So you're a CREATIONIST and you don't believe EVOLUTION is TRUE?

Question

Then, how do you explain VESTIGIAL ORGANS?

The VERMIFORM APPENDIX is a vestige of the cecum, an organ that may have been used to digest cellulose by humans' herbivorous ancestors.[citation needed] Analogous organs in other animals similar to humans continue to perform that function, whereas other meat-eating animals may have similarly diminished appendices. The modern functionality of the appendix is still controversial in the field of human physiology, although most scientists and physicians believe that it has little or no function.....

The COCCIX, or tailbone, is the remnant of a lost tail. All mammals have a tail at one point in their development; in humans, it is present for a short time during embryonic development. The tailbone, located at the end of the spine, has lost its original function in assisting balance and mobility, though it still serves some secondary functions, such as being an attachment point for muscles, which explains why it has not degraded further.

WISDOM TEETH are vestigial third molars that human ancestors used to help in grinding down plant tissue. It has been postulated that the skulls of human ancestors had larger jaws with more teeth, which were possibly used to help chew down foliage to compensate for a lack of ability to efficiently digest the cellulose that makes up a plant cell wall. As human diet changed, a smaller jaw was selected by evolution, yet the third molars, or "wisdom teeth", still commonly develop in human mouths....

There are also vestigial molecular structures in humans, which are no longer in use, SUCH AS L-gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase, a gene, found functional in most other mammals, which produces a Vitamin C-catalyzing enzyme. In humans, an earlier mutation may have caused it to become disabled (unable to produce the enzyme), and it now remains in the human genome only as a vestigial genetic sequence...

AND...

The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus) has tiny eyes COMPLETELY COVERED by a layer of skin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestigial_structure

JP: As an Atheist who couldn't CARE LESS about your opinions or answers, please refrain from answering my questions.

Answer 1

You can't argue with denial. It acts like cotton in the ears. They hear your voice but it sounds like the teacher speaking in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

Answer 2

I am a Creationist and no, I don't believe that Evolution is true as it has never been demonstrated nor proven based on any of the scientific data currently available. You're source on Wikipedia is interesting, but questionable, in my opinion. For example, the coccyx. According to your source, it is described as the remnant of a tail and "has lost its original function in assisting balance and mobility, though it still serves some secondary functions, such as being an attachment point for muscles, which explains why it has not degraded further. In rare cases it can persist after birth and must be surgically removed". Well, if you truly believe that your coccyx is useless, what happens if you manage to fall right on your "tailbone"? Have you ever done that? I have and it hurts a lot. But more than just the pain, it makes it difficult even to stand. That's because our tail bone is still an important attachment point for muscles necessary for our upright posture. Here's a quote from a more reliable source than Wikipedia: "In one sense, the sacrum and coccyx are among the most important bones in the whole body. They form an important point of muscle attachment required for our distinctive upright posture (and also for defecation, but I’ll say no more about that).

So again, far from being a useless evolutionary leftover, the “tail bone” is quite important in human development. True, the end of the spine sticks out noticeably in a one-month embryo, but that’s because muscles and limbs don’t develop until stimulated by the spine (Fig. 8). As the legs develop, they surround and envelop the “tail bone,” and it ends up inside the body." The quote comes from a book called Creation: Facts of Life by Gary Parker. Rather than an uneducated Creationist who can only understand small words as another poster mentioned, Dr Gary Parker holds a BA in Biology/Chemistry, an MS in Biology/Physiology and an Ed.D in Biology/Geology. If you are serious about exploring the truths of evolution then I highly recommend his book. I'd also recommend the following website: www.answersingenesis.org.

Answer 3

I am a "creationist" and I don't believe that two different species share the same ancestor. There is no proof for that, even if there might be the smallest semblance of evidence. If there ever comes a time that it IS proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, I'll have to reconsider my beliefs. Again.

However, I DO believe in evolution within species, or what's commonly known as "micro-evolution." I know some aspects of macro-evolution include this concept, but my best field is not science; I'm more of a history type of person.

I do not believe that science and religion are incompatible, not even in the least bit. One thing I would say they have in common, even, is that BOTH make a lot of assumptions, many of which may turn out to be incorrect (no allusion to Pascal's wager is intended), or have ALREADY turned out to be flawed.

This is just my opinion. I'm always willing to reconsider. Again.

Edit: To clarify my position, it is true that all the different forms of felines (domesticated cats, tigers, lions, panthers, et cetera) MIGHT have a common ancestor. However, I don't believe that humans and, say, a fruit fly, or even a hawk, have the same ancestor. There is absolutely no evidence, much less PROOF, to support this idea.
MOST people, including Christians who have done even a cursory study of the subject, acknowledge that there has been evolution within various species, or are at least open to the possibility that there has been.

Answer 4

Some people are actually born with tails. So what does that tell you?

Anyway, I don't know why it's lost on so many people, but evolution does not explain where life came from in the first place. The two theories can live happily side by side if the fundies would be a little more flexible and not take the adam and eve tale as fact. But instead they will fight tooth and nail to ban the teaching of scientific evidence in my son's schools and to have it replaced with a fictional story. They are doing themselves a disservice by being so narrow minded.

Answer 5

i think of you're top. there's no way they are in a position to delight in each and all the luxuries that technological awareness has given them and then each and all the surprising thick scientists are idiots. they could a minimum of have the slightest understanding of the logistics on touchdown a probe on Mars, that's shifting at 1000's of MPH. they might desire to nicely known the traditional dummy can not even build a flow-cart , not to show an area craft. they could comprehend that they'd not have a clue the place to start to make a working laptop or computing gadget from scratch. they might desire to nicely known that scientists are the intellectually elite of the international. How could they probable think of that scientists purely get stupid while it consists of the only difficulty that contradicts their historic fairy tale? no person may be stupid sufficient to think of they are smarter than the collective scientific community, can they? lol

Answer 6

From the pro-evolution publication, New Scientist:

"‘Your surgeon was a little out of date’, replied Chicagoan Kathleen James in the pro-evolution magazine’s questions-and-answers column. ‘Although it used to be believed that the appendix had no function and was an evolutionary relic, this is no longer thought to be true. Its greatest importance is the immunological function it provides in the developing embryo, but it continues to function even in the adult … . The function of the appendix appears to be to expose circulating immune cells to antigens from the bacteria and other organisms living in your gut. That helps your immune system to tell friend from foe and stops it from launching damaging attacks on bacteria that happily co-exist with you.’

Answers in Genesis addresses your points nicely from a creationist standpoint and brings up some problematic issues with vestigal organs for evolutionists:

http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/vestigialorgans.asp

Answer 7

wow, I had a hard time really understanding some of that my friend. You seem to have done your research. I guess it comes down to God created us fully formed, at least that's what scipture says. I really don't see anywhere in scipture that would suggest we needed to evolve from anything other than what we are now. I just believe God's word is true. If He said He created everything in 6 days...great! I'm sure He could do it. He is Almighty God. So like you base your ideas on someone elses writings, so do I. I trust God over man.

Answer 8

Most theists cannot even read what you wrote even if they wanted, and are even further from understanding it. You are purposefully trying to insult them by making them feel foolish. You can't really care about your points, or you would have used smaller words that they can understand. You are surely on your way to hell. Why not use god terms to discuss evolution, like they do. They can understand those words, as they are meaningless.

Answer 9

Hey, if you want to believe that you were once an animal that magically turned into who you are today over billions of years then by all means go ahead, doesn't make or break faith. Can't wait to see what people will transform into next.

Answer 10

Isa. 45:18 "This is what Jehovah has said, THE CREATOR of the heavens, He the true God, the Former of THE EARTH and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not CREATE IT simply for nothing, who formed it even to BE INHABITED: 'I am Jehovah, and there is no one else.'" Rev. 4:11 "You are worthy Jehovah, even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, (WHY) because you CREATED all things, and because of your will they existed and were created."....LETS GIVE CREDIT WERE CREDIT IS DUE!.....not to mention Gen.1:1 where its says God created!