. Darwin mistakenly thought Finches beaks changed shape to adapt to thier enviroments. Modern science has long sience explained this error by revealing that the birds have the various shapes encoded in thier D.N.A. and while they have variety they are limited to the pre-programed possible shapes and are unable to evolve beyond those limits.

Answer 8

Yes, you can watch a cell evolve and adapt to its surroundings under a microscope.

Answer 9

have you ever seen two different breeds of animals mate and have a different species like a wolf or pitbulls, cats too. many animals change. When two different color humans breed that child will be a mix

Answer 10

Funnily enough... evolution has nothing to do with religion- you can be religious no matter what your views on evolution are, and you can accept evolution irregardless of your religion. Please, educate yourself before you make ignorant assumptions about things you are too stubborn to investigate.

Oh, and Merry Christmas to you too! :P