So called Atheists,where is the missing link?

Question

Or must you have blind faith to see it?May Jesus bless.

To Minister Godless:So why then does science teach such rubbish?

To jmozzy_1999:That website wouldn't be biased now would it?

To Taranto:There are no true Christians that believe it.Do more research.

Answer 1

This is NOT a religious question! Go ask this question on the Biology or Earth Sciences section if you are really looking for an answer. But you aren't....and you are not really asking a question...you are challenging people to prove something to your satisfaction when "your satisfaction" is irrelevant. And I must say that if Jesus actually wants a person like you to be one of his followers, then Jesus has very poor judgement.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a missing link, all the links are there if you are not blindly believing the book of Genesis, that being said,I don't believe that evolution disproves the existence of God it only makes the bible less believable than it already was to begin with. The bible is often said to be inerrant, but the contradictions within it say otherwise

Answer 3

The very idea of a "missing link" is somewhat misleading. Under modern evolutionary theory, all species are equally "links" in the chain of evolution. One species cannot be any more of a "link" than any other; what we generally call the discoveries of "missing links" (which are very frequently discovered, such as in the recent finding of the Tiktaalik, a missing link between lobe-finned fish and early amphibians) are just links that are as ordinary as any other species, but that, in retrospect, have special significance for us because they help illustrate the link between two major groups of organisms in a very clear way. So, really, any species that we haven't yet discovered could fairly be called a "missing link"--"missing" because we haven't found it yet, and "link" because it's part of the series of organisms linking descendant species to their common ancestor. Since the overwhelming majority of species were not fossilized, due to the rarity of fossilization, most species will remain permanent "missing links" for all time.

We must keep in mind, however, that the idea of "missing links" and "transitional species" is always just a modern construction, with some degree of arbitrariness--if you accept evolution, then you believe that every species is a "link", every species is "transitional", at least in a sense. If you don't, then you believe that none are, and reject any coherent, comprehensible framework to explain things like genetics, comparative anatomy, the fossil record, etc. Either way, however, the idea of a "missing link" is just that--an idea, not an objective reality.

What you are asking for, perhaps, is really the "links" that connect, say, humans and non-human apes? If so, then they are plentiful; the overwhelming scientific consensus (over 99.9% of all professional scientists in relevant fields) accepts that a large number of remains have been found of species intermediate between modern humans and other species, and of species that were "sister species" or "cousin species" of modern humans. These include, in reverse rough chronological order:

Homo floresiensis, Homo sapiens idaltu, Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo ergaster, Homo georgicus, Homo erectus, Homo cepranensis, Homo antecessor, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Kenyanthropus platyops, Paranthropus robustus, Paranthropus boisei, Paranthropus aethiopicus, Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus bahrelghazali, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Ardipithecus kadabba, Orrorin tugenensis, and Sahelanthropus tchadensis (the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees).

There are, in reality, literally thousands of fossils of hominid species, which help provide at least an outline of the development of the human species from the common ancestor of humans and non-humans. Whether you accept evolution or not, these are compelling evidence in favor of our evolutionary development; if you reject this evidence, you must provide an even more compelling, well-evidenced explanation for their presence, which thus far no creationist has successfully done.

Answer 4

There have been dozens and dozens of remains found of humanlike species that are not Homo Sapiens. Some, like the Neanderthals, are offshoots of common ancestors. Others are common ancestors.

Your question shows your own ignorance on these matters. It also shows your ignorance about your own faith -- since the majority of Christians believe in evolution. It need not conflict with a belief in God.

Answer 5

~~~jc,,, As you well know, Science never claims to have ALL the answers,,,,,yet. We must all be patient. Imagine how Copernicus and Gallileo felt when the "blind faith" of their culture, and religious leaders, denounced Heliocentrism as Blasphemy,,,,As we whittle away The Mysteries of The Church, you pray for our knives to dull and break. Ignorance is not Bliss,,, ~ Namaste`

Answer 6

what missing link? were we building a chain? And what's a so called Atheist?

In my mind, God does exist - he is what you make him. If I decide to worship a rock and live my life the way I think a rock would expect me too and pray to the rock the way one would pray to the Man upstairs then that works as a God for me.

Just as the Indians were living just fine, having their own God (Mother Nature or the Earth or whatever), but then Christians came in and told the Indians that they were wrong. They slaughtered them and did whatever it took to get them converted. Hmm, what a caring love system of people we have promoting Christianity...............okay, I'm lost now : )

Answer 7

Honestly, I was just rereading "Origin of the Species" this morning. ANd I was stunned again by his work. Have you ever read it?

Anyway, there are thousands of transitory fossils. And lots of "links" on our way to become human. If you study it and make an attempt to understand it on its own terms instead of just swallowing what you were fed from the pulpit, you might not even use words like "missing link" which don't apply.

Try talkorigins.org for a start.

Answer 8

There is no Missing Link. The progression from ape to man is fairly well documented.
Does the fact that they never found the Ark of the Covenant disprove religion?

Answer 9

You have to have blind faith to plug the God of the Gaps into it. Science is quite comfortable with admitting that gaps are there, it doesn't need to fill them in with rubbish.

Answer 10

Atleast we are moving toward an answer. You on the otherhand are static. You have accepted what was given. Which was the beliefs of people who lived on earth 2000 yrs ago. Why you don't question it for yourself I don't know. Don't attack us because we want to know the truth.