I dont understand why anyone would believe we came from MONKEYS?

Question

Honestly, how can you be an intelligent person and buy into this ridiculous THEORY????

Answer 1

An intelligent person would read up on it before opening mouth and inserting foot.

We do not come from monkeys. We share a common ancestor.

Answer 2

I suggest to you are anyone who answers this, to do your goddamned homework. Who the hell says that there aren't any fossils proving that we have a common ancestor as apes? There ARE.
As for not still evolving. well, we don't seem to follow natural selection anymore due to medical science. If you don't know already, basically evolution involves random mutation and if the offspring had a good mutation that helped them survive, then they'd be able to live on and pass on their genes. But now, things like cancer and other things are getting passed down and this interferes with the whole natural selection thing because we can now save their lives long enough so that that person can still have children. Plus evolution takes THOUSANDS of years to evolve from one species to a next. It doesn't happen over a lifetime.

Answer 3

The theory of Evolution is sound. Nor does it conflict with any Biblical scripture. If God created all species, evolution simply suggests that from an original ancestor, species will develop new characteristics based on environmental and other pressures.

In short Humans and Primates share a common ancestor.

Answer 4

So a theory supported by scientific evidence gathered around the world is ridiculous, whereas a theory supported by a collection of conflicting middle eastern tribal stories and advice is not?

If you believe in creation, then honor your creator by using the brain you were given to think.

For those who think there's no relation or resemblance, you should check the following link out.

Answer 5

Probably because of the fact that the chromosomes of chimpanzees and humans are almost the SAME; something like 99% the same. BTW, we are NOT descended from "monkeys", we are an offshoot of the family of "apes" , NOT "monkeys". And why is the thought so "offensive"? We are part of the cosmos (ordered whole) and we had to come from SOMEWHERE. Would you have preferred RATS?

Answer 6

I assme you are a creationist? Well, let me tell you there is sufficient proof of evolution, none of creationism or intelligent design. Many of the reasons creationists cite for it being true is that there are holes in evolutionary theory. To therefore suggest that God created the world is seven days, or that an omnipotent being designed all life, is laughable as there is no proof whatsoever for that cause (well there is, but it's either false, biased or taken out of proportion). It's God of the Gaps, and nothing more.
Yes, there are some small holes in Darwins theory, but likelyhood is they will be explained as humans increase their scientific knowledge. In recent years some of the holes have been filled in, I don't doubt the rest will be too.

Evolution has been proven time and time again, it can be easily observed in bacteria, among other things. Biologists define evolution as a change in the gene pool of a population over time. One example is insects developing a resistance to pesticides over the period of a few years. Even most Creationists recognize that evolution at this level is a fact. What they don't appreciate is that this rate of evolution is all that is required to produce the diversity of all living things from a common ancestor. The origin of new species by evolution has also been observed, both in the laboratory and in the wild. Even without these direct observations, it would be wrong to say that evolution hasn't been observed. Evidence isn't limited to seeing something happen before your eyes. Evolution makes predictions about what we would expect to see in the fossil record, comparative anatomy, genetic sequences, geographical distribution of species, etc., and these predictions have been verified many times over. The number of observations supporting evolution is overwhelming. What hasn't been observed is one animal abruptly changing into a radically different one, such as a frog changing into a cow. This is not a problem for evolution because evolution doesn't propose occurrences even remotely like that. In fact, if we ever observed a frog turn into a cow, it would be very strong evidence against evolution.

Also, look at the fossil record. Paleontology has progressed a bit since Origin of Species was published, uncovering thousands of transitional fossils, by both the temporally restrictive and the less restrictive definitions, which is essentially proof of evolution. The fossil record is still spotty and always will be; erosion and the rarity of conditions favorable to fossilization make that inevitable. Also, transition fossils (fossils of organisms between two lineages) may occur in a small population, in a small area, and/or in a relatively short amount of time; when any of these conditions hold, the chances of finding the transitional fossils goes down. Still, there are still many instances where excellent sequences of transitional fossils exist. Some notable examples are the transitions from reptile to mammal, from land animal to early whale, and from early ape to human.

I have also heard creationists claim that evolution relies purly on chance, and is therefore statistically impossible. There is probably no other statement which is a better indication that the arguer doesn't understand evolution. Chance certainly plays a large part in evolution, but this argument completely ignores the fundamental role of natural selection, and selection is the very opposite of chance. Chance, in the form of mutations, provides genetic variation, which is the raw material that natural selection has to work with. From there, natural selection sorts out certain variations. Those variations which give greater reproductive success to their possessors (and chance ensures that such beneficial mutations will be inevitable) are retained, and less successful variations are weeded out. When the environment changes, or when organisms move to a different environment, different variations are selected, leading eventually to different species. Harmful mutations usually die out quickly, so they don't interfere with the process of beneficial mutations accumulating.

Nor is abiogenesis (the origin of the first life) due purely to chance. Atoms and molecules arrange themselves not purely randomly, but according to their chemical properties. In the case of carbon atoms especially, this means complex molecules are sure to form spontaneously, and these complex molecules can influence each other to create even more complex molecules. Once a molecule forms that is approximately self-replicating, natural selection will guide the formation of ever more efficient replicators. The first self-replicating object didn't need to be as complex as a modern cell or even a strand of DNA. Some self-replicating molecules are not really all that complex (as organic molecules go).

Evolution has been, for all intents and purposes, proven. While it is still technically a theory, it is one backed up with a huge amount of evidence. Creationists have ignored this huge amount of evidence so far, methinks you'll ignore it for a while yet.

Answer 7

How can you be an intelligent person and believe that within seconds all of life just magically appeared out of nowhere.

Evolution is evident all around us. Just look at the human bone structure evolve over thousands of years and there is your evidence.

Now before you try to disprove what is evident all around us I think you should do a little research first and pull your head out of that bible.

Answer 8

Well, sally, I am not buying anything. This website is not for sales.
For your information, some people don't. They rather come from poison, crap, particularly evil things.
I should not say that they come from wild animals, because animals are not exactly evil. They are just anumals, doing what they know to do. Evil is typical of certain life forms classified in the human group due to their external appearance.
Other people come from garbage, rubbish, poisonous snakes, maybe alligators

Answer 9

People did not come form monkeys, people sound so stupid saying that. Many people (including christians such as myself) think it is ignorant to ignore so much scientific fact. The Bible is great and all but it isn't a science text book, it shows many truths about the condition of humanity.

Answer 10

Lol
Creationists believe that God created the world in seven days.

Normal people believe in the theory of Evolution lol

Answer 11

yeah well do u have like a superiority complex or something against monkeys?

did u know the number of similarities we have with monkeys?

and brittany 2010, we ARE still evolving. evolution just doesn't happen in one's lifetime. it takes A LOT OF time.