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by slothmister on July 5th, 2007
There is so much proof that the scientific comunity accept it as fact.
There are fossils/bones from all over the world that show a slow and steady evolution of man from an ape like species.
If you really want proof, google "evolution proof" and read the 1000's of results you get there, or go out and buy a science mag with an evolution front page!
by Friartuck on December 4th, 2007
There is an enormous amount of evidence ("proof" is for mathematics) that, from approximately 2.4 million years ago, progressively larger-brained, more upright species of ape roamed about until approximately 200,000 years ago, when one particular species (Homo Erectus) begain dominating wherever it went.
It is very easy to see that we are directly descended from Homo Erectus.
It is blindingly obvious that there was a development from earlier, more primitive species.
So yeah - enough evidence now that no scientists working in the evolution-related fields questions that it happened.
Discussions on exactly how and when and where things happened continues. Part of good science.
by Friartuck on December 9th, 2007
Comments not working here. Hi Saved. If you're interested, the first place to look is www.talkorigins.org.
It contains a wealth of information regarding evolution, biology, archeology, geology, paleontology and so on. It has hundreds of links to further information as well.
You may find it a little confronting as the site was specifically created to deal with many of the fallacies creationism pushes - but the articles are written predominantly by experts in their particular fields and are valuable as such.
Just followed a link you gave someone to the Big Daddy cartoon. In all seriousness, that tract is old - and even if written yesterday if literally a lie after a lie after a lie after a lie. Jack Chick cannot, in all honesty, be trusted on the science front.
1. There are NOT multiple fundamentals of evolution involving the cosmos, big bang etc. Evolution is concerned ONLY with explaining the current diversity of life and how life changes/adapts etc. once it exists. Abiogenesis is a separate field of study involving how life came about in the first place. Cosmology and physics deal with the birth/growth of the universe etc. etc.
His "Evolution of man" poster features "New Guinea Man" - this tract is the ONLY place a NGM is mentioned as an ancestor - no other place! Piltdown man was a fraud, yes - it was exposed as a fraud by SCIENTISTS and was suspect from the time it was first "discovered".
Go to this link:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/bigdaddy.html for an article written by a lecturer at the university of michigan (ie: an expert in the field, not a cartoon-drawing evangelist with no formal qualifications whatsoever...).
Happy searching - but if you read this information and still choose Big Daddy over University Professors, there'll be no point in continuing...
by Ash on July 5th, 2007
well considering the genttic make up difference between humans and apes is only 98%.....
by grace+peace on September 25th, 2008
Fossil evidence shows that there have been several kinds of hominids that are now extinct. Whether these contributed to an evolution of man or not is impossible to prove, because all we have are fossils frozen in time. Fossils cannot say how these creatures lived their life: Were they half-man, half animal? Were they completely animalistic? Would they have been able to have a complex philosophical discussion with us? We cannot say with confidence.
What we can say is that from the earliest time we that find evidence of man, whether it be artistic drawings preserved on a cave wall, or the vast empires of Egypt and Babylon, man has been a unique creature totally different from all other animals. The dog did not draw well, and the chimp better, and humans better still! Our ability to communicate abstract thought, create art, and ponder our own existence sets us on another plane of life from the animals. Some people say this is because God made us that way.
There are not "overwhelming" amounts of transitional creatures. There are only a few dozen or so which appear as though they might be transitional creatures even among all the animals. But a commonality in form, such a a cat and a tiger, or an ape and a chimp does not "prove" evolution. Creationists claim that God made the world using many of the same building blocks, and this explains commonality.
Man shares about 95% of his genome with chimps. But we also share 75% of our genome with tapeworms!
Mutations generally lead to horrible travesties and distortions. We don't ever witness large-scale mutations that are beneficial. Evolution demands we believe that the biological world is a result of billions of mutations.
The universe as a whole is an exceedingly fine-tuned place. Check out this article by Discover magazine: http://discovermagazine.com/2000/nov/cover/#
The rise of life from non-life continues to confound biologists. It appears to be completely impossible.
Whether you believe in evolution or special creation, do not make the obtuse claim that we are simply here as the result of blind chance. The universe and life, and the uniqueness of man, demand more than a naturalistic explanation. The universe appears to have been designed as a place hospitable for life, life has emerged when it is naturalistically 'impossible', and man stands at the pinnacle of all creation asking a very odd question: "Why am I here?"
May God bless you all as you seek the answer.
by PIE on January 11th, 2008
i WENT TO EVOLUTION PROOF. iT SAYS THERE IS NO PROOF. tHE ARGUMENT FOR CREATION SEEMS STRONGER. THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A SINGLE FOSSIL THAT SHOWS TRANSITION OF AN ORGANISM. MANY SCIENTISTS BEGAN TO BELIEVE IN A CREATOR. MANY MORE FELT EVELUTION SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
by Anonymous on August 28th, 2008
Micro-evolution (variations within a species) Yes. Macro-evolution (one species evolving into another) NO.
There is no fossil evidence showing a gradual change where the remains look a little less like the original species and a little more like the new species, over and over again. This would take millions of "fossil finds" showing the gradual change. There are no such finds and never will be. Evolution and has become a religion of disbelief in God. It takes much more faith to believe in this unproven theory than a belief in a Creator. The Evolutionists are putting all their belief in it because they don't want to think that one day they are going to have to answer to God and give an account for all of the bad things they have done (sin). Those that have accepted Christ will not be judged guilty like the unbelievers.
by brownies123 on March 31st, 2011
I believe that God created everything. There is no proof that evolution was real. Look at me- I'm a fourteen your old girl. One of the hardest times there is for any human, and i can still stand by the FACT that God created. What I dont get is how we evolved. Like what did we evolve from? Because you can't just pop out of nothing, they say that evolution is SLOW. so what did we "evolve" from? Because if we evolved from apes, the apes had to come from somewhere. "It is possible to hold to a faith and accept the evidence, yet creationists steadfastly refuse to see things any other way" Was the last post. Its is possible to hold a faith! I have one! Its amazing! But why are you pinning the refusal to see it other ways on us? You just proved yourself wrong! by saying that you, too, are refusing to see it my way.
Those are just my thoughts though. I think evolution just doesn't make sense.
P.S. If your excuse to what did we evolve from is "cells" or something equally that small, then what created the cells? were they just there forever? because then It also makes sense that God could have just been. And like I said, I stand by my faith. I hope this helps some people believe and live an extraordinary life like mine has been.
by MrJosh on March 31st, 2011
There are mountains of evidence for the Theory of Evolution. The totality of modern medicine, biology, paleontology, etc, rests on it. this includes humans. If you want more, look at wisdom teeth and the human appendix. So far as I know, there is no scientific evidence that humans have not evolved from other species.
by Neodarwinian49 on March 31st, 2011
Much scientific evidence that we are evolved primates. No scientific evidence that humans have always been humans.
Proof us for math and law, not science. Evidence is what science uses.
by PocketNut is as sure as a peanut on July 3rd, 2010
I find it puzzling that anyone can believe the 'god did it with magic' hypothesis and micro-evolution, but then cannot make the leap to macro-evolution, which is essentailly a whole procession of micro-evolutions.
There is no evidence to suggest that humans have always been the same, you can test this easily, look at your parents, you are not identical to either of them.
For some reason creationists have this weird idea that species suddenly give birth to completely new species, with no intermediate forms, and that all animals that ever existed must have been fossilised, which is completely contrary to scientific thinking and the mountains of evidence available.
It is also amazingly prevalent for creationists to say that scientists say we came from monkeys, which is illogical and untrue, all monkeys are primates, but not all primates are monkeys.
Evolutionary theory is so well documented and studied that it is now considered a fact by the vast majority of scientists, dismissing it as 'just a theory' is to miss the point, a theory is a scientific way of describing something backed up by evidence.
Creationism, and indeed christianity, however are backed up by nothing tangible other than various versions of an old book (though by far not the oldest text in the world) and blind, unyielding, uncomprehending faith.
It is possible to hold to a faith and accept the evidence, yet creationists steadfastly refuse to see things any other way.
by Anonymous on August 29th, 2008
No, you're wrong. Can you name one species that has been proven to have evolved into another? Also, why have the simple one celled organisms that have been around from the time of creation not evolved? They remain unchanged to this day. Supposedly they are what all animal life have evolved from. Don't believe the junk science of Macro-evolution.
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Thank you for your answer. Here's something as well: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp
by ...trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. on July 5th, 2007
tried the link but just get a page not found error
by slothmister on July 5th, 2007
I see. Try this then: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Books,%20Tracts%20&%20Preaching/Tracts/big_daddy.htm
It's the same thing but on a different website.
by ...trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. on July 5th, 2007
I hope that that works. Something's not right on my computer. Instead of the links I give being in blue, there just black letters like the rest of the words. Hmm.. hopefully it'll work on yours.
by ...trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. on July 5th, 2007
ahahahaha. the gluon thing cracked me up. GOD HOLDS ATOMS TOGETHER!
lol. crazy creationists.
by leetmeat on December 14th, 2007
He sure does. The Bible tells us that by Jesus Christ(who is God in the flesh) all things consist(Colossians 1:17 KJV).
by ...trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. on December 14th, 2007
/facepalm.
by leetmeat on December 14th, 2007
yes, just because every science authority says it's true, so it is true
by Simply Pengu on March 31st, 2011