it took me two semesters of college biology to get a basic understanding of how processes such as evolution work. there are biologists dedicating their entire lives studying all the factors that go into evolution. do you really expect me to explain in detail, in 1000 charachters or less all that is involved in evolution, to the point that you would not only understand it, but accept it as well? if you really want to know about evolution why don't you take a college course?
2007-10-11 11:00:38 · 17 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
almosko, i spent enough of my life 28 yrs to be exact learning everything about the bible to know it's nothing but a means of trying to control through fear of the unknown. furthermore, where do you get that there's any dna evidence to support that we're all descended from the same male ancestor?
2007-10-11 17:34:30 · update #1
ladyphoenix, you're not interested in it, yet you're certain it doesn't occur. that's like me saying i don't know how automobiles work, but i know they don't run on gas. i'll leave it at that.
2007-10-11 17:36:08 · update #2
edge, so you're getting phd in biology and you don't understand evolution? i find that hard to believe. in your thesis and you dissertation which you are working on do you bother to mention anything about the creator which you believe is so obvious? i doubt it. although if you have i'd love to read it.
2007-10-11 17:39:38 · update #3
ilya, i guess you missed the point of my question. the point is if you can't expect to get a full explanation about the process of evolution in this short of a space.
2007-10-11 17:43:06 · update #4
Would you believe I was about to ask this exact question? How do people who don't believe science expect to get quick, easy answers when everyone else has to learn about these things and do some research on it? I spent four years studying science in college, and I certainly don't understand everything there is to know. Yet when someone asks a question about evolution or something, "atheists" are expected to have the answer straight away, or their point of view is immediately considered wrong.
2007-10-11 11:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by murnip 6 · 12⤊ 1⤋
Take a college course in it so I will understand it. So if I understand it I will accept it? Hmm. So would getting a Bachelor's and Master's degree in biological sciences make me accept evolution is true? Well I have those degrees already and have taken multiple courses specifically in evolution. I still know it to be false. Maybe a PhD in biology would help. I am over half way to a PhD now. Still hasn't changed my opinion. The simple fact is most of the evidence that says evolution happened can be used to support a creator if you are just willing to put Him into the equation. Understanding evolution does not equal acceptance of it.
2007-10-11 11:14:45 · answer #2 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
So what... so you have been convinced by somebody else about something. Now you want to spread the word of that something to everybody else. And your point is?
You have 2 semesters under your belt and now you think you have the keys to the universe.... Please.... If you were not critical at any point of what you actually learned and simply took it as is, then you now belong to biological cult, just like others belong to a religious cult. Now that you are fully educated and all knowing, what is your price for being wrong?
It's a theory that has no proof nor disproof. What that means is that most likely scientists have discovered certain patterns which can explain certain behaviors of development and growth, but they can not proof absolutely that the world is flat. In fact all science and math dwindles on assumptions and theories. These help us somewhat understand the world we live in (on a very small scale). What quantum mechanics tell us is that the world has and can change very quickly, and that the science we have developed here may become obsolete with a catastrophic event.
Maybe we came from monkeys, but how do you explain life at all... BIG BANG (is that all)... you have no proof and you never will.
2007-10-11 11:19:29 · answer #3 · answered by Ilya S 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think that from now on all of us should start reporting evolution questions in the religion and spirituality section as off topic. I am tired of christians trying to bait people with these questions. Force them to ask them in the proper section and stop them.
2007-10-11 11:40:42 · answer #4 · answered by Stainless Steel Rat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No need. I took college biology courses and studied evolution. I got straight A's. I guess they might not have done that good of job though, because I believe it less now than when I started.
2007-10-11 11:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by MikeM 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not interested in evolution as defined by those who believe we evolved from lesser creatures. It never happened. Thanks anyway.
I suppose those who believe in creation could say the same, now that you mention it. If you really want to know about the Bible, go to a seminary and take some classes.
OH WAIT.....evolutionists wouldn't do that....because they're sure it never happened, thanks anyway. So when you guys find the missing link let me know.
"Unfortunately the common definitions of evolution OUTSIDE OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY are different [from the scientific definition]. For example, in the Oxford Concise Science Dictionary we find the following definition:
"evolution: The gradual process by which the present diversity of plant and animal life arose from the earliest and most primitive organisms, which is believed to have been continuing for the past 3000 million years.
This IS INEXCUSABLE FOR A DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE . Not only does this definition exclude prokaryotes, protozoa, and fungi, but it specifically includes a term "gradual process" which should not be part of the definition." [emphasis mine]
See the SCIENTIFIC definition for evolution below.
2007-10-11 11:10:19 · answer #6 · answered by lady_phoenix39 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Funny how the theists respect all the other theories scientists have proposed like, germs, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, atomics, superconductivity, etc... but when it comes to evolution, these same scientists are just stark, raving mad.
2007-10-11 11:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I find that science (biology being my favorite) has yet to contradict even one of my fundamental beliefs in regards to our universe, purpose and 'creator'. Indeed, everything I learn fully supports the complex, mysterious and magickal universe that makes up life as we know it!
Being as you didn't ask a question, I thought I'd just spew too. :)
2007-10-11 11:06:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Don't take them at the same time. You will end up dropping one of th clases. The labs will kill you. Do one this coming semester and the other, the following semester. Good Luck!
2016-05-21 23:24:03 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go brother! You hit the nail on the head.
Evolution, science, etc., takes too much thought and intellect.
It's far easier to believe that a man in the sky created us.
2007-10-11 11:06:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋