come to the conclusion of "evolution" after only 3 weeks on the Galapagos Islands
2007-11-12 07:49:30 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He went there in 1834 and published in 1869. He made observations in the Galapagos that caused him to draw some remarkable conclusions. It did not all come to him at once, and much of what he thought has turned out to be wrong, however his basic idea of evolution has been found sound. What an amazing man.
2007-11-12 08:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
It was a message from God.
God told him about evolution in the form of a burning Galapagos turtle. Darwin and the rest of the members of the Beagle were cooking the turtle/God for dinner, when it suddenly looked up from the spit and spoke to him those famous words:
"Survival of the fittest!...now don't forget the hot sauce--I'm much tastier that way!"
2007-11-12 15:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by Here..have some Kool-Aid 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No! he didn't come up with the idea of evolution, he pinched the idea from others, such as Erasmus Darwin. But the original idea came from ancient Greece, where Anaximander taught that fish had grown legs and walked on land. It was also believed that the goddess Gea could make living things arise spontaneously from stones (the origin of the present belief in 'abiogenesis' and the primordial soup stories).
2007-11-12 15:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by A.M.D.G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The theory of evolution predates Darwin by centuries...it dates back to Ancient Greece. A philosopher named Anaximander (610-545 B.C.E.) formulated the ideas that early life originated in the oceans, and eventually made its way to land, adapting along the way to deal with changing environmental conditions.
Darwin brought in the theory of Natural Selection as the catalyst for how evolution could actually work--thus making it palatable for the new science of materialism. Darwin's partner, Alfred Wallace, concluded that Natural Selection could not explain the orgin of our higher intellectual and moral faculties. He claimed that savages and prehistoric humans had brains almost as large as thoses of Englishmen, however, in adapting to an environment that did not require abstract thought, they had no use for structures and therefore their brains could not have resulted from Natural Selection.
Remember, in order for Evolution and Natural Selection to even begin to work, you would need an infinite amount of time. The science of the cosmos and the study of thermodynamics and entropy have proven that the universe had a beginning and will have an end. Since the Sun is not eternal, but loses energy over time, counting backward we would have a sun that is much too hot for live to exist even a million years ago. The Anthropic Principle would provide a great deal of problems in keeping with the science of Evolution and Natural Selection. There just isn't enough time for it to begin to be plausible.
2007-11-12 15:54:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
No, he had already formed his conclusions from other false assumptions. Being a minister, he had studied the Scriptures at length, and to explain the origin of other RACES, because he did not understand the SCRIPTURAL explanation of the other races, he developed one in compilation with these other writings he had been studying.
That is why the NAME of the book. EVOLUTION is BASED ON RACISM. Read the ENTIRE title of his Origins of the Species.
2007-11-12 15:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
He didn't come to a conclusion. He came up with a THEORY. One that he said repeatedly, was just a theory.
You can make a guess about anything in no time at all. It's not the same as discovering something concrete, or proving anything.
2007-11-12 16:02:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Galapagos trip, probably stimulated thoughts that had been working their way through his head for some time.
Only he knows for sure.
LJ4bama, that is a lie created by people who claim lying is wrong and against God. Why would 'holy' men start lie?
2007-11-12 15:54:17 · answer #7 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Maybe He went to the galapagos to study other animals and migration, and it took him a lot longer, like studying primeates for years.
2007-11-12 15:54:33 · answer #8 · answered by I 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There's no reason why not, although I suspect that it took a great deal more thought and investigation before he had his theory fully researched and formulated.
Many ideas come to people in a sudden flash of inspiration:-
Archimedes discovered the principle of bouyancy and displacement in an instant whilst in the bath; Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz discovered the structure of benzene after it came to him in a dream.
2007-11-12 15:52:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
could be! a lot of evolutionists go to the Galapagos Islands,for research! do you need me to help you with that thing on your head????
2007-11-12 15:54:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋