2007-10-22 05:22:16 · 29 answers · asked by . 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Do you believe in scientific proof or more the religious side of it
2007-10-22 05:24:46 · update #1
the monkeys did it!
2007-10-22 05:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I accept the theory of evolution, due to the fact that the theory has proof behind it. If another more logical solution was formed then i'd accept that over evolution.
I think that evolution and all the other beliefs about how things have become how they are today are all so different on their take on this matter that you have to choose a belief. I cannot definately say that God isn't responsible or discount anything else that others believe because i wouldn't be able to back this up. All we have are our beliefs, until we get concrete proof, we can't say which is right for definate, and i think we should all be allowed our own views, even if some are drastically different to others.
2007-10-22 12:18:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is the best explanation we have at the moment for how life on earth as developed. There is masses of proof that it has happened but the way it happens and the details are still being studied by most of the universes in the world so our ideas on the way evolution are constantly being refined. For example it was once thought that dinosaurs were cold blooded creatures like reptiles but we now know that some of them had fur and some had feathers so presumably they were able to keep their blood warm and were possibly warm blooded but that last item still needs clarifying with more research.
If some proper evidence comes to light that life on earth developed other than by the process of evolution scientist will amend their views. With creationists this cannot happen they are stuck with the same ridiculous ideas for which there is no evidence at all
Oh and of course an "evolutionist" if there is such a being does not want you to believe anything, Scientists who study evolution simply present the evidence they find and try to give the best explanation they can. You either accept that or not as you wish
2007-10-22 11:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chronologically the fossil evidence over eons shows most of the steps in human evolution from Egyptopithecus to Homo Sapiens.
If we didn't evolve from our pithecine ancestors then there would be fossil evidence of modern humans alongside the pithecine fossils, and also alongside the fossils of all the other human ancestors coming forward in time until now. But there are none.
It's still open to conjecture as to exactly which of the many pithecine species we are derived from, because some species lived during the same time period in different part of the world. Until the second exodus out of Africa, when modern humans and Neaderthals met. Then the Neaderthals were either absorbed by inter-breeding or were made extinct by being killed or out competed for territory/food etc.
Personally I think everything evolves. Language. Ideas. Religion. The Solar System. Galaxies. Infact, the entire universe.
But it's all such a vast multi-billion year old jigsaw to put together, that it will be a very long time, if at all, that we have all the pieces in place for definate.
2007-10-22 13:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of all the misconceptions that abound, the one about evolution amuses and frustrates me the most. Evolution is not a belief and doesn't belong in the religious or folklore arena at all. It's a scientific theory that belongs more in biology than anywhere else. It's weird, but a lot of times, I find myself wondering why no one ever asks other people's beliefs on plate tectonics (a prominent theory in geology) or the Chaos theory (a mathematical theory.)
As for my personal feelings about the validity of evolution, I accept it. I find it a fascinating theory that makes sense. If scientists find evidence that proves evolution to be completely incorrect, then I won't accept it anymore. There is nothing wrong with being wrong--it's how we learn. But with what scientists have now, it appears they're onto something when it comes to the theory of evolution.
2007-10-22 08:56:33 · answer #5 · answered by Avie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm a biologist and have learnt and read a lot about the mechanisms of evolution. It makes sense, and if you look at the world around us it's almost impossible to argue against it. Most anti evolutionary arguments seem to be pretty irrational, and if you dig down into them deeply enough you come to a wall with a sign on it and the sign is "no entry". Eventually if you want to believe in creationism or so-called "intelligent design" you have to stop thinking and let the big guy take over.
But as far as I'm aware, the big guy in the sky is more concerned with our behaviour towards one another - and our behaviour towards the other living things to which we are intimately related through our part in the evolutionary voyage - than with explaining science to us.
I think the creation myth is a continuing excuse for man's dominance over the world, and only humanism can get us out of the mess we have made of our surroundings in our homocentric arrogance. Ironically one of the greatest humanists of all time was Jesus Christ, but a lot of creationists seem to have missed the point.
2007-10-22 22:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by Alyosha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1st, comments on previous answers:
"They used to think the world was round once too;"
We scientists still do!
"I am not a scientist, and neither are the vast majority of people who do not believe in evolution"
Actually, it is most likely we scientists who do not *believe* in evolution. This is accurate word usage, as belief in the theory of evolution *requires* faith. It has yet to be proven.
"I do believe in evolution - it is proven and you can see it happening around you."
It is not proven, neither is it observationally happening around us. If it *is* happening around us, science cannot detect it.
"Scientists for the most part are not idiots, and with the odd exception here and there, they've got it pretty much right."
Actually, when it comes to theories, we scientists are far more often wrong than right.
OK, now for my answer:
I believe that evolution is most likely the mechanism by which God created man.
Note that I do not believe in evolution (or in the theory of evolution). However, it is a very logical theory, and there is considerable circumstantial evidence which the theory explains quite well. Next year, there may be a scientific theory developed that fits all the data far better than the theory of evolution. In the meantime, I will accept that the theory of evolution is most likely correct.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-10-22 07:04:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without holding a Divine Consciousness as existing, evolution as explored by Darwen, Mark & Freud etc. is a theory of geophysical & historical (probable) consequences. Any reasonable person will have no difficulty with theories, only with Dogmas. In the religious life Science is ancillary to humankinds quest for liberating truth. Science shows How, while religion explains Why!
2007-10-22 06:14:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Theory of Evolution is the most logical explanation for right now, so thats what I believe at the moment. Its only a theory though, so anyone who believes it without question, is being about as logical as those who believe a God snapped his fingers a few thousand years ago and brought us into existence...
They used to think the world was round once too; It probably sounded logical back then but was proven false later... The same might happen for our current theories on evolution. (I know its not the same, theres more proof towards evolution than that, but its just a metaphor).
2007-10-22 05:34:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
This one will blow your mind. I believe that the human race was created from some primitive life-form already on this planet and set a number of tasks. Number one, to collect all the planet's gold. Number two, to repeatedly commit genocide against our own kind and number three, to destroy the planet once we've collected all the gold. I asked myself, while at junior school: why is man so stupid? Now, decades later, I feel I have the answer. I have read more books than you can imagine while seeking my conclusion. The human race is a slave race. It is, however, a form of slavery that would be easily destroyed if only people would stop accepting the utter rubbish that the mass media spews out every day. Everybody's life could be infinitely better, all we have to do is start saying 'no'.
2007-10-22 05:36:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Three things:
1. Scientists are overwhelmingly in support of the theory of evolution. They are the experts.
2. I am not a scientist, and neither are the vast majority of people who do not believe in evolution. It makes me laugh hearing the lame, illogical arguments that people cook up to try to contradict evolution, but none of them have a leg to stand on. In any case, I have to go with the scientists who know what they are talking about more than I do.
3. I am not even sure why some religious people are so uptight about this issue. They don't know anything about evolution anyway, and I think you can have it both ways. I happen to be a devout Protestant, and guess what? Until I see hard evidence to the contrary, I believe in evolution.
2007-10-22 05:32:51 · answer #11 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋