Is evolution all that it is cracked up to be??

Question

I am very skeptical...my biology teachers have always acted like it is real...but I dunno....sounds like a hoax

Answer 1

You prefer the story with the talking snake, the apple, and the naked lady...?

Answer 2

First, I would give more credibility to your science teacher than the yahoos on yahoo answers. At least you know the teacher has some credentials. Second, the R&S section is the wrong place to look for scientific information if you are going to ask a question on yahoo. Go try the science biology section. Go read a good book on the subject, a science book not a creationist propaganda book. There is debate in the scientific community about the mechanisms of evolution which can be confusing but there is no debate that it has occured and is still occuring.

Answer 3

No, it's not all that it's cracked up to be. It is a theory and one that is not observable no matter what you are told. There are no examples, none, of transitional fossils. You are also told that it takes millions of years for fossils to form, again not true.

Every time a theory of evolution gets shot down, we don't look at the evidence of why it was shot down, we create a new theory. Again, one that is not observable.

There is an awful lot of evidence, physical evidence, that supports intelligent design. I find it much more believable than the theory that all of life came about as some great cosmic accident. Do you realize that if one thing had not been in the right place at the right time life on this earth would not have been possible? That's how slim the chances are of an 'accident'.

Also, to say that a great deal of scientists, biologists and geologists use evolution and support evolutionary teachings is waaaaaaay too broad of a generalization. There are a quite a number in the science field who support creationism as a viable idea? You just don't hear of them because science journals refuse to print their articles. Just who is afraid of truth here? Makes me wonder.........

Evolution is a fancy word for another kind of religion. It's called secular humanism. It is the kind of religion where others feel they should be allowed to determine whether or not you have a 'quality' life so they can pull the plug on you. It allows for abortion, euthanasia, mercy killings. It has no moral value.

If you want to know more I suggest visiting websites like www.answersingenesis.org. They have a ton of different links that you can study.

Answer 4

It makes perfect sense...little bits of whatever interact with other little bits of whatever and, depending on their specific dynamic (shape, electric charge, vibration, etc.), can form little "islands of temporary stability". A very simply example of this would be a Hydrogen atom and 2 Oxygen atoms forming an "island of stability" as a water molecule water. These island's of stability are either disrupted by other interactions with the environment (any other physical bit of matter or energy really), thus dissolving the "island", or they are stable enough to continue to exist and interact with other "islands" to form even bigger "islands" with new ways to interact (emergent properties; since it's a bigger formation, it can fit into things it couldn't before, or not get caught on small snags like it could before, etc.)

That example was on an atomic level, and a couple million years of these "islands" bouncing around and some pretty complex things can emerge. Bascially, if the laws of physics say that a formation is unstable, it will not exist as long as formations that are more stable (by their very definition).

You also need to understand that nature does not classify objects for utility use (what humans do as naturally as breathing), it just "MacGyvers" everything for whatever purpose it can fill at the time. Like if you were to fill a pot hole with legos. It will fill the hole, thus preventing something else from doing such (like a tire, rocks, whatever), although lego's aren't used for filling holes (unless they are in a lego castle...)

Answer 5

evolution is studied by the careful observations of changes in species over a long period of time.

tracing animal's traits and how they evolved based on the fossil record (in a nutshell).

If this observation and study and testing method of science sound like a hoax, then religious beliefs must set off a major bulls hit meter in your head as they don't even have the very rudimentary beginnings for trying to prove the most basic of things they claim as facts.

and yes it is "just a theory" so is the "theory" that the earth revolves around the sun, so is the "theory" that humans need oxygen to breathe, so is the "theory" that matter is made up of molecules.

These are all "theories" that have been tested and proven to be true after bieng tesed, questioned, re-tested and finally accepted by the scientific community and humanity at large.

There was a time when religion also said the sun revolves around the earth. they had even more proof or logic to base that on than they do to counter evolution or to believe in god or creation and look what happened there.

Answer 6

Imagine all the complicated stuff that had to come together at the same time for your eyes to work. How did the cells of your skull know to make sockets for them? How did other cells know to make optical nerves? And how did the brain know to interpret the signal from those nerves? How did dumb luck evolution know that two eyes were needed for depth perception? How did the lens know how to focus? How did the cones and rods know how to be light sensitive? How did the eyeball know to be transparent? Again, all this stuff had to come together at the same time, it was not a peace-meal effort, there was no research and development prototypes. Ask your friendly, neighborhood evolutionist to explain that.

Answer 7

You are right. Any sane person of average intelligence can see that Darwin and his followers' theories about the origin of the species as well as the origin of the universe are all part of one big hoax perpetrated on the human race like a diabolical prank, one with eternal consequences for each human bean to face for themselves. Which makes the most sense to you? It is after all totally up to you to decide for yourself. Did you arrive on this planet by a fantastic series of accidental quirks of fate starting with ooze from no where and ending with the first human evolved from a monkey? Or were you created by a master super intelligent designer with a grand plan in mind for your life? You choose and that decision that you make will determine your course for your entire life for all eternity. Life is not a dress rehearsal. It is the real deal. Are you going to be on the winning side or are you going to be another victim of the dark side to live in the dark and die in the dark and cease to exist completely for all eternity? This is your future you are toying with. How do you want it to go?

Answer 8

Seriously- it's an absolute indisputable fact and that isn't overstatement. Evolution of species isn't a theory but a fact- only the biological mechanisms involved are theoretical. Only those ignorant of the evidence question evolution.

Answer 9

Its as real as the theory of relativity which is widely accepted as fact in the scientific community.

Answer 10

Well: all evidence points to Evolution, and the overwhelming (to an incredible degree) number of the worlds scientists accept it. Also, it is a "theory" in the scientific sense, not in the casual language sense, meaning it is as close to "fact" as we have gotten. It is as valid as the "theory" of gravity...

Jan (above): once again, you have offered no substantiating evidence of your "God". Substitute "pink unicorn" for God and your statement makes as much sense.

Answer 11

My grandpa was not a rock. Evolution teaches that an explosion created something that turned into something else which evolved into something else called monkey-men who then evolved into humans. (when was the last time you saw a terrorist bomb put civilians together?). I'd rather believe in a loving God who created me with love and a divine purpose and that when I die, I'll live in heaven with Him forever rather than believe I came from slime and will die and cease to exist altogether and rot beneath the dirt with worms, the end... Not cool.