Would you make a debate that won the Bears superbowl 41? Or that the Tigers won the world series in 2006? Or that Japan and Germany won WWII? Since evolution deniers (creationists) take a side that is factually incorrect that has nothing to do with facts, science, imperical evidence......do you creationists also feel that we should take up other arguements that are factually incorrect like those I listed?
2007-10-21 18:20:45 · 14 answers · asked by P H 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Don't you think they already do that?
They say things as such:
Sun revolves around the Earth.
Vaccination is Bad.
Earth is Flat.
Let them believe what they want. They are a bunch of stubborn fundamentalists who have inflated egos and cannot go beyond literally interpreting their religious texts.
2007-10-21 18:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 6⤋
Belief in Creation is not necessarily the same as Denying the possibility of Evolution.
Could not both have occurred? God Created the heaven's and the Earth...We say 7 days, but could it have perhaps been 7 Milleniums? (sp?).
Could not God have created the animals ...perhaps not thousands of species but dozens from which thousands later evolved?
The Theory of Evolution is just that theory. In Public and Parochial schools it should be taught alongside Big Bang, Continental Shifts, etc. Not preached as factual, but theory that was developed with some scientific facts.
Where in the chain did man separate from the Eel?
2007-10-22 05:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by scott_v1963 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Problem is that we can only be certain of what happened as far back as we have recorded history... maybe about 5-10,000 years, depending on who you ask. Ironically, all of those recorded histories all describe various deities.
Creationists (at least the intelligent ones) do not dispute what science proves happens today. They acknowledge that human DNA contains 46 chromosomes, and that light travels at a speed of 186,282 miles per second.
What they dispute is what happened several thousand years ago... events that we have no record of, and we have nothing more than an educated guess based on what we can observe today. They believe in something supernatural, that is not regulated by the laws of science that we can observe and measure. When you throw the supernatural into the mix, the laws of science suddenly become irrelevant.
2007-10-21 18:36:17 · answer #3 · answered by SDW 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are good reasons why people take positions that are factually incorrect:
1. disrespect for other people's opinions.
2. presenting as "fact" something that cannot be proven.
3. Mixing up values with evidence.
4. Using non-sequiturs (the more ridiculous the better) to belittle those with whom they disagree.
All the stuff that you are doing, in other words.
2007-10-21 18:32:52 · answer #4 · answered by Pagan Dan 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
rofl........... you are soooooo funny...... I have no option but to kinda laugh at all this junk...... Man has NEVER been able to prove much of anything, it all is just words, just like you accuse us Christians as using to back up our arguments..... Man and his words have been trying to discredit and disprove God sense the beginning of time... And time has disproved NOTHING..... Science has shadowed God all through time....... Your list is made up of recent events that have happened, has had witnesses, I was NOT at those games nor did I see them, I count them as truths or lies when several people have stated that it was, such is the word of God....... The events and facts of the Bible were witnessed and written by man, the Holy Spirit is counted as witness to those men, meaning he saw or did and entrusted the men to write it down, such as the reporter of a news paper is entrusted by the editor....... I deny that we, humans came about in any other way but by God, I have NEVER denied that there has been adaptive evolution..... The earth has changed over time due to many factors, most man made, there for it stands to reason , LOGIC, that would effect the living creatures of earth....... Now , what you believe is YOUR problem..... What I believe is my FAITH..... the Bible talks of false science, I wonder why and where God got the idea, that all you and others speak of when it comes to science, that humans would try to take the credit for creation ??? Hmmmm...... I find it amussing at times, but find sad also, that people would deny that a book that was written sooooooooo long ago has predicted and stated factualy just what would go on in years future....... HMMMMMM ????? go in peace ....... God bless
2007-10-21 18:48:52 · answer #5 · answered by Annie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people who are still alive today were there to personally witness all of the examples you gave. If your comparison is valid, then please give me some examples of people who observed life coming from non-life (biogenesis).
Even so, that point aside...
As a creationist, I do not believe that evolution does not occur. Rather, I believe it is literally impossible for a living organism to come from non-living material. That has never been proven by empirical scientific evidence. Do animals evolve? Of course. But no scientific fact exists that proves that life spontaneously occurred. It is imagined that a living microbe emerged in a "primordial soup," but this is the first step in the evolutionary process, and is notably devoid of empirical evidence.
If that original organism came into existence by any means other than random chance, or rather, if any pre-existing entity (aliens, God, whatever) caused the first living organism to be alive through any kind of directed process, that would be creation.
2007-10-21 18:33:51 · answer #6 · answered by JimmyNeutron85 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Evolution is a theory. From God's information given in the Bible, the earth is only about 6,000 years old. When He created the first man, he was mature. Not a baby. Likewise, the earth was created aged. Fossils and such are animals that drowned during the great flood.
2007-10-21 18:32:21 · answer #7 · answered by 4HIM- Christians love 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Animals and insects, they probably evolved from other animals and insects. Depending on what science discovers. But humans? Please. No one something as advanced and complex as the human brain can be anything but the design of an even more intelligent entity.
2007-10-21 18:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by Psychotic Clown 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because those bear no significance in the long term. It does matter if you believe in creation or evolution. If you believe in evolution, you are basically calling God a liar and the entire Bible would be invalid. (one lie, and it is no longer the inspired Word of God)
This has significance beyond even our short lifetime. So debate is needed. If Christians are right, which I believe we are, the debate can either lead to destruction or eternal life. That is a HUGE Significant reason to debate it.
2007-10-21 18:27:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I'll completely deny my faith and become the most ardent atheist-evolutionist in history if you can answer this question. And when I say answer, I don't mean the standard "You're as dumb as a bag of hammers" answer.
Ok...say a tornado blows through a junkyard in west Texas and leaves in it's wake a fully assembled, operational Harley-Davidson in perfect condition. Is this possible?
Because the chances of the universe being the result of some huge catastrophic accident are actually longer than a tornado assembled Harley.
2007-10-21 18:32:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 7⤋