With all the holes in the THEORY of evolution?

Question

should we stop wasting our tax payer dollars in teaching this in our public schools??
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_sc/human_evolution

dreamstuff...yes I read that part of the article and I could care less what susan anton said...its a flawed theory and you all just keep patching it up whenever a flaw is noticed....

hey map.....you seem a bit agitated...you ok??.......

Robert K....thanks, but I am worry free....how about you?

passerby....man is that the longest post you can do??...I was hoping for a couple of books by you intelligent ones...kinda disapointed....

pachl...I've been waiting for you to bring some sanity to this question......lol

Answer 1

There's a few huge holes in the theory of evolution (and no.... I am not a "creationist". I believe in "intelligent design", meaning, I believe there is a god. That's all.)

One of the most glaring problems with the theory of evolution is the intermediary stages of a creature. For example, if a bat evolved from a rat, the early stages of having stubby wings that served no purpose would make the animal LESS fit to survive. It would have made the animal clumsy, slower and far easier prey. This is in direct contradiction to the theory of evolution which states that random mutations over time end as creatures who are better suited to survive. That clearly is not the case.

I loved the link you provided because I have been saying for years that someday scientists will start to dispute the "single ancestor" theory for humans.

What I don't understand about the die-hard supporters of the theory of evolution is that most people report they believe in a higher power, even if they don't follow any specific religion. If that is true, whatever we want to call God created everything. Hence, the theory of "intelligent design". Molecular biologists are increasingly saying that new discoveries do not support the theory of evolution. Instead, they are saying that there appears to be some force creating order where, from everything they understand, there should only be chaos.

Answer 2

The theory as a whole isn't the issue, rather what has occurred with much of the science community is the same thing that happens with religion, that is many seem to cling to the old. To be honest with all the discoveries made and etc, life isn't mechanical, and much of what is taught in schools is out-dated, misinformed, and apart of the old mechanical system of life. Although, of course Quantum Physics is obviously for advanced students (mature and learned), but its implications are truly astonishing. I suppose its up to the parents to get involved and teach them other realities beyond what they see in school, otherwise the teacher will become their parents/source and they will become fragmented. Anyways the out-dated teaching sort of alienates children from what they could know of their higher selves, puts to death the seed in them by making them believe that the physical is all there is.

Evolutions principles, at best is supported to some degree. However, where most people tend to disagree with a specific aspect of Evolution when it comes to species evolving into completely other distinct species, people agree that within a specific species there are changes via adaptation. But species to species, many disagree. Many argue there is no such thing of a good mutation, such a thing would need so many perfect variables for it to even succeed, also the parents of the offspring would more then likely reject its offspring if the changes were too different, the subtle differences are rejected among animals/etc. Like the birth of a black fur wolf among all grays, etc. But that's just my opinion.

Evolution, however, as it is taught in schools is highly out-dated.

Can't wait for them to find a modern human skull in walking distance of a supposed ancestor. heh, artifacts have been found that date way back, but many people don't know about that.

Answer 3

The new study actually says NOTHING about the theory of evolution. It's really only interesting to anthropologists.

Those who actually know what it's talking about (i.e. those with more than a high school science education) know that the new discovery sheds a little more light on the debate about the shape of the tree of human ancestors. It does not challenge evolution or natural selection at all. That the creationists can't even tell this says quite a bit about how well they understand evolution. (And you don't have to study it for years to get a grasp of how it works, by the way. You just have to think a little harder than your religion makes you think.)

Answer 4

I notice you stress (capitalize) the word theory. The THEORY of evolution is a theory in precisely the same way that Newton's THEORY of universal gravitation is just a theory.
They are NOT just stupid guesses, or anyhting like that.
Are you going to show some constancy and start arguing against gravitation?
Why can't you people just see that evolution is nothing to fear? It will not harm you and you really, really do have better things to worry about.

Answer 5

Why don't you explain to us the differences in how the word theory is defined in every day usage vs how it is defined in a scientific context?

Questions like this do nothing but demonstrate the ignorance of the person posting it.

Answer 6

What hole would that illustrate?

Tigers and Leopards are not the same branch on the feline evolutionary tree, and they evolved from lions, which still exist.... the ancestor of a thing can still exist when the new thing happens....that's why yo momma and yo papa could be living at the same time as YOU.

Answer 7

Have you missed this part of the article?

"This is not questioning the idea at all of evolution; it is refining some of the specific points," Anton said. "This is a great example of what science does and religion doesn't do. It's a continous self-testing process."

Evolution is a fact. Mutation occurs; natural selection occurs; if you understand them, you understand evolution. There is no question about that.

However, it's the process that shaped (and is shaping) all life on earth - as such, there's an immense amount of details to be worked out.

As we learn more we gradually refine our knowledge. It doesn't mean that evolution is questionable - it seems only christians jump to that wrong conclusion.

http://www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/archive/2007-01-15%20--%20science%20vs%20faith.html

Answer 8

It doesnt matter how many problems there are with evolution. There always has been. Atheists are not about to give up what helps justify their worldview and theyre certainly not going to give up their newfound dogmatic avenue they have in public schools.

Answer 9

I completely agree. And how about that whole THEORY of Relativity? We shouldn't be spending our tax payer dollars teaching this, either, since it is just a THEORY. And while we're at it, let's get rid of Number THEORY, too. Without that, our kids wouldn't have to learn any math! How cool would that be?

Answer 10

Why should we stop teaching our kids that they evolved from slime...that their lives have no purpose or significance. Come on it has been great for our society... School shootings Teen suicide and the best of all the murder of the unborn abortion