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Evolution just an unsubstantiated hypothesis .

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Why? Morality is not connected to biology. - Just my opinion, but if we are all just a random accident and there is no God , then there should not be a right or wrong. People should be able to do whatever they want and get away with it.
 
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Why? Morality is not connected to biology. - Just my opinion, but if we are all just a random accident and there is no God , then there should not be a right or wrong. People should be able to do whatever they want and get away with it.

That seems like a very scary way of looking at it. There's nothing I fear more than people that think that right and wrong exist only they believe in a diety and that they will be punished in the afterlife. This is because it seems that these people would be the type to kill other people once they lose their faith.

I am a Christian, but I think that if I ever became an atheist, I would still know the difference between right and wrong, good and evil. I have lots of atheist friends (I'm a grad student), and they behave morally, not because they fear punishment or the law, but because they believe in the golden rule.

Also, your post has nothing to do with evolution, and you really should consider studying biology before you attack it. It'll make your argument a lot stronger.
 
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Why? Morality is not connected to biology. - Just my opinion, but if we are all just a random accident and there is no God , then there should not be a right or wrong. People should be able to do whatever they want and get away with it.
Why are there just two choices? Do you think we Christians who believe in evolution think the whole thing is just a "random accident"?
 
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I just do not feel there is enough substantial evidence, but from a another angle. I feel if Evolution was true, than there should be no moral code and everything should be accepted.
Angelwarrioress, I want you to listen, very carefully, to what I'm about to tell you. This has nothing to do with the evidence for evolution. Evolution is one of the most evidenced bodies of study in the entire history of science. We have more evidence supporting evolutionary theory than we do (arguably) for supporting our current theory of gravity. We have tons of evidence for evolution. Freaking tons. It's really hard to describe how much evidence there is for it. There's lots. And lots. And lots.

But that doesn't matter to you, because a) you don't understand evolution, and b) if you were shown the evidence you'd have no idea what you were looking at. You have some very critical misconceptions about how evolution works, and those need to be corrected (very badly) before we can expect you to understand the evidence that's presented to you.

You've chosen to ignore what 99.9% of biologists say because of your religious beliefs, and this is what comes of that decision. You need to correct the nonsense that's been fed to you by creationist propaganda sites, and you need to be willing to do so. The vast majority of creationists we deal with here are not willing to take that step. Are you?
 
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Thanks random_guy and I do not know as much as say someone who studied evolution most of their life and I am still learning. Anyone can PM me some info and I will PM some info back only with their permission. Even if I was not a Christian, I would never hurt anyone, I could not hurt a fly. Never have and never will. My point is if we are not a creation with a soul, then there is no right or wrong. We are just highly evolved animals and everything should be excepted. If life has no point, why should anyone care. To the atheist you die and then your worm food, and thats it.
 
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http://www.biblelife.org/evolution.htm

Now, if you could please show me how my information is misguided I would gladly like to hear it !

Well let's begin with the opening salvo of your source.

The Theory of Evolution is not a scientific law or a law of biology.

True, but if he is suggesting that it must be either a law or a falsehood he doesn't understand science. The business of science is to generate theories to explain observations. Laws are summaries of an observation that is observed with great regularity. But a law does not explain the observation. The law of gravity tells us the mathematical relation of three factors: the size of two bodies, the distance between them, and the force of gravity they experience as a result. But it doesn't explain what gravity is or why it works as it does. That is the job of the Theory of Gravity.

Theories often include and explain scientific laws. In science, theory is the best you get. Ideas are not accorded the status of theory without a significant amount of well-tested evidence and preferably some successful predictions to show they are essentially correct.

The Theory of Evolution will never become a law of science because it is wrought with errors. This is why it is called a theory instead of a law.

No theory in science ever becomes a law. Theories are not baby laws trying to grow up through accumulating evidence. Theories and laws are different types of concepts. They have different functions. It makes no more sense to say a theory will never become a law than to say a mathematical equation will never become a novel. So he is dead wrong on why the Theory of Evolution is called a Theory. It is not because of any error in the theory. It is not because it is not a law. It is called a theory because it is a theory and a very good one as well. It ties together many facts and explains them. It makes excellent predictions, many of which have been confirmed. And it has a great many useful applications.

The process of natural selection is not an evolutionary process.

Yes, it is. It would seem the author does not understand what the evolutionary process is.

Many different types of dogs can be developed this way, but they can never develop a cat by selectively breeding dogs.

True, and that is exactly what the theory of evolution predicts. If anyone ever bred a cat from dogs it would show the theory of evolution is false.

Natural selection can never extend outside of the DNA limit.

What DNA limit? No one has found one yet.


Well, that is just the first two paragraphs. Evidently the person who wrote it has no idea what the theory of evolution is. So, it would seem wise to go to a better source of information.

I recommend: Understanding Evolution

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
 
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Scientific Fact No. 1 - Birds Prove Natural Selection is Naturally Wrong.
Im not even gonna waste time on this one.

Scientific Fact No. 2 - Species Without a Link Proves Evolution is Wrong.
Darwin was hopeful that future fossils would prove his theory correct; but instead, the lack of transitional links has proven his theory to be wrong.



Scientific Fact No. 3 - Single Cell Complexity Proves Evolution is Wrong.


Why are they comparing a boeing 747 with cellular evolution? These people really don't know what they are talking about.

Scientific Fact No. 4 - Human Egg and Sperm Proves Evolution is Wrong.


Okay and did you know that evolution is present inside a woman after conception? A spearm and egg merge into a fetus and evolves into a human child. Now give me 10 reasons why that is fake?

Scientific Fact No. 5 - DNA Error Checking Proves Evolution is Wrong.
This doesn't even make sense, I would love to see a scientist give his opinion on this. You cannot say DNA evidence is fake just to attack evolution. Your gonna have to come up with a something a little better than that.

Scientific Fact No. 6 - Chaos From Organization Proves Evolution is Wrong.
Oh a good one. Fighting Science with science I see. But Order can come from chaos. Look at history and it dose not need an intelligent being to do so. Just look at the Midevil times. Order came from chaos. And even after the Crusades, World War I, and World War II. All of these events tell us that - YES ORDER CAN COME FROM CHAOS!!

Scientific Fact No. 7 - Chromosome Count Proves Evolution is Wrong.
I don't even know what they're talking about. You cannot breed a Dog, monkey, or human with any other species. But through time yes it is possible for certain species to interbreed. You ever heared of a Liger?

Scientific Fact No. 8 - Origin of Matter and Stars Proves Evolution is Wrong.

Evolutionists just throw up their hands at the question of the origin of matter because they know something cannot evolve from nothing. They stick their heads in the sand and ignore the problem. The fact that matter exists in outrageously large quantities simply proves evolution is wrong. The "Big Bang" theory doesn't solve the problem either. Matter and energy have to come from somewhere.

And God dosen't?

Scientific Fact No. 9 - Lack of Life on Mars Proves Evolution is Wrong.
Note* Life dosen't evolve everywhere. But perhaps you would explain to me why scientist and the governments all over the world would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on SETI, NASA, ESA, programmes ect.

Scientific Fact No. 10 - Radio Silence from Space Proves Evolution is Wrong.
Okay now they are throwing things completely out of proportion.

Scientific Fact No. 11 - Timeline and Archaeology Prove Evolution is Wrong.

This just dosen't make sense. This is their opinion. You cannot disprove evolution and if you try you just make your self look stupid. And this person has no idea what they're talking about.
 
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Even scarier are the people who believe their faith requires them to kill other people.

Sometimes it seems as if it is religion rather than atheism that loosens the inhibitions that ordinarily keep us observant of moral codes.
 
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Truly, I think it is each individual person. No matter what belief, race, sexual orientation,etc. There is good and bad in all. I see I still have a lot to learn in the evolution area, but I will have to go in a minute , because I can no longer see the screen, as I have been here way to long. Feel free to pm me some links, so that I might be corrected and I apologize if I offended anyone. However, I will not give up my faith if I so chose to believe in evolution due to some substantiating evidence as it has saved my life and science cannot explain miracles.
 
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Good night all, whether you believe in God or not I pray that you will be blessed and that you have a wonderful week !
I should point out that every member allowed to post in this forum is Christian. Every single one of us fully accepts the Nicene Creed and trusts God with our lives. Just be aware that not one of these answers has been from a non-Christian.
 
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Scientific Fact No. 10 - Radio Silence from Space Proves Evolution is Wrong.
Okay now they are throwing things completely out of proportion.
Just a thought. In films we have people walking in a forest and suddenly one of them says 'its too quiet...' Now it could mean the forest is simply deserted. Or it could mean everything else in the forest knows it is a good idea to keep very very quiet.
 
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hmmm thats pretty interesting. I've never quite thought of it like that. And it make sense considering other Alien Civilization wouldn't want to come into contact with another hostile civilization so they might just want to play it safe.
 
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hmmm thats pretty interesting. I've never quite thought of it like that. And it make sense considering other Alien Civilization wouldn't want to come into contact with another hostile civilization so they might just want to play it safe.

And why assume that alien civilizations are as inquisitive as we are? We don't have interstellar travel or any of that cool "Star Trek" equipment... perhaps we're simply not interesting enough?
 
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