then where did all the other hominids come from and why do they look alot like us
2007-05-19 03:30:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
well thats evolution isnt it
2007-05-19 03:45:01 · update #1
I happen to be a Roman Catholic, and the Vatican teaches that after the flood the Bible doesn't say what course or shape the animals took over time, which is why the Vatican is not overly concerned with the theory of Evolution.
In Catholicism the flood is key in evolutionary debate. The Protestants seem to get all upset about evolution but not the Catholics.
2007-05-19 05:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think we can unite creation and evolution ideas by saying: the first humans had to come from the ground, and not from a mama". Of course the Bible tells about the first human being Adam, but does not say that Adam was as "complete" or "evolved" as we are. Adam could have been what we call a monkey today.
Second, dust and atoms are much similar from my point of view. How little dust can be? If dust is made of particles as tiny as atoms, then it can be considered as a group of moleculas or atoms.
Now no chemical reaction is made possible if heat or some kind of energy, name that Word of God if you will, is not involved to excite particles and force them to collide.
So, at one time, Adam was made out of dust and the Word, from a creationist point of view, OR the australopithecus was born out of nitro and heat. Science and creationism agree on that, but use different words to tell the story.
However one important factor separates creationism from evolutionism: the creationist speech has been spread among mankind with the use of metaphors and succinct descriptions (we could call that efficient poetry also), obviously so the greatest possible diversity of humans could understand it in their words. That is not the case of science, which uses exact and rigid words to spread itself. Such a distinct vocabulary gap clearly lead to many misunderstandings between the two clans.
2007-05-19 19:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by Roy Nicolas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hominids are classified as such by humans, not God. Humans are the reigning creatures on earth. Apes, monkeys, and such like creatures are not related to man in any way, although the way some people act (or look), you might think so.
The universe and all it contains was spoken into existence by God, but man he made with his own hands and breathed life into man.
2007-05-19 16:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Eskimo Hammer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well as a muslim i believe that god created all and was created by none. hense the reason muslims believe god is the creator. humans never create any thing out of nothing. any thing humans have ever created came from resources found on earth or found on the moon. hense they were already in existence. we just used something to make something else. you do not have to believe in god. you can choose to believe in what ever you like, hense the reason god gave us all free will. people who believe in evolution still have unanswered questions. like what created what. how did this become this or that. people who believe god is the creator of everything it might not be the answer you want to hear but it is what makes sense. at least to me.
2007-05-19 13:21:32 · answer #4 · answered by wedjb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion aside, that's actually pretty much how life came about; two microbes joining together and going from there.
They share similarities with us because like house cats and tigers, were both (great apes and humans) of the same lineage.
2007-05-19 10:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋