Pre-Adamic Earth

[OldWiseGuy]

Like, y'know, the branches of a tree, not like a ladder?

(Where's that banging smilie against brick wall when you need it?)

I think we've got a few horse thieves hanging on our family tree, but no apes.

 

[seekingmyLord]

But why would a perfectly good ape become a rotten old human? That's just too fantastic.

Why didn't I think of that before? Now that would explain a few people I have met!

 

[Jadis40]

Huh?

He's referring to the fact that when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic church, the Catholics still existed. Just like when the Methodist movement arose in the Anglican church, the Anglican church still continued to exist.

 

[seekingmyLord]

He's referring to the fact that when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic church, the Catholics still existed. Just like when the Methodist movement arose in the Anglican church, the Anglican church still continued to exist.

So, the fact that the various sects that have developed from the original Christian religion is a logical argument in support of evolution...?

You all are scaring me now.

 

[Deamiter]

So, the fact that the various sects that have developed from the original Christian religion is a logical argument in support of evolution...?

You all are scaring me now.

Oh stop scaring yourself and go back and read the progression of the discussion. He was responding specifically to the question, "if humans evolved from apes, why are there still apes?" Religion isn't a perfect example because it doesn't reproduce sexually (not in my experience anyway) but it's pretty easy to understand that just because a small part of a population changed (in genetics or beliefs) doesn't in any way suggest that the EVERYBODY in the original population should have changed genes or beliefs. When a small population is isolated long enough, it becomes so different that individuals in the small population are unwilling and eventually unable to reproduce with the larger population they were once a part of. That the original larger population still exists is in no way an argument against common descent.

Seriously, how in reading this thread did you get the idea that the existence of various beliefs within Christianity was ever proposed as evidence of evolution in any way?

 

[seekingmyLord]

Oh stop scaring yourself and go back and read the progression of the discussion. He was responding specifically to the question, "if humans evolved from apes, why are there still apes?" Religion isn't a perfect example because it doesn't reproduce sexually (not in my experience anyway) but it's pretty easy to understand that just because a small part of a population changed (in genetics or beliefs) doesn't in any way suggest that the EVERYBODY in the original population should have changed genes or beliefs. When a small population is isolated long enough, it becomes so different that individuals in the small population are unwilling and eventually unable to reproduce with the larger population they were once a part of. That the original larger population still exists is in no way an argument against common descent.

Seriously, how in reading this thread did you get the idea that the existence of various beliefs within Christianity was ever proposed as evidence of evolution in any way?

Seriously, I am not taking it seriously. I lost all seriousness when the skulls with no other reference but the alphabet was posted.

 

[Mallon]

Seriously, I am not taking it seriously. I lost all seriousness when the skulls with no other reference but the alphabet was posted.

If you're genuinely interested in learning rather than playing dumb, the following link provides some context for the image I posted earlier:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html#morphological_intermediates_ex3