Why is evolution so irrational?

Question

Basically it's a collection of bones, or "fossil record" whatever. I mean, all you do is theorize it with bones. If a T-Rex femur or a Peking Man skull had something like ‘I AM REAL’ carved into it, maybe then I’d be more likely to believe in evolution.

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And please read the details, thanks

I don't know if yip yip got the joke but it seems that he/she did

I thought atheists are good at sarcasm? Probably not

Answer 1

LOL!

For those who didn't read the question...If it had "I AM REAL" carved into it, you'd know it was fake.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I openly admit my ignorance of the theory of evolution in that I haven't been able to keep my mind focused on it long enough to keep my interest in it alive.
I keep reading these responses that evolution has been observed in the lab (the mutating virus or bacteria thing-again. Which is proof of nothing since viruses mutate constantly but never into another life form, i.e., a virus is a virus, is a virus-so that nonsense is proof of nothing), yet-and here's a REAL mystery for me that NO evolutionist has ever been able to explain- evolution is based on species adapting in order to survive, right? I was watching the Discovery Channel a while back, and the segment was on evolution and how fish crawled out of the drink and grew appendages and later arms, yadda, yadda, yadda. Well, it occurred to me after the show was over-wait a minute. If so big a part of evolution is about favorably adapting to the environment in order to survive, why the heck would a fish-already in an environment well suited and adapted for its continued survival- "need" to crawl out of the water and "become" something else and at the same time DECREASE its chances of survival by making of itself a really tasty snack for PREDATORS???

The whole thing is just goofy from A to Z.

Answer 4

Evolution, I believe is a theory that people dearly want to hold on to because it denies the existence of a greater being. I can't answer as to "why" it's irrational, but simply put that it doesn't make sense or work out because it is a theory created and fabricated, if I may go as far to say so, by humans. The following are ttwo points or main concerns that I have with the theory of evolution:

1.) Second law of thermodynamics; all things move naturally towards randomness (entropy). Now, I've heard that this purportedly only applies to certain things in certain conditions, which, if it were the case, would make this not a law. It's the equivalent of saying, that gravity is selective. Now, how this is an issue in evolution, is simple, humans are complex beings, made up of several millions of ordered structured cells, now, if the second law of thermodynamics holds, then how did multicell creatures come about let alone humans with complex organic cell structures? According to the "natural" course of evolution, we should be little more than masses of paramecia.

2.) Intermediary evidence, or lack thereof. Fossil records exist, yes, however, if we look at the strata between which we find the fossils, we aren't finding fossils of the intermediary phases of evolution. I have yet to see a half lizard, half human fossil, it doesn't exist. In fact, why don't we see humans evolving into something else right now? If evolution occurred, wouldn't it be a continuous process? People are going to now rant and rave to me about Darwin's Origin of the Species, if you read your history, you'll note that Darwin rejects evolution towards the end of his life.

Sorry for the long answer, but in looking at evolution, it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. There have been several cases where evolutionary scientists have falsified evidence (the fetus similarity diagrams) to try to support evolution. Evolution is a theory, nothing more, it's a theory like communism or socialism, people cling to it because it's just the version of what they claim as true they like better.

Answer 5

Picture a scale with two plates on each side like your classic gemini one. Obvious evidence for evolution far outweighs allegory. I can easily picture and have seen T-rex bone or primative Neanderthal skull as opposed to putting every species on earth in a wooden boat 450 ft x 75 ft and 30 feet.

Regards,

Michael Kelly

Answer 6

It would only be carved in there if god wanted to throw us off track... you know, like the fossils he put here that we could date to millions of years so we'd be tested to believe in him.

Since it's NOT carved on there, then god must not be real!

Thanks for the hints!

Answer 7

It's a lot more than fossil records. Perhaps you ought to actually read up on it. Google it. You have a computer.

And please don't assume that ignorant people who have never read a science book in their lives are the ones who are studying the fossils. People who have spent years and years studying, comparing, theorizing, arguing, trading information, analyzing, etc., are the ones studying the fossils (and more). Give them a little respect.

Answer 8

irrational:
1.
a. Not endowed with reason.
b. Affected by loss of usual or normal mental clarity; incoherent, as from shock.
c. Marked by a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment: an irrational dislike.
2.
a. Being a syllable in Greek and Latin prosody whose length does not fit the metric pattern.
b. Being a metric foot containing such a syllable.
3. Mathematics Of or relating to an irrational number.



Notice how none of the options are "Not understood by a minority on a planet."

Answer 9

Well, cavemen didn't have a writing system. They'd have to draw an intricate picture with berries for paint on their skull depicting their idea of life and living.

You know what would have been more convincing? Putting corpses into a giant depiction of life! SO: UFOs could see the signal and send them some proper clothes! (...hippies.)

Answer 10

writing lesson:
Sarcasm does not come across on the written page unless it's over the top. If you write something that could by any stretch of the imagination be taken as true by anyone anywhere it will not come across as sarcastic to most people. Those who agree will say "right on".and those who don't will say "he/she/it's wrong"

Answer 11

sorry but a book written by a human being doesn't convince me of a higher power at work.

bones and fossils give phyicial proof that something lived in this world at one point in time. do your research and understand how we are able to confirm these findings before writing it off as false. and if something litterally had "I am real" engraved into it i would actually assume its a fake...you don't have "I am Real" engraved into you anywhere do you? neither does any holy book have that engraved into it.