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I want to have like a survey of the people who believe or don't believe.
I also would like to know what some people think about this forum question:
http://stforum.5gbfree.com/forum.php

Thanks. As for me, there are parts of evolution I don't understand, but I think it is partially correct.

2007-03-02 07:20:12 · 13 answers · asked by O.K. THEN 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

13 answers

I don’t believe in evolution of man kind. I believe in The Creation of mankind by God.

2007-03-02 07:26:43 · answer #1 · answered by qwerty 3 · 1 1

I believe in evolution because all of the evidence supports evolution, and none contradicts it. I believe in it, in other words, in the same sense that I believe that camels exist, that the Earth revolves around the Sun, and that I will die if I don't breathe air. I've never met a camel, never been to the Sun, and I've never tried not breathing; but all the evidence strongly supports each of these propositions, just as much as it supports evolutionary theory.

Like all of science, evolutionary theory isn't perfect, complete, or inerrant. It is open to revision, expansion, and re-evaluation at all times, and many of the details of evolution (though not the overall broad picture) have, indeed, been revised in many ways over the course of the 20th century. However, there is no evidence against the theory of evolution, and there are no true theories competing with it. I am equally willing to revise my beliefs regarding the existence of camels, the orbiting of the Earth, and the necessity of breathing if the evidence should contradict any of these; but until evidence does contradict them, all the dissent is mere hollow speculation.

If you want to better understand evolution, there are a variety of good websites to help clear up common misconceptions about it. Check out, for example, www.talkorigins.org and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution. If you have any questions, also, feel free to send me a message and I'll explain if I can, or otherwise direct you to sources who can explain.

The website you provided doesn't seem to be a very reliable one, considering that it spreads simple falsehoods like "if an organism evolves a trait of its ancestors, evolution is moving backwards, which it isn't supposed to do"; there is no such thing as moving "backwards" or "forwards" in evolution, because evolution is non-directional. It is always possible for an organism to "re-evolve" traits that it has lost or changed in the past. Consider, for example, the example of a population of horses that is forced to evolve longer necks in response to a lengthy drought, in order to reach higher-up vegetation and thus get enough food. After the drought ends, the horses' necks could quite plausibly return to "normal" length, because there is no longer any benefit to reaching the high vegetation; there is an abundance of vegetation available elsewhere. This is an example of perfectly plausible "backwards" evolution; if an environment changes in specific cycles, it would even be possible for a species to evolve in a "back and forth" pattern for millennia (though it is unlikely that it would ever evolve into exactly the same form as it previously had, simply because there are too many possible forms that would probably be just as successful, in some cases for different reasons).

2007-03-02 07:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by Rob Diamond 3 · 2 1

There is no belief involved... I accept the theory of evolution as the best explanation we have so far based on the overwhelming supporting evidence. Not to mention that before I ever knew what evolution or religion was.. and yes truly I was ignorant of both in my youth.. I came to my own belief that things changed like that, evolution just reinforced and proved what I already knew in my heart from being raised with nature all around me.. and changed it from vague belief to realized fact. If people were not raised knowing about religion or god they would have seen it as I did and still do. I vividly remember reasoning that polar bears turned white because of the snow, and black bears didnt because they lived where there was no snow.. this is from when I was about 6-7 years old. I remember thinking that snakes must have once had legs but changed so they could go down holes to get mice easier.. these are things I thought on my own before I ever heard the word evolution.. nature sings its own song of change if your mind has not been clouded you can hear it for yourself. All around and inside you... truly if you have not been influenced in your beliefs you will "feel" evolution happening all around and it would be as natural to you to know it in your heart as you know in your heart that the sun will rise in the east and set in the west.

2007-03-02 07:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0 1

I don't "believe in" evolution any more than I "believe in" photosynthesis. But I am aware of both natural processes. Why? Because mountains of clear evidence reveal the fact that both are normal, ongoing processes in God's creation, and the only way I could avoid knowing about them is to intentionally avoid looking at the evidence. I don't "believe in" ignorance by choice.
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2007-03-02 07:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0 1

Belief has nothing to do with evolution. The process of evolution would not stop if no one believed in it.

Evolution is how we survived the Ice ages and the other changes in climate. Adapt, Mutate, Evolve, repeat.

2007-03-02 08:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0 1

No I don't.

Belief is for religion. Science is about evidence and how things work.

Evolution is the best explanation for what we see around us as to how we came to the diversity in all the species. Still, like anything shown by science, it's shouldn't be accepted on faith, but accepted because of the vast amounts of supporting evidence.

2007-03-02 07:25:22 · answer #6 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 4 0

No, I don't believe in evolution, I accept evolution, just as I accept gravity.

The theory behind evolution may change, but that is the nature of science.

If you admit your knowledge about evolution is limited how is it that you have the nerve to criticize its accuracy?

2007-03-02 07:27:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

I think a lot of it is correct, because it is all around us. It's just animals and life adapting to it's surroundings. It makes sense. Believing that God just drops new plants and animals out of thin air is crazy to me.

2007-03-02 07:30:57 · answer #8 · answered by Awesome-O 3 · 3 0

I think it is partially correct, but incomplete. It doesn't explain everything but it's the best we've got so far. A lot of people seem to take it on faith, however.

2007-03-02 07:27:29 · answer #9 · answered by Runa 7 · 0 1

I am of the opinion that the preponderance of the evidence supports evolution.

2007-03-02 07:36:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

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