who can explain to me (with a GOOD reasonable answer) how evolution "works"?

Question

i bet you can't give me REAL reasons on how evolution works. but i am curious to see what you evolutionists believe. how can something appear from nothing? explain it. how could a human (so complexly designed) appear from dogs & fish & maggots & nothing? it makes NO sense! try me. (just remember, believing in evolution..... well..... it's your funeral. not mine.) but try me.

Answer 1

It can be done but it would take a lot of words to do it. I suggest you pick up books on biology and evolution from your local library.

Oh and I bet I and many others could give you real answers to how evolution works.

You probably wouldn't listen though.

Answer 2

I'll try to give you the short answer for this.

In the beginning when the world was first created, energy was running lose all over the world do to the creation process. There were storms every where, much like the big red spot on Jupiter. Well, the sea at the time was full of chemicals left over from the creation process that hadn't settled down yet, so they themselves were full of rapidly transferring energy. When these elements came into contact, the energy allowed them to bond together. Well, when lightning would strike the earth, the electricity would travel through these bonded elements and seal them together. The electricity also gave them a jumpstart. Now, some of these combinations did nothing, so they simply formed a molecule and settled down into the earth. Others, the ones that were together that were necessary for life, would begin to act on their own. These were the first single cellular organisms. It's not a really lengthy explenation, but you get the idea. Also, this has been tested in a lab and proven to be a possible way life was created. From there, the cellular organisms would split off and split off. If you have ever seen a baby go from a cell to a baby, then you would know how these cells would be capable of forming a working complex organism. From there, these complex organisms would adapt to their surroundings, going through natural selection. Those who could survive passed their genes on to the next generation. Those that died, didn't. Through a series of many adaptations and mutations, these creatures were able to form others that were no more complex, simply better suited to their enviorment. Through a continued process, these organisms formed the early primates, and then early humans. Then, we reach modern man.

Also, a dog, a fish, and a maggot are no more complex than you are. They are simply better suited to their enviorment. We may be more intelectual, but that's all we really have going for us. We can't fly, run fast, breathe underwater. The list goes on and on.

After 4 billion years, this process is easily possible.

Answer 3

Evolution is the process in which some inherited traits in a population become more common relative to others through successive generations. This includes both pre-existing traits as well as new traits introduced by mutations. Over time, the processes of evolution can lead to speciation: the development of a new species from existing ones. All life is a result of such speciation events and thus all organisms are related by common descent from a single ancestor. [2][3]

Read it. Seriously it makes sense. Did you know that several generations ago your baby toes would have been the same size as the rest of your toes because people didn't wear shoes and it helped balance but now that we do we don't need it so it's getting smaller and eventually it will be bred out completely. Ever wonderr why they call it a tailbone? Cuz there used to be a tail attached. You can still find people with little tail nubbies- yeah like in shallow hal. It makes sense! how does this make less sense than God put people on the earth. Where's the dinosaurs in your story girlie? or are those a lie too? And how are you asking how people came from nothing when you are obviously a creationist who believes they quite litterally sprung from nothing but some divine being's imagination. If that were true I would assume we'd be less complex.


OOOOOH I have a good one!! Sickle cell anemia!!
OK in africa blood cells mutated to make people less susceptible to malaria.

Answer 4

Certainly. Firstly, genetic variation occurs. Because of radiation, chemicals, or other insult, a DNA base may be incorrectly copied, or DNA strands may be shuffled or duplicated, and the daughter organism is thus different from its parents. Since this is a genetic change, the organism's offspring will contain the modified gene, as well as an unmodified gene from the other parent; the modified gene will give some different attribute to the offspring than was had by the grandparent, and that change may, or (more usually) may not, be advantageous for survival and subsequent reproduction. If there is advantage, sexuality will quickly propagate the modified gene throughout the descendants, and the unmodified species may either survive or die out. Every commercially important plant or animal is a genetic variant of the original wild type, in some cases to the point that it can no longer crossbreed with the original wild type, i.e. it is a new species.

I have described both of the two essential elements of the theory: genetic variation, and natural selection. Since both of these are demonstrated, the theory is proved, and it is now correct to speak of evolution as a fact.

Answer 5

If you are incapable of understanding basic biology, then any explanation that I might give you would be lost.

Evolution is a fact. It can be proven quite simply. However, I believe your question is more complex than that, wanting to know how evolution could explain the origin of species. If you understand Evolution, then the origin of species question becomes easy to extrapolate. If you do not understand Evolution, then trying to teach you 2 semesters of biology in one short answer is pointless.

Besides, Evolution and Creation are not mutually exclusive. You can have both, or neither. It is like asking if you want french fries with your Big Mac, or do you want your order to go? They are not exclusive options.

Does this help at all?

Answer 6

Why is it that you have such a problem with a human being "coming from nothing", yet you seem to have absolutely no problem with an all-knowing, all-powerful, super-advanced deity -- which by definition would have to be the most complicated thing in the entire universe -- coming from nothing?

And I'm a little hesitant to go into any specific details about evolution, since it really doesn't sound like you'll read it with an open mind (your fault, not mine; you're the one who worded your post the way you did). But if you're serious about wanting to do research on the subject, start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_evolution

Answer 7

Things evolve, revolve, dissolve, and involve themselves all the time. The issue is a more recent concept, 'natural selection'. It's a lot like the Genesis account of where it all came from, except there's no mention of God. Natural selection assumes that 'life', deliberately, and methodically changes itself from the simple to the complex. Don't confuse natural selection, with 'survival of the fittest'. The latter is as old as Greek philosophy. Even the ancient Greeks realized that you couldn't boot-strap yourself into intelligence, you had to be taught. By a teacher. God.

Answer 8

To understand evolution, understand that a lot can change over 1 million years. A lot more can change over 5 million years. A whole lot more can change over 50 million years.

And this in no way lessens my Faith in God. Science can tell us about the age and development of our planet. It can answer questions about the workings of our brains. But no field of human science will ever come close to explaining God.

Answer 9

The most simple answer is that when a genetic trait in an animal turns out to be helpful to its survival, the animal lives to procreate and pass on that genetic trait to its offspring.

Beyond that, you would need to take a few courses in biology, cellular biology, palentology, geology and genetics. That gets pretty complicated but if you are truly interested in learning how life works thats what you'll have to do. I know its hard, but then understanding the world doesn't just come to you as an afterthought.

Answer 10

Evolution occurs by changes in allele frequency in a population over time.

Evolution does not posit that anything can appear from nothing.

You imply that humans are more complex than dogs, fish, and maggots. Please define complexity and tell us how it is measured. Otherwise, your premise is nothing more than a baseless assertion.