Evolution? Fact or Fiction?

Question

What do you believe. Did God or Primates make humans. Did we evolve or sprout from Adam and Eve. Why do you believe this? For people who say God, do you think people who dont believe will go to hell.

Answer 1

Darwinism or Neo-Darwinism or what have you, generally refers to the idea that all life present on the Earth has a common ancestor… a tiny, simple, single-celled organism. I accept that evolution happens… finch's beaks change size and shape to some limited extent over time. I have no problem with evolution in that specific sense, and that is well-supported by evidence. Micro evolution is real. Call me an evolutionist if that is what is being talked about.

HOWEVER, the idea that a finch could, via the same process, become a giant purple snorklewhacker is not supported by any real evidence. It's only assumed to be true by virtue of the fact that finch's beaks change shape a little.

"Macro-evolution", which essentially refers to a simpler organism developing into a more complex organism is a whole different thing. There is absolutely no evidence of natural processes spontaneously producing the complex specified information we find in living systems. So no, I don't believe there is macro evolution ... There is no evidence for it!

Answer 2

Evolution is an observed fact. You can argue with it if you want; you can also argue that grass is not green and the sky is not blue; it doesn't change the facts.

P.S. - I got this as an email from somebody, but I'd rather answer it in public for the benefit of posterity:

"YOU have observed evolution?YOU stood and watched one animal change into another animal?You have to be joking.BTW--the sky has no color as the water has no color to it either.Did they ever scrape blue off of the space shuttle after it comes back?Is water blue and green?"

Let me just get the "LOL" out of the way, first of all.

Evolution - that is, the process of evolution - has been directly observed and tested, both in the lab and the field, many times in many different species. The fact that you apparently think it involves "one animal changing into another animal," as if a horse suddenly becomes a goat, only shines a light on the monumental depth of your ignorance of the subject.

Then with the space shuttle remark...wow. Well, OK. It's true that the blue of the sky and the green of grass are only the colors that our eyes perceive; but without digressing into optics, the fact is that we DO perceive these colors, and there's no particular point in arguing that we don't.

Answer 3

Evolution is plainly fact. However, asking the question, "Did God or Primates make humans" doesn't paint a good picture of the differences between creationism and evolution ...

Answer 4

Evolution is something you are able to witness in action. Spend a calendar 12 months interior the Galapegos and you will start to appreciate. Fiction is constrained to literature. fact is open to everyone keen to bare it. fact is functional. Fiction is constrained, as quickly as lower back, to the mind's eye.

Answer 5

I am fairly sure that 'Primates' did not make humans, but I could be mistaken. As for 'sprouting' from Adam and Eve...


*sigh*

Answer 6

Let me recommend a series of books for you to read.

1. "A Short History of Almost Everything" by Bill Bryson

2. "The Map That Changed The World" by Simon Winchester

3. "Why We Believe What We Believe" by Andrew Newberg.

Get some information, and then draw your own conclusions.

Answer 7

It doesn't really matter what people think about evolution. It exists whether people believe in it or not. All the evidence supports it.

Answer 8

Clearly fact. Chimps share genes with humans that are not shared with gorillas and orangutans. Those genes are located in the same gene clusters.

Answer 9

Evolution is theory. The only thing that evolves in the theory.
Another good book is "D is for dinosaur". I am sure is is at a level you could understand (Even if your evolved)

Answer 10

Fact of course