It just blows me away to hear Christians call evolution a lie. I mean, you may as well say the earth revolving around the sun is a lie.
So here we go...empirical evidence of evolution, but first, let’s define evolution: Quite simply, evolution is the adaptation, behavioral and physical changes life undergoes to adapt to new environments.
Scientists have been studying wildlife around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Russia to see how life is coping. They found something amazing. Mice typically live about 4 years, but Chernobyl mice only live about 2 years because of the radiation poisoning.
Scientists found that the mice had evolved to adapt to the radiation by having more frequent and larger litter of pups before they die. In other words, these mice evolved to adapt to their new surroundings and environment. And this happened in only 20 years! Can you imagine what evolution can do with MILLIONS of years?
And please spare me bible quotes as answers, they prove and solve nothing.
2007-12-05 08:14:49 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's terribly hard for many of them to begin to open their minds to the idea when they've believed something else for so very long. To many of them, (I can make that statement because I used to be one) just thinking something that they consider to be against god is a sin punishable by hell. This is something very hard to turn away from.
It's unfortunate, but they prove this very thing with their answers here. They'll say anything to not have to actually learn about it and understand it, and quite frankly, it's doubtful that many would actually be able to truly comprehend it even if they tried.
It is not hard to learn more. What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong. ~Martin H. Fischer
2007-12-05 08:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by I, Sapient 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
It is a hoax.
"So here we go...empirical evidence of evolution, but first, let’s define evolution: Quite simply, evolution is the adaptation, behavioral and physical changes life undergoes to adapt to new environments."
This is called "adaptation", not evolution. We have no problem with adaptation within a kind, it happens all the time. We can see it, quantify it, observe it. Evolution is the changing of one kind of creature into a different being, (primates to humans, whales to cows, dinosaurs to birds).
"Scientists have been studying wildlife around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Russia to see how life is coping. They found something amazing. Mice typically live about 4 years, but Chernobyl mice only live about 2 years because of the radiation poisoning.
Scientists found that the mice had evolved to adapt to the radiation by having more frequent and larger litter of pups before they die. In other words, these mice evolved to adapt to their new surroundings and environment. And this happened in only 20 years! Can you imagine what evolution can do with MILLIONS of years?"
But they were still mice. This is adaptation, not evolution. Moving the goal posts does not help your cause.
(1) "The main scientific objection to the GTE is not that changes occur through time, and neither is it about the size of the change (so we would discourage use of the terms micro- and macro-evolution). The key issue is the type of change required — to change microbes into men requires changes that increase the genetic information content, from over half a million DNA ‘letters’ of even the ‘simplest’ self-reproducing organism to three billion ‘letters’ (stored in each human cell nucleus). "
2007-12-05 08:33:56 · answer #2 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The Theory of Evolution is a hypothesis that Darwin believed but had reservations on that he personally expressed himself.
His arguments rested on the reality of extremely long periods in the transition of the species from one living cell to the many existing today.
He said if there ever arose a complex organism that could not fit in with his theories his theories would be worthless. In the recent studies of DNA and the complexities it presents a large number of scientists and doctors openly said that the theory of evolution is no longer tenable as an explanation for the existence of life.
Worse than that; these same scientists and doctors have agreed that the existence of a creator is the most reasonable explanation for the existence of life. Obviously this does not sit well with those who live and die by evolutionary theory, but, as the Bible says - Let him who chooses to be ignorant be ignorant still."
2007-12-05 08:40:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am a Christian and I believe in *some* evolutionary theory, just not all of the theory. I think the theory itself is evolving as scientific discoveries are constantly being made - I find that fascinating. I believe some of the theory *has* been proven to be true, but that doesn't prove the entire theory.
The theory of evolution doesn't necessarily disprove my faith, and for just saying that I know I'm gonna get some thumbs down from some other more-- let's just say conservative-- Christians.
2007-12-05 08:23:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
What's the point of trying? Religion is a way for intellectually inferior people to justify their existence. It's people like the girl who wrote this;
"i think humans have evolved over time, but i dont think they started out as monkeys.
why wouldn't all of them evolved????"
It's people like this that hold our species back. How could you be this ignorant?... this Stupid?! If there was an almighty, he never would have let someone as stupid as that live so long
2007-12-05 08:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
So wait, biological changes as a result of radiation poisoning count as empirical evidence of evolution?
I'm not sure you know what "empirical" means. You may want to look it up. It appears the word you were looking for was "conjectural."
2007-12-05 08:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by Andrew G 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Are you kidding? Your pro- evolution argument is mice lifespans being halved. That is some great logic. Maybe we humans will evolve to the point of living to 35 yrs and having a dozen children that will live to 17 years. At least it is one of the more comical and original arguments I've seen.
2007-12-05 08:22:23 · answer #7 · answered by enamel 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
I think you're confusing Christians with young earth creationists. Although most young earth creationists are Christians, not all Christians are young earth creationists.
Some of us believe in evolution. I do. It's a proven fact that species can adapt to their environment.
Personally, I think the creation account describes evolution. "Each after their own kind"? Sounds like micro-evolution to me!
2007-12-05 08:20:19 · answer #8 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
So mice are empirical proof of evolution! Pinky and the Brain? So whats the stand point on humanity then?
AHHHH thats right there isn't one to be found. Its still an unproven Theory.
2007-12-05 08:20:39 · answer #9 · answered by Groucho 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋
I think every young earth creationist in the country is on yahoo Answers, and therefore you think there are more of them than there are.
Not all Christians deny science.
2007-12-05 08:24:53 · answer #10 · answered by Free Thinker A.R.T. ††† 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋