How much evolution is based on faith rather than facts?

Answer 1

I have a question for all of you who except evolution as a near LAW of science.. How were the rules changed after the mass extension event that ended the Jurassic period? Evolution is said to takes Millions of years to "create" a new species, right? Yet the small rodent like survivors of that event became the giants of the following Ice age in just a few hundred thousand years... Not only that but less than a million or so years later that rat evolved into MAN? Who makes these rules? I was always taught that organism evolved out of a need to survive Why would animals grow so large when that meant a need for more food and that during that ice age... All I can say is you are putting a lot of faith into some VERY thin "science"..... Jim

Answer 2

None! Evolution has mountains of evidence. Faith is belief without evidence. Only complete and utter morons could deny this. Just Compare the records of dog breeds 200 years ago with those today. This is evolution. Change in allele frequencies in a population over time (The very definition of evolution).


A theory is "a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena" [Random House American College Dictionary]. The term does not imply tentativeness or lack of certainty. For instance Human Sexual Reproduction is the theory that explains where babies come from.

A law is a statement describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met. Something can be a law and not even be correct. For instance Newton's Law of gravity.

Theories and laws are two entirely different types of things one does not become the other.

Answer 3

Claim CA612:
Because evolution has never been observed, the theory of evolution requires as much faith as creationism does.

Response:

1. The theory of evolution is based on evidence that has been observed. There is a great amount of this evidence. When evidence is found to contradict previous conclusions, those conclusions are abandoned, and new beliefs based on the new evidence take their place. This "seeing is believing" basis for the theory is exactly the opposite of the sort of faith implied by the claim.

2. The claim implicitly equates faith with believing things without any basis for the belief. Such faith is better known as gullibility. Equating this sort of belief with faith places faith in God on exactly the same level as belief in UFOs, Bigfoot, and modern Elvis sightings.

A truly meaningful faith is not simply about belief. Belief alone does not mean anything. A true faith implies acceptance and trust; it is the feeling that whatever happens, things will somehow be okay. Such faith is not compatible with most creationism. Creationism usually demands that God acts according to peoples' set beliefs, and anything else is simply wrong (e.g., ICR 2000). It cannot accept that whatever God has done is okay.

References:

1. ICR. 2000. ICR tenets of creationism. http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=research&action=index&page=research_tenets

Answer 4

Hey it's No*no
That's just it. Evolution is just based on fact. They can't even call it faith. Cause faith has to do with God. They all need Jesus. Cause whats going to happen to earth, is no joke. And they may be laughing now. But they'll be crying later. Wishing they listen to all of us CHRISTIANS. G.B.

Answer 5

None of it is based on faith as faith is the belief in something without evidence.

Answer 6

I have more faith in the skill of our science community that our religious community. Perhaps one percent of evolution is based on the faith of these scientists intelligence and the other 99 percent is based on the proof they offer to support this very strong theory.

Answer 7

Great question.

evolution isn't based on faith, it is based only upon data

Paz de Cristo

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Steve - "Evolution theory is a religious belief that fundamentally requires adherence to the religion of atheism and/or the religion of pantheism"
I''m sorry to be so blunt, but i'm a Christian and an evolutionist and that is one of the less inteligents arguments i've read here in R&S (and thats big)

Answer 8

0%




Evolution is fact. Theories are based from facts. Gravity is even a theory

Answer 9

none.

faith has no chemical effect or reaction

In biology, evolution is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation. These traits are the expression of genes that are copied and passed on to offspring during reproduction.

Answer 10

You know, evolution isn't just about fossils and hominid ancesters, it's also about natural selection which is still happening today and is observed all the time. What part of science does not register with you? Einstein up there doesn't know what he's talking about.

atheist