Faith in Evilution part 1: Why All the Monkey Buisness?

Question

Did you know that all the apes that man supposedly came from were proven false? Why then are we still convinced today that the animal we came from was an ape, when there is NO proof?

Below is the website that talks about all the theories that have been debunked about monkeys to humans. Sorry Athiest!

http://www.evolutiondeceit.com/chapter9.php

Ghost Wolf. You say there is no proof of what is on the web page...well did you at least TRY to research what the page said??? If you had, you would get your proof. If it's true, OTHER pages will confirm it. Get a clue.

Answer 1

Why is it christians always demand "proof" when they have no idea what proof is?

In science, unlike in common usage, a successful “theory” is an overarching explanation that accounts for all known facts, hypotheses, and observations.

It is a fact, supported by millions of observations over at least 150 years that life has evolved on this planet. This fact of evolution did not have a scientifically satisfactory overarching explanation—a theory—until Charles Darwin developed his complex ideas. His explanation rapidly convinced the scientific minds of his own age and of every generation since then.

No scientifically supported theory of why life on this planet evolved rivals basic Darwinian theory. If there was a legitimate alternative, scientists would go to great lengths to win prestige by testing and developing the alternative

Answer 2

Hahah! As a Physical Archaeological Anthropologist I mock you. First of all. Evolution is NOT saying the modern human came from 'monkeys'. What Evolution basically says is that time is like a branch. The base is the first mammal and then from there it split. But the evolution of monkeys/apes/human thing actually refers to the fact that humans and apes have a COMMON ANCESTORY. The modern chimp is not what we are 'from'. It's just that we have this common ancestor that later led to two different species.

Answer 3

I don't think that Darwin ACTUALLY said that we came from apes. It's just that apes and humans both came from the same primative form of some mammal (probably looked half human and half ape). Natural selection. Look it up.
Well, I am on Darwin's side more because well, it's kinda... science.
Something like that.

Answer 4

Thanks for the link it is realy good but i think you are misunderstanding the evolutionist argument (which i dont believe by the way). They belive that we have common ancestors as apes not that we came from apes exactly.

I think its good you posted it though so poeple can see how much of science is fictional and how people manipulate the results and truth to suit their own agendas.

Just cos someone says they have proven something and shows you what they claim to have found doesnt mean they not full of bullshite.

Answer 5

Of the dozens of early human specimans, you found 3 that were disproven (and disproven by evolutionists--go figure).

That leaves dozens of examples that have not been disproven. All you've managed to prove is that a) early 20th science was slower at detecting hoaxes than today, and that "evolutionists" are honest enough to admit when they are wrong and that evolutionary theory works in that it changes as new information is discovered or disproven.

Answer 6

Apes were proven false. Hmmm...

All that webpage shows are some hoaxes from 60 years ago. I didn't see one theory debunked.

Answer 7

Two forgeries and one misinterpretation that made it into the popular press out of thousands of discoveries. That's a big jump to "all". I don't put much stock in the rants of some so dishonest to say <1% equals 100%. Thank you for, yet again, showing Creationists are liars.

Answer 8

I would also definitely recommend the video Lucy She's no Lady by Menton from http://www.answersingenesis.org
also the talk "Inherently Wind: A critique of the hollywood version of the scopes trial" is mucho interesante

the missing link is still missing now over 100 years later

Answer 9

The "greatest theory" ever debunked was Creationism, not one scrap of scientific evidence for it, and had its share of hoaxes, the Paluxy River track hoax, Radio halo hoax, Shrinking sun hoax, dust on the moon hoax, etc. Are you going to start telling us genetics are wrong? Please get an education.

Answer 10

There were no "false apes"... only false creationist nonsense

Your question might hold slightly more weight if you could actually spell EVOLUTION.

In the mean time:-

Humans did NOT evolve from apes. This is a common misconception, frequently played upon by Creationists. If humans evolved FROM apes then naturally there would be no apes. Humans and apes share a common ancestor which shared some of the characteristics of both humans and apes. Humans and apes are both equally "evolved" because we both still exist and are both adapted to our present environments and circumstances (we can't say humans are more "evolved" than apes because both live and survive perfectly well in the present day).

It is currently estimated that about 7 million years ago one population of this common ancestor underwent a mutational change which produced two similar but different species - one went on to evolve into modern apes and the other went on to evolve into humans.

The common ancestor of both humans and apes in turn evolved from earlier creatures which in some ways ressembled today's lemurs and bushbabys. These in turn evolved from earlier mammals which evolved from mammal-like reptiles. Mammal-like reptiles evolved from amphibians which evolved from fish which evolved from primitive vertebrates which evolved from the chordate reporductive stage of a creature similar to present day sea squirts which in turn had evolved from many simpler forms of animals going right back to the first single-celled living things.

It is currently estimated that the number of mutational changes that have taken us from the first singled-celled living things to present-day humans is only about 40. That's just 40 major changes that separate us from the first living things.

Evolution is based on theory. For a theory to be accepted it must conform and account for ALL known evidence. Unlike creationists, scientists are not permitted to pick and choose which bits of evidence they like just to make their theories fit. Creationism has only one piece of evidence in its favour... a 2,000 year old book which is so inconsistent as to be a joke. The Bible no more proves Creationism than the Harry Potter books prove the existence of wizards.

so... sorry creationist!