Evolution is a lie because... (Split from "Scientific proof of flood.")

[Valkhorn]

I define Evolution as the belief that animals change into other animals.

Your definition is quite inaccurate. Populations evolve, not individuals.

The best definition I've ever heard of Evolution is this by Richard Dawkins - "Evolution is the non-random selection of randomly varying replicators"

Think about it.

 

[troodon]

Archaeopteryx is now known to be a fraud.

ROFL, I love this one. It's such a delightful claim, and people make it all the time as if it were common knowledge. GodsSamus, Archaeopteryx is known to be a fraud to whom? Your pastor?

At least you spelled it correctly. That's better than most people who share your views can manage.

 

[troodon]

An Oak tree and a Pine tree probably share a common ancestor... a tree.

Really? You're willing to accept that:

shares a common ancestor with

?

 

[:æ:]

GOD spoke EVERYTHING into existance.

And how does that work? How did He do that?

You see, the difference between evolution and creationism is that the former actually describes HOW things work. That's the goal of science. Creationism doesn't explain anything. It just takes unexplained phenomena and declares them unexplainable.

Don't you realize that saying "God did it" is the same thing as saying "something happened that I cannot explain"?

:æ:

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

ROFL, I love this one. It's such a delightful claim, and people make it all the time as if it were common knowledge. GodsSamus, Archaeopteryx is known to be a fraud to whom? Your pastor?

At least you spelled it correctly. That's better than most people who share your views can manage.

Maybe he was thinking Archaeoraptor? This was a fraud perpetrated on the scientific community and exposed by the scientific community (not creationists)

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC352.html

 

[lawtonfogle]

And how does that work? How did He do that?

You see, the difference between evolution and creationism is that the former actually describes HOW things work. That's the goal of science. Creationism doesn't explain anything. It just takes unexplained phenomena and declares them unexplainable.

Don't you realize that saying "God did it" is the same thing as saying "something happened that I cannot explain"?

:æ:

I will tell you my theory on how 'God did it', and outside of saying God does not exist, i have not thought of a way to prove this wrong.

God spoke. Well back then, they (early people) were kinda simpleminded on sound and vibrations. Speaking was the best thing God could say instead of saying something along the lines of this. 'To answer your question Moses, (he wrote Genisis i think) about how everything was created, I just Caused the strings and other p-branes to vibrate with a force that no human understands. These vibrations caused matter. It did this by (part i do not under stand) and then these formed particles, both real and force, are created. Now some of the real particles combine to form small things called quards. These eventualy combine to form atoms which make up everything you see."

or he could of said 'To answer your question Moses, (he wrote Genisis i think) about how everything was created, I spoke it into existence."

Now which one sounds easier to understand.

 

[pantsman52]

Now which one sounds easier to understand.

The latter one makes more sense.

 

[Nathan Poe]

GOD spoke EVERYTHING into existance. You may study the atom. You may know the sum of its parts, but you will not be able to manufacture something from nothing. GOD will tell you to get your own dirt...

Most.
Worthless.
Answer.
Ever.

 

[A4C]

All things have a common ancestor - God

 

[Bargainfluger]

All things have a common ancestor - God

He's BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

 

[Split Rock]

He's BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

This may mark the belated return of the infamous "Sinkhole Doctrine!"

RUN NOW WHILE YOU CAN!!!!!

 

[Nathan Poe]

All things have a common ancestor - God

I spoke too soon...

 

[Girl_4_God]

I'm going to go out on a limb and presume that you'd answer "God created trees. That's how they came to be." Now, I want you to consider this hypothetical response of yours, and to consider what, exactly, it explains about how the trees came to be. Do you know how God created them? Do you know what his methods were? Did he create the atoms first, and then assemble them in a puzzle-like fashion until they formed a tree? Did he recite a particular incantation and conjure them out of thin air? How does that work?

(staff edit)

Genisis chapter 1

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"

"And God said let there be light and there was light"
"And God said, Let thee be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters"

"And God said, Let the waters under heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land apper:and it was so."

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yeilding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so."

"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: And it was so."

"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:and it was so."

"And God said let us make man in our image,after our likeness:and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creapeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

"And God blessed, them, and God said unto them, Be fruiful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."



"With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible"
Matthew 19:26


This is TRUTH. This is what I believe

Jenny

 

[TheInstant]

"You can't call yourself a Christian if you don't believe ALL of the Bible. "
That is NOT an opinion that is a FACT.

Genisis chapter 1

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"

"And God said let there be light and there was light"
"And God said, Let thee be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters"

"And God said, Let the waters under heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land apper:and it was so."

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yeilding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so."

"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: And it was so."

"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:and it was so."

"And God said let us make man in our image,after our likeness:and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creapeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

"And God blessed, them, and God said unto them, Be fruiful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."



"With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible"
Matthew 19:26


This is TRUTH. This is what I believe

Jenny

So you don't think that Genesis could be in any way allegorical? The majority of Christians would disagree with you...

 

[Jet Black]

thread necromancy.

 

[Dannager]

"You can't call yourself a Christian if you don't believe ALL of the Bible. "
That is NOT an opinion that is a FACT.

First off, Jenny, stating or implying that a member of the forum who claims to be Christian is not Christian is against the rules of this forum. Second, you don't need to accept the entire Bible as literal truth to be Christian. Many different Christian faiths have many different interpretations on what the Bible says. The commonly accepted litmus test (to copy Deamiter for a bit) for being Christian is the ability to truthfully recite the Nicene Creed. Third and finally, it is far more likely, historically speaking, that large portions of the Bible, particularly the earlier portions, were intended as allegory and not literal fact. Given that some of them contradict observations made about the world around us, it is almost certain that this is the case.

 

[Joman]

The earth could be "millions" of years old. There is a huge amount of evidence to indicate that the earth has been around a while. Of course the old earth that was here before was a lot different than the earth that is here now.

There is no verse in the Bible that declares the earth isn't extremely old. the time period between Genesis 1:1-2 and verse 3 is unknowable. However, evidence exists that shows that the basement rock of the earth was formed rapidly no matter when it was first formed.

For example during the ice age there was a lot more land down south and a lot more ice up north. Things have changed quite a bit in the last 12,000 years.

Do you believe that there were huge herds of woolly mammoths during supposed ice ages that wandered around with hair for protection against the cold but, no means of finding a sufficient food source able to supply them the tons of food they needed every day for sustenance? Ice ages is a ridiculous notion.

Joman.

 

[Joman]

So you don't think that Genesis could be in any way allegorical? The majority of Christians would disagree with you...

What the majority thinks is a reason for agreeing?
Anyway, Genesis isn't allegorical in the way I suspect you mean it. That is, normally a person by allegorical implies that the story is merely a device and as such, a fictional account. However, with God the book of Genesis can be allegorical while yet being historical. This is one of God's signatures. For example in John 9, Jesus used the blind man as a allegory of all men who are blind (namely the Pharisees who argued with him the whole day about it). It is a very instructive chapter in an allegorical way. I have coined such a use of histrorical as a "living parable". So, although the Genesis story is historical nevertheless, the story is full of allegrical components. Which by the way is why Genesis is superior by far, to any other account of creation and the days that followed it. The story is chocked full of deep philosophical issues. The difference being that the philosophical issues are laid to rest as opposed to the endless debates of ungodly philosophers who question even their own existence.

Joman.

 

[h2whoa]

What the majority thinks is a reason for agreeing?

I'll remember that next time a creationist posts something about the number of Americans who don't agree with evolution.

But majority can indeed be an important factor when it's a majority in a population of people who know about what their opinion is based on.

If it is true that the majority of the American population doesn't believe in Evolution, this is not an especially important statistic because that population is not, as a whole, particularly understanding about what they're disagreeing with. If the majority of scientists disagreed with evolution this would be statistically important because the reasons for this figure are deep and far-reaching.

If the majority of Christians feel a particular way about their faith then, as with the above example, this is potentially important because of the far-reaching reasons as to why. However, if the majority of Muslims or Hindus had an opinion about the deep-workings of Christianity this would not be considered so important because they may not be invested enough or have learned enough to be able to make a meaningful analysis. As it is, however, creationists are the minority fringe.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

"You can't call yourself a Christian if you don't believe ALL of the Bible. "
That is NOT an opinion that is a FACT.

Genisis chapter 1

[snip]


This is TRUTH. This is what I believe

Jenny

No, you don't.