Say you have a thousand piece puzzle, and it's missing a few pieces.?

Question

Would you still have a pretty good idea of what the picture was?

Georgia, I think you may have misunderstood me...a lot.
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Answer 1

It's all going to depend on how many pieces are missing and if they are all missing from one spot or not.
If I have a 1000 piece puzzle and it is all flowers and trees but right in the middle is the message: a toxic can with a skull and crossbones on it with a small amout of green, vaporous gas coming out of it and the pieces that are missing from this puzzle are the pieces with the toxic can with the skull and crossbones then I am going to miss the message.
I would only see flowers and trees and life growing as it should. The real message would be the message of death and what is killing our world.
So it's all going to depend on what pieces are gone.

Answer 2

Firstly, that's not evolution, Billy, that's abiogenesis - the forming of life from non-living organic molecules. Such an event most likely happened some 3.5 billion years ago and occured in underwater environments where certain clays and rocks capable of initiating catalysis of certain organic molecules existed. Calling such an environment "muddy soup" is as accurate as calling the human body a bunch of bones with some skin over them - technically accurate but missing a lot of important detail. To answer your question on whether the modern view of abiogenesis matches up to you intepretation of the Bible, I'd have to say that it doesn't. Abiogenesis was the formation of very simple life and man would not have developed from it until it had grown much more complex and several billion years had past. Comparing abiogenesis to a deity breathing life into mud and it becoming man is ultimately ridiculous.

Answer 3

I wouldn't need the box to have a good idea of what the picture was...only a few pieces are missing...out of a thousand. That goes for literally or metaphorically speaking :)

Answer 4

Yes, but then I'd probably smash it up and storm off after wasting all of that time on it. Of course, with evolution, we can just keep looking for the missing pieces.

Answer 5

I guess it depends on the picture and what pieces are missing. But of course I would be able to tell.

Answer 6

Of course. Unless someone comes along and starts using scissors on the other pieces to try to make them fit =)

Answer 7

Aww, I think Georgia misunderstood you too! Does he know you? Anyway- I think you'd still have a pretty good idea of the picture. I guess it depends on which pieces were missing, though.

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Answer 8

The missing piece was found and is called The Apochryphon of John. Christians refuse to believe it because it refutes all of their false doctrines

Answer 9

Depends on the puzzle and the pieces missing.

Answer 10

Yes, and I would still believe in the picture.

As far as religion goes, most pieces are either missing, turned upside down, or torn in half.