Do you believe in evolution?

Question

What is your reason for why you do or don't believe in it?

Answer 1

I'm simply pointing out that evolution still goes on. MRSA (the "super-bug") has evolved after an earlier strain would have become extinct if it had not changed.

Also, the term "Homo Habilis" might ring some bells. It was an earlier human that was the first to use tools. There is a long list of decedents from "Homo Habilis." Their brains increase in size, they walk upright, and eventually, they become Homo Sapiens. These earlier humans have been found. There is clear evidence and the entire developed world believes it except our ignorant country and Turkey.

Answer 2

I don't "believe" in it because it's not a belief. It's a fact. I know evolution to be true.

The holes in evolution, while existent, are a lot smaller and less plentiful than those in creationism.

Easy holes in creationism include:
-Who or what created your deity?
-7 days to make the entire universe? Ok, not 7 days, but each day stands for like 10,000 years you say? Then how did plants survive for 10,000 years without the sun?
-If your deity is supposedly omnipotent, therefore he would not need anything else. Therefore, he could not desire anything. Therefore, he could not desire to do anything in particular, namely create the Universe from scratch.
-Fossil evidence? Why would your deity try to deceive us if you argue that your deity put aged things on the planet?

Insurmountable flaws lead to theories with little to no credibility.

Evolution, however. Homologous structures, complex lineages, natural selection, mass extinctions, radiocarbon dating putting the age of things way past 6000 years, genetics, RNA replication in early life. Charles 'effin Darwin. Little intermittent steps may have not yet fallen into place, but it's a hell of a lot better than the fundamental flaws in creationism.

Until recently, I didn't actually think that anybody actually believed in creationism... I thought that it had become a novelty a long time ago. I've known evolution to be a fact since age 4. These people...

Answer 3

Not believe. Know. Evolution is fact.

Google "Proof of Evolution"

You will get @ 2 MILLION hits.

Aristotle did work on evolution so can it already.

Answer 4

There are far too many reasons why I know evolution to be true to list here. They do not even need to be listed because they are facts and verifiable.

It is the people who deny evolution who need to be listing the reasons. Then we will clearly see the ridiculousness of holding onto thousand year old dogma. I have never heard a compelling argument as to how we came from dust.

Answer 5

About as much as I believe in atomic theory, yes.

Evolution isnt a belief, it's a theory to describe a set of fact. Evolution fits said set perfectly.

Answer 6

If evolution was a matter of "faith", I wouldn't "believe" in it.

But it's not a matter of faith. It's a matter of observable fact. Christians will try to tell you that evolution is a matter of faith, and that therefore their "theory" is no less valid. Unfortunately for them, they are utterly, and demonstratably... wrong.

Answer 7

Yes I do.

I am not totally familiar with the complete specifics (although I'm learning), It is the the only scientific explanation available at the current time.

Answer 8

There is sooooo much evidence that supports evolution, that not believing in it, is willful ignorance or insanity.

Answer 9

I don't "believe" in it any more than I "believe" in gravity. Both are scientific theories; we don't necessarily understand every detail of how it works, but there is solid evidence to back it up and make predictions based on it.

Answer 10

I don't need to "believe" in something i know as a fact.

Evolution is basically survival of the fittest on a huge scale, and you can not deny survival of the fittest.