YAEQ (Yet Another Evolution Question) -- Please answer only if you don't believe in evolution!?

Question

This question is for people who think that evolution does not and has not taken place. If you don't fall into this category, please don't bother responding.

What evidence have you seen in favor of evolution?

What evidence have you seen opposing evolution?

Would any amount of scientific evidence convince you that evolution takes place?

Do you think religious authorities in general have a sufficient understanding of complex scientific theories to form well-reasoned opinions on those theories?

If (hypothetically) a religious authority (either text or person) that you trusted said that gravity did not actually exist, would you believe that authority despite having seen strong evidence of gravity?

Again, please only respond if you DON'T believe that evolution takes place or has taken place.

If you are going to answer my question, please just answer it. Don't use your answer as a platform to espouse your beliefs while ignoring the question as Gerrit B did.

Also, can someone tell me what "neglible" gravity is?

Answer 1

wow.. they really became silent as the grave didn't they?
Your question was too good I guess..

Answer 2

Not silent as the grave, but tired of what seems like an endless roundabout of people not listening to each other. Sigh. And your question has a clever built-in trap when you move to "belief in gravity". Sigh again :-)

I believe some evolution occurs (since evolution is a change in allele frequency, and defined as being irrespective of whether the change is "good" or "bad".) I believe there is natural selection within populations so that the population changes within a few generations to account for the trait, (faster legs, camouflage, antibiotic resistance etc.) So far I don't qualify to answer your questions. :-)

I do not believe the following things about evolution:
- Evolution creates new functions within a population
- Evolution is always for the better
- Evolution created (or creates) life from non-life
- Evolution changes one kind of animal into an other
- Evolution creates information out of randomness

OK, so maybe I qualify to answer your questions.

The things I believe about evolution fit very well in a Young Earth Creationist (YEC) model. The things I don't believe about evolution also fit very well into the YEC model.

YEC has a clear, admitted bias. "Evolution" as a "one-answer-fits-all" theory also has a bias.
There are many who believe that YEC ignores and hides facts, while Evolution embraces and celebrates them.
Truth be told, the facts (fossils, radioactive ratios in rocks, zircon halos, complexity of a single cell, Complex DNA, Humans as "male and female", layers in sediment or ice deposits, ...) are the same for both YEC and "Evolution". YEC has largely not changed, since it is based on reading God's Word. "Evolution" has changed many many times. (Soft tissue in fossils, coelacanth no longer extinct, Neandertals no longer predate Homo Sapiens, ...)

I believe gravity happens in the right circumstances; it's not hard to find circumstances in which gravity is neglible. :-) The Bible also never indicates there is no gravity, in fact, it is implied in: 1 Cor 10:12: Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. :-) :-)

The question about religious authorities shows bias in that it assumes science is all there is, and is authoritative about everything. I don't believe it is. There are things outside science's purview. The material on a site like creationontheweb.com shows that there are legitimate scientists who formulate credible theories about origins that fit well with the YEC model. Please read the article and book referenced with the open mind I know you must have.

I hope this helps someone. If it does, it is worth the ridicule which a YEC post usually engenders from some Y!A R&S quarters.

Edit:
I believe I did answer the questions with quite a bit of detail. Since I agreed some evolution occurs (and listed specifics), it does not make sense to talk about evidence it doesn't, or further convincing that it does. I went into specifics to show that evolution is not a single indivisible entity. It has many parts and definitions.

The gravity one is quite simple: Gravity exists while I am on earth. If I go to outer space, it is negligible and might as well not exist for me in that circumstance.

I answered in free text, no cutting-and-pasting, very sincere, and given the fact that no one else did. I'm sorry that it wasn't what you wanted to hear. I hope someone else does benefit. Thanks.