To those that just answered my question?

Question

with the old chestnut "evolution is just a theory" or "we can see evolution in action".
How do you explain drug resistance in bacteria such as MRSA or viruses such as AIDS?


Evolution is not a theory and *has* been proved. If you engaged your brains and really attempted to understand evolution you would know that.
And yes, I have read the Bible and I am still and Atheist.

Papilio: QED

Answer 1

I don't think they have a clue what you just said.

Answer 2

I started to answer this question in the Biology section:

well, I agree with you... although there is some issue of semantics. the theory of evolution, like any scientific theory is never proven, because by definition it's simply the explanation of the facts/evidence. the facts that support it may be proven, and in the case of evolution many are proven over and over again.

if you are proposing that we have proof evolution has occurred/ is occurring then the answer is yes.

most people however only think of the common usage of the word theory which simply means a guess. yes, our science curriculum in the education system is pathetic.

Answer 3

Evolution theory is rubbish. If it was proved it wont be called theory will it? But germs and bacteria has not a lot to do with dogs anyway.

And just because some things wise up does not mean they change shape much. I was reading last week of birds making simple fishing tools. But they were still birds. The problem with the Theory of Evolution is that from the initial release, people were awed so much that they spent countless fruitless years looking for "a missing link" which does not exist instead of looking to see where it failed and confine it to the failed histories where it belongs.

Answer 4

i agree and disagree with you.

i too am an atheist (but wasn't always) and am a firm believer in evolution... however, that does not change the fact that this is still nothing more than a theory. the way i see it, we can take the information we have now and conclude that the only possilbe/reasonable explenation for it all is that evolution was/is real. however, until literally thousands of more bones and fossils have been found, it is still a theory. (a very, very likely/probable theory, but a theory none the less)

but don't get me wrong, i too am all for evolution.

Answer 5

Then maybe the Bible was not the answer for you. Try reading something else.
And again, evolution has never been proven. A bacteria's resistance to drug's doesn't prove evolution. In fact I think i have grown resistant to tylenol. It used to work well for me, now it doesn't. I don't think that proves evolution does it?

Answer 6

Propped up by pillows, he was gazing out on a far-stretching scene of woods and cornfields, which glowed in the light of one of those marvelous sunsets which are the beauty of Kent and Surrey. His noble forehead and fine features seem to be lit up with pleasure as I entered the room.

He waved his hand toward the window as he pointed out the scene beyond, while in the other hand he held an open Bible, which he was always studying.

"What are you reading now?" I asked as I seated myself beside his bedside. "Hebrews!" he answered - "still Hebrews. 'The Royal Book' I call it. Isn't it grand?"

Then, placing his finger on certain passages, he commented on them.

I made some allusions to the strong opinions expressed by many persons on the history of the Creation, its grandeur, and then their treatment of the earlier chapters of the Book of Genesis.

He seemed greatly distressed, his fingers twitched nervously, and a look of agony came over his face as he said: "I was a young man with unformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything, and to my astonishment, the ideas took like wildfire. People made a religion of them."

Then he paused, and after a few more sentences on "the holiness of God" and the "grandeur of this book," looking at the Bible which he was holding tenderly all the time, he suddenly said: "I have a summer house in the garden which holds about thirty people. It is over there," pointing through the open window. "I want you very much to speak there. I know you read the Bible in the villages. To-morrow afternoon I should like the servants on the place, some tenants and a few of the neighbours; to gather there. Will you speak to them?"

"What shall I speak about?" I asked.

"Christ Jesus!" he replied in a clear, emphatic voice, adding in a lower tone, "and his salvation. Is not that the best theme? And then I want you to sing some hymns with them. You lead on your small instrument, do you not?" The wonderful look of brightness and animation on his face as he said this I shall never forget, for he added: "If you take the meeting at three o'clock this window will be open, and you will know that I am joining in with the singing."

How I wished I could have made a picture of the fine old man and his beautiful surroundings on that memorable day!

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This is the account that appeared on the 19th August 1915 in the Baptist "Watchman-Examiner" in Washington D.C. (Q29/2:70). In 1922, friends in Los Angeles who knew her wrote an affidavit (L.A. affidavit) (MooreJ:79). In 1940, Prof Bole released a letter he had received from her in the early 1920's (Bole letter) (MooreJ:86). These repeated most of the above account with some minor variations and additions, and we will refer to these later.

Oh by the way, that was Charles Darwin.

Answer 7

evolution has not been proved... I mean not from the basic level... certain things have evolved, but at some point something had to have created the stuff that evolved... think about this for a second... how can something just come to exist? we talked about this is theory of knowledge (IB class with all the nerds and half are atheists) and everyone agreed that at some point someone/ thing had to have created something ... does that make sense?

Answer 8

What if you don't care? Evolution is proven to your satisfaction and I'm happy for you. If this knowledge has some practical uses like CURING these diseases I'll start caring.

Answer 9

The fact that organisms evolve is unquestionable. How does that fact prove the origin of life?

Answer 10

If evolution also includes stuff we have made ourselves, then I see your point.

Keep hold of your beliefs, whatever they may be.

Could be all you have.

Answer 11

Good luck. I suspect you'll get a lot of "micro-evolution is real, but macro-evolution isn't." That's the new creationist mantra.