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Where did the space for the Universe come from?

Where did matter come from?

Where did the laws that govern the Universe come from?

How did matter get so perfectly organized?

Where did the energy come from to do the organizing?

When, where, why and how did life come from dead matter?

When, where, why and how did life learn to reporduce itself?

Shouldn't be too hard to answer if Evolution is so worthy of being taught like scientific fact like it is talked about being.

2007-01-01 06:02:34 · 20 answers · asked by thstuff9946 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

These have EVERYTHING to do with evolution because isn't matter anything that takes up space?

2007-01-01 06:12:15 · update #1

Ok, let's see how this idea gets accepted. Evolution is not some kind of stand alone "science" as a lot of these people seem to think that it is. Without other areas of science, say Climatology for instance since all the factors were absolutely perfect for evolution to happen then obviously the climate had to be one factor that was perfect. You see, you can't separate Evolution from any other type of science because it depends on too many of them. Simply if you can't say something other than "matter was always here" you are doing nothing different than someone who believes in God does. The only difference is you don't have anything that created it.

2007-01-02 13:18:59 · update #2

Let me make myself clearer for those who will think I am idiot for thinking that something like Climatology has anything to do with Evolution. Evolution is a biological science right? Well the Geology and Geography and Climate along with other factors determine what types of things can live in a certain place, after all, you can't expect to take something that lives in a rain forest with temperatures that are warm to live in a place like the North Pole, it won't survive. But according to Evolution it would eventually evolve into something that would. Don't give me any "Well that's absurd" type of answers because break it down and that's exactly what it says.

2007-01-02 13:27:08 · update #3

20 answers

Answer to the first 6: What does this have to do with evolution?

Also... life didn't "learn". "Life" isn't an intelligence.

You don't know what evolution is. You don't even know whether or not evolution speculates as to the origins of existence and matter and the planet (IT DOESN'T). I bet you don't even know what "cosmology" IS.

Come back when you have more than misconceptions to throw at us.

2007-01-01 06:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7 0

The theory of evolution does not cover all these aspects. Especially your first three questions are not discussed within evolution. Evolution is what happens within the universe, it is not what made the universe - at least as far as we know now. For the sake of evolution, a "god" could well have created the universe, matter, energy, and the laws of physics, and then gone away and leave the rest to evolution. Not that I think that "god" did, but this would not contradict evolution.
The laws of physics is what "organizes" matter and energy, but this is not an intelligent or purposeful sort of organization. The universe is full of chance, randomness, and waste. And within all that waste, every once in a while some molecules find themselves in a combination which has reproductive potential. Probably, an overwhelming percentage of these combinations are destroyed without realizing any sort of reproduction. But in at least one case, reproduction succeeded, and when this molecule can reproduce once, it (and its offspring) can do it again. There is no such thing as "learning" in the process. It is simple and self-explanatory: those molecules who can reproduce, will eventually do so; and those who can't, won't. If any variation of the molecules (like forming more complex combinations) is an advantage in reproducing, it will probably prevail; otherwise, it will reproduce less efficiently and therefore eventually die out.
Actually, the principle of evolution is a tautology: whatever is better eqipped for reproduction, will reproduce better. Should not be too difficult to understand.

2007-01-01 06:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by NaturalBornKieler 7 · 3 0

It was always here
It was always here
They were always here-These are all three the same question.
It obeys the natural laws. It is hardly that organized taken as a whole.
Energy and matter are different forms of the same thing so I already answered that.
We haven't figured it all out yet, but we have most of the chemistry down and you will see lab created life soon. I hope you are ready to recant your faith when it happens.
Again that is the same question and abiogenesis is not part of evolution at all.

It always comes down to (insert belief) was always here. Putting a god in there didn't answer a thing because you only added a step to that and you are still left with all the same questions. You say it is impossible to get something from nothing? Well then how did god do it? Where did god come from? Where did he get the matter? Where did he get the energy? How did he create life from non-living matter? And you have added one huge one-What possible motivation would there be to do this?

I personally think the universe was always here in some form. Adding a step without any evidence isn't a reasonable thing to do. And lack of understanding is just that, it isn't evidence that an invisible sky faerie did it.

2007-01-01 06:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 6 · 3 0

Space is eternal. We exist on the physical PLANE. A plane, in mathematics, is endless.

Matter is a constant, thus, it is eternal. It always was. Nothing can simply come into existence.

The laws that govern the universe are constants, but they are variables. The laws change as do the things that they are applied to.

Perfectly organized? Quite the contrary. Our universe only seems organized because it's fit to our needs, or to be more correct, our needs are fit to the universe.

It's not organized at all. It's a random collection of space debris formed into planets and stars and the like.

Death is the absence of life. Life came from inanimate particles that were formed together into a single celuar organism that was jump started by the storms of the early earth. We need no reason for this action, it simply did out of chance.

Reproduction was instincual for survival. The instincts came from the workings of the single celuar organisms, which evolved into instincts. Cells will naturally split off in order to work more effectively

You're right, that wasn't hard at all

2007-01-01 06:13:06 · answer #4 · answered by Ghost Wolf 6 · 3 0

Why should idiots, who don't know evolution from cosmology and abiogenesis, be taken seriously when they offer opinions on education and their sole understanding of science is cutting and pasting?

The universe IS the space.
The origin of mass-energy (matter derived from energy begs the question of the origin) and the physical laws is currently beyond the experimental capacity.
Matter is not "perfectly organized" and when it organizes, it is usually by loss, not gain, of energy (e.g. crystal formation).
Life is defined by reproduction, and that reproductive capacity was probably acquired from molecules that had the capacity to catalyze the formation of self-similar molecules.

Why is it "These have EVERYTHING to do with evolution because isn't matter anything that takes up space?" Cars take up space, so why no ask in auto repair?

2007-01-01 13:11:20 · answer #5 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2 0

it didnt' come from anywhere, it has always existed forever.

matter and energy organize into "perfection" everyday. the very act of your body turning a ham into energy and material for your physical body is a case of this "perfect" reorganization. I say "perfect" because you have never seen another universe so there is no reason to assume that this universe is perfect. it's just the only one we know. based on laws of physics, some things are naturally attracted to one another. Hydrogens and Oxygens naturally bond to form water and so on. negatives want positives.

dead matter?

reproduction... hmmmm... first you would have to define life. life, for me, is just chemical reactions. every thought and action is just that, chemicals reacting in the brain, muscle, and organ tissues. so when it comes to reproduction, the only thing that is being reproduced are genes. and that is the fault of the genes, they force us to have the desire to keep those genes "alive." the life aspect is just the chemical reaction continuing, but those elements don't (and can't) care if they're humans or rocks.

now then, these things i say are just what i think. i don't believe we should teach anything as fact until it is indisputable. this is not yet indisputable, but already has more evidence pointing to it than god. and it's only 150 years old!

2007-01-01 06:14:29 · answer #6 · answered by Shawn M 3 · 1 0

Evolution is a scientific fact - I just can't see any of your questions that are actually to do with evolution. Most of it is to do with cosmological questions. Evolution is about how living organisms interact to adapt and evolve new forms. If you want to know how life learned to copy itself you could read up on how entirely synthetics stands of RNA have been to copy themselves quite happily in lab experiments.

What I don't understand is how you can imagine that your preferred answer 'the sky-fairy did it' is an answer at all - its a non-answer - an 'I dont know so it must be god' kind of response that explains nothing. Why is religion so in love with ignorance?

2007-01-01 06:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4 0

Firstly what the heck has any of that to do with evolution?

And there is no such thing as an evolutionist just as there is no such thing as a quantum mechanicist.

Edit:

When in a hole stop digging, they have nothing to do with evolution save for the last one and that only tangentially, start with a basic science education and come back in a year or three.

2007-01-01 06:06:08 · answer #8 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 3 0

Amazing-not one of those questions relates to biological evolution. Again this is an example of creationist intellectual dishonesty-it just isn't practical to try and address such a complex set of questions dealing with unrelated issues comprehensively, then they will chalk up the lack of response as a victory.

2007-01-01 06:06:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4 0

Each of these are very complex questions that would take approximately a chapter in a science book to answer. A longish chapter because by the nature of the questions you have a rudimentary understanding about science. Why don't you pare it down Sparky?

2007-01-01 06:05:32 · answer #10 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 3 0

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