Please do not quote the Bible that book is truly irrelevant here...
2007-02-13 12:23:09 · 32 answers · asked by Nacho Libre 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My friend, just understand one simple fact: to a religious person, the truth can be totally ignored, even when it slaps him or her in the face.
The human hemoglobin, when compared to the chipanzee's is 99.9% identical.
Yet, they prefer to pay attention to obscure, unknown people who wrote fables almost 2000 years ago.
This cowboy just above me wants proof from you, but apparently accepts everything said in the Bible. I couldn't give you a better example of irrational thought!
Go figure!
2007-02-13 12:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Sabetudo 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Simple. They have the same Designer/Creator. Why come up with a million different ideas for each animal when a single, simple design with minor adjustments will work?
Christianity does not teach that there is anything unique about the content of the human body. According to the Bible, it is made from the elements of the earth, the same as any of the animal's body. And science continues to confirm that fact the Bible has knew for thousands of years.
Where the difference lies is in the spirit of man. That was breathed into the body of man by God himself. Something not done to any of the other creatures. That is why man alone has consciousness and the ability to make moral choices.
And since your question is intended to disprove the Bible, quoting it is relevant to the question and answer.
2007-02-13 12:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're asking the wrong question because the devil is in the (2%) detail. Try thinking about this fact instead:
Alligators in Florida have been around for 80 million years (according to a biologist on the BBC2 "Wild Florida" documentary) "and they haven't changed one little bit!" Well, fancy that. 80 MILLION years of evolution going on all around and they haven't changed one little bit! Is some evolutionist now going to exclaim, "Oh, but 80 million years is nowhere near long enough for even one evolutionary change to take place!" Please do not quote millions of years - that statistic is truly irrelevant here...
2007-02-14 03:59:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The other 2%
2007-02-13 12:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
The bible is truly irrelevant everywhere, all the time! Evolution's real, god's not - that's the fact.
2007-02-13 22:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes i agree with carantanum, i found a media release from cwru to support that statement.
Mouse, human genomes share similarities
Contact George Stamatis, 216-368-3635 or gxs18@po.cwru.edu
Although separated by 100 million years in evolution, humans and mice share many of the same genes, according to a new analysis.
The comparison, which appeared in a recent issue of the journal Science, is co-authored by researchers from Celera Genomics of Rockville, Md., and geneticists from other institutions, including Joe Nadeau from CWRU's School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland.
The findings will play a crucial role in the study of human diseases using mice and can lead to a greater understanding of the interplay of genes in health and disease.
Although they mapped and compared the entire mouse genome with the human genome, the researchers publish only the results of their study of mouse chromosome 16. Chromosome 16 was chosen in part because of its relation to Down Syndrome which is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 in humans. Much of human chromosome 21 corresponds to mouse 16.
Looking for matches in the human genome, the researchers find large regions of mouse chromosome 16 remarkably conserved in the human genome. Of 731 protein-coding genes on the mouse chromosome, 70 percent are in the same order in the human genome. An example of one of these genes is the one that plays a central role in Alzheimer disease.
The percentage of genes that are unique to the mouse lineage, based on the findings of chromosome 16 (14 of 731 genes) is likely to be about two percent, according to the researchers. The similar gene sequence, genetic content and arrangement of genes validates the mouse as a model for many human diseases.
"The DNA sequence of the mouse genome, together with the differences in DNA sequence between mouse strains that Celera studied, will revolutionize mouse genetics. For the first time, we know the DNA sequence and genetic variation of a model organism for many human genetic diseases," said Nadeau, the James H. Jewell Professor in Genetics and co-director of the Center for Computational Genomics at CWRU. Nadeau assisted in the design of the study and in the analysis and interpretation of the mouse DNA sequence.
–CWRU–
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhpA8sqsW0U1KswcpeRbStogBgx.?qid=20070211201604AAXUJhy
2007-02-13 13:58:26 · answer #6 · answered by Voltage Transformer 33kV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So what? Humans are genetically 98% cucumber, so what does that prove?
My source: Same as yours.
"logic without reasoning is illogical" - I have not idea what theory that supports or condemns.
(What do you want from me, I am just a dumb Orangutan, hoping they will not serve spinach for dinner, tonight."
2007-02-13 12:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Of course there's evolution.
Hey, I even heard we're over 99% chimp!
And see this:
Mice and humans each have about 30,000 genes, yet only 300 are unique to either organism. Both even have genes for a tail, even though it's not "switched on" in humans.
"About 99 percent of genes in humans have counterparts in the mouse," said Eric Lander, Director of the Whitehead Institute Center for Genomic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "Eighty percent have identical, one-to-one counterparts."
AND A MESSAGE TO THOSE ANSWERERS WHO SPEAK OF MORALITY AND SPIRITUALITY AND STUFF:
I question human morality. It would be better named IMmorality, for humans kill and torture other humans and animals, and pollute our planet. We're just a bunch of egoistic users.
2007-02-13 12:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by M 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I would be happy to...
This "alleged" 98% similarity in dna - you miss something important though. This 2% difference actually translates into about 60 million BASE PAIR differences!!!! This small difference in genes is actually turned into a large difference in the amount of protiens produced.
2007-02-13 12:29:52 · answer #9 · answered by Amy 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If you really want to get started on genetics mate, we have 93% matching dna, to an oak tree - seriously, I'm not kidding
put that in your bong and smoke it
by the way, the theory of evolution is just that, a theory. It's never been proved, maybe never will...
until it has those of you with a scientific mind, should learn to keep your mind open, when there's scientific proof either way, then you'll know...
bluray: I've had the god=alien theory since i was about 13, looks like there's quite a few of us...
2007-02-13 12:28:05 · answer #10 · answered by Big Bad Ben 3 · 6⤊ 4⤋