Some Reasons I Don't Believe in Evolution

[Greg1234]

If an ape is as beautiful as me, then what do you call yourself?
If I am an ape then all the beautiful people on earth are apes...
So what kind of unlucky creature do you call yourself dear?

Definitions have been altered and bats are no longer called birds, the new definition of fish excludes whales and ape is no longer beast. You might prefer to now use the word "beast" rather than "ape" to avoid their rush hour dalliance.

 

[lanie_0913]

Definitions have been altered and bats are no longer called birds, the new definition of fish excludes whales and ape is no longer beast. You might prefer to now use the word "beast" rather than "ape" to avoid their rush hour dalliance.

Ahahaha
OK beast it is.

 

[MariaRegina]

you came out of your mothers womb speaking !!!

Baby crows do not come out of their mother's egg speaking crow-speak. They make peeps and coos just like human babies. Human infants engage in cooing and canonical babbling until they reach about the age of 18 months when their first words appear.

Again, if you had studied linguistics, you would have known that the human pharynx and vocal folds have not descended in the newborn or the neonate would choke when breastfeeding or bottle feeding. The pharynx gradually descends over a two years period. That is why the child normally does not start speaking until after one year of age. After 18 months, the child develops enough that he/she can start speaking two words, and then the language ability simply explodes so that scientifically it is an awesome feat of accomplishment.

 

[Skaloop]

you came out of your mothers womb speaking !!!

Of course not, but she is right. Human's don't learn language the way we learn stuff like math. In some cultures, young children are rarely directly addressed, and yet they develop their linguistic abilities just like any other kid. Even in Western culture, where parents often take great efforts to get their kids to speak properly, the kids show patterns of linguistic development that totally ignore what parents are trying to teach. Kids become masters of their language within a few years, without needing any formal instruction. To get to the same level of mathematics takes years of direct teaching, and even then many people don't get the full hang of it.

So yeah, she's right. Although personally, I prefer Pinker to Chomsky.

 

[MariaRegina]

Ahahaha
OK beast it is.

Oh, yes.

An ape is a fearless beast who can kill.
So can some humans unfortunately when they act like apes.

 

[Skaloop]

Oh, yes.

An ape is a fearless beast who can kill.
So can some humans unfortunately when they act like apes.

An ape is also a beast who can love. It'd be nice if more humans acted like apes in that respect.

 

[MariaRegina]

Of course not, but she is right. Human's don't learn language the way we learn stuff like math. In some cultures, young children are rarely directly addressed, and yet they develop their linguistic abilities just like any other kid. Even in Western culture, where parents often take great efforts to get their kids to speak properly, the kids show patterns of linguistic development that totally ignore what parents are trying to teach. Kids become masters of their language within a few years, without needing any formal instruction. To get to the same level of mathematics takes years of direct teaching, and even then many people don't get the full hang of it.

So yeah, she's right. Although personally, I prefer Pinker to Chomsky.

Thank you. Yes, Pinker is more coherent than Chomsky, who cannot really write but must depend on his graduate students.

 

[MariaRegina]

An ape is also a beast who can love. It'd be nice if more humans acted like apes in that respect.

Right again.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Originally Posted by lanie_0913 I will simply answer the thread title
I dont believe in evolution because I will never accept that I came from a monkey!
I am too beautiful to be an ape descendant!

k

So... in other words, you don't accept common descent because you don't like it. Is your liking something a requirement for it being true?

Originally Posted by Skaloop An ape is also a beast who can love. It'd be nice if more humans acted like apes in that respect.

"Beware the beastman"!

Planet Of The Apes - Beware The Beast Man - YouTube

 

[Skaloop]

Thank you. Yes, Pinker is more coherent than Chomsky, who cannot really write but must depend on his graduate students.

I took an elective course in language development once, and Pinker's The Language Instinct was the assigned textbook. I read the thing in a week, ignoring the prof's reading schedule. That got me to take more courses in linguistics, which turned out to be my best subject.

Also perhaps of interest, the course was taught by Laura-Ann Petitto, who was one of the first undergrad students who worked with Nim Chimpsky. So she had first hand experience with the language acquisition of apes, and how different it actually is.

 

[brinny]

k
"Beware the beastman"!

Planet Of The Apes - Beware The Beast Man - YouTube

Lol!

 

[AV1611VET]

Evolutionists like to consider us [great] apes, but then when one or two go feral, like Klebold & Harris did, they scratch themselves to death wondering what happened.

 

[Split Rock]

Well here's the stickler for me? Why are any apes even left if we evolved from apes? Was there a "pause" in the evolution process? A flaw? Were some apes just stubborn and ran from it, time-traveled from it? Please explain. Anyone. Thank you kindly.

There will always be apes as long as we are around, because we are apes. Your question is thus, "why are there other apes, if we evolved from apes?" Simple. Evolution is not a ladder-like progression, it is a branching tree or bush. Thus, chimpanzees and gorillas are just as evolved along their own paths as we are.

 

[Split Rock]

Evolutionists like to consider us [great] apes, but then when one or two go feral, like Klebold & Harris did, they scratch themselves to death wondering what happened.

You have no idea what the word "feral" means.... do you? Do you picture non-human apes going around killing everything they see? Or playing the video game "Doom?"

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Lol!

Some of that first part rings true in some ways

Reve 6:4 And came forth another horse, firey and to the one sitting on him was given to him to be taking the Peace from the land and that one another they should be slaying
and was given to him a Sword great.
[Ezekiel 38:21/Matt 10:34]

 

[brinny]

Originally Posted by brinny
Well here's the stickler for me? Why are any apes even left if we evolved from apes? Was there a "pause" in the evolution process? A flaw? Were some apes just stubborn and ran from it, time-traveled from it? Please explain. Anyone. Thank you kindly.

There will always be apes as long as we are around, because we are apes. Your question is thus, "why are there other apes, if we evolved from apes?" Simple. Evolution is not a ladder-like progression, it is a branching tree or bush. Thus, chimpanzees and gorillas are just as evolved along their own paths as we are.

Please elaborate. Thank you kindly.

 

[brinny]

Some of that first part rings true in some ways

Reve 6:4 And came forth another horse, firey and to the one sitting on him was given to him to be taking the Peace from the land and that one another they should be slaying
and was given to him a Sword great.
[Ezekiel 38:21/Matt 10:34]

You got a point there.

 

[brinny]

You have no idea what the word "feral" means.... do you? Do you picture non-human apes going around killing everything they see? Or playing the video game "Doom?"

What's the difference between non-human apes and apes? What is "human"?

 

[AV1611VET]

You have no idea what the word "feral" means.... do you?

I'm familiar with the word 'feral'.

Feral = having reverted to the wild state.

Do you picture non-human apes going around killing everything they see?

Yes -- if they detach their natural inhibitions and go on a rampage.

Or playing the video game "Doom?"

According to you, didn't apes create the game?

 

[brinny]

Some of that first part rings true in some ways

Reve 6:4 And came forth another horse, firey and to the one sitting on him was given to him to be taking the Peace from the land and that one another they should be slaying
and was given to him a Sword great.
[Ezekiel 38:21/Matt 10:34]

Apparently God agrees with you. That's why He provided a Saviour, eh?