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10-15-2006, 07:41 PM | #1 |
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evolution- yes/no
I just want to know what you think. i argue with my dad if it is ( it is) or not.
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10-16-2006, 06:50 AM | #2 |
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Re: evolution- yes/no
Yes, but in SOME cases. for ex. I DON'T believe in human's evolution from apes!!! (Then how come the rest of the apes haven't evolved) and many other cases in my mind!
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10-16-2006, 11:40 AM | #3 | |
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10-17-2006, 04:25 AM | #4 | |
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Re: evolution- yes/no
Evolution, ofc, what else is there to belive in. that god created all species, that is imo just very stupid. I mean seriously wtf.
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10-17-2006, 10:57 AM | #5 |
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Re: evolution- yes/no
I believe that the theory of evolution is closer to the truth than creationism. There's a lot of evidence to support it and given a couple thousand years and you may have a law.
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10-18-2006, 01:07 AM | #6 |
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Re: evolution- yes/no
Absolutely right, there is a ton more evidence supporting evolution than creationism. Like we all just popped out of nowhere? Please...actually the Bible quotes "born from the Earth" but whatever. Scientists have actually recently discovered that Neanderthals(sp) are not our ancestors but an entirely different species. Neanderthals developed in Europe while another similar species of human ancestor called Homo Erectus(I think) developed in the African continents. This species traveled north, wiping out the Neanderthals. I watched this on the discovery channel, lol. But they have tracked our lineage back, what 3 million years i think the show said, so I find that more likely than us popping out of thin air. Sorry if I offend anyone this is just my belief.
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10-27-2006, 06:39 AM | #7 |
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Re: evolution- yes/no
Some opinions might depend on faith, evolution as well as mutations are already acknowledged and proven...
As for humans, it's only a theory but they were created...
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10-28-2006, 10:51 AM | #8 |
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Re: evolution- yes/no
God is the author of life. To be God - by definition - one would have to have no boundaries imposed on oneself. Therefore, nothing our finite (again, by definition) minds would be able to comprehend. My belief is that God created...matter, dark matter, x-rays, gamma rays, visible light, ocean, earth, stars, etc...whatever happened afterwards and whether or not some species evolved doesn't concern me.
What DOES concern me is that if there is NO God, that means my life has no meaning. I will have nowhere to go when I pass away - no lasting legacy. THAT is what concerns me. To know in my heart and soul that there IS a God that loved me enough to paint a background for my story with thoughts and words, to give me all I would need and could ever hope for, and to provide friends along the way: these are essential to my being. Something inside of me whispers, "There is more to life..." And I'm not talking about a 'simple' thing like what I should choose as a career path. I mean purpose...meaning. Isn't that what everyone is searching for? To know that they belong - that they matter. For the rest of us...what do you hope for? If you do not truely have a destiny, what is your life but a vapor?
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10-30-2006, 12:26 AM | #9 | ||
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Amazing, you must get 100s on all of your essays because not only did i agree with all of that, but it was so well written it should be published. =0 I too cant believe that life is a mere coincidence. There has to be something behind all of it. But i can see where other people get their ideas from. Quote:
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10-30-2006, 04:57 AM | #10 |
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Imo, if god had created it all i doubt it would be as complicated as everything is, I mean, why make hundreds of different elements when u could make it work with just 1 or 2. Considering if he created it he could problably be able to make it work with just a few. And also, why would he make earth just a tiny planet, i mean, there are just so many planets, u saying that he created them all just for fun. Also, if there really was a god who created earth, why would he make earth in the end of one galaxy and not in the middle of everything. I don't think we all have a destiny, we have a free will and do what we do. Just think of for example the alcoholics or the drug addicts, can you honestly say that you think it is their destiny to be what they are.
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10-30-2006, 12:50 PM | #11 |
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Ok,..I really wanted to reply to your questions Xartex. They are good questions. I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability. I know one thing though - just the fact that you are asking them means something's going on in your mind...and heart. I hope you find truth.
About complicatedness - we could argue back and forth all day...all week. The main ideas that pop into my head just have to do with the make-up of the human body. If everything were based off of hydrogen and oxygen...sodium and chlorine, even add some nitrogen and iron, and none - absolutely none of the (human) body's systems or tissues would function. If you knew more about the electrophysiology of just the heart - it blows my mind how the ventricles serve as back up pacing to a back up pacing system in the heart. Or that you can sever the portion of the nervous system that links your brian to your heart and it will beat all on its own! :O But it lies deeper than that. Have you though about how complicated the Sun is? Or a black hole/supernova/pulsar? How do you know we ARE NOT the center of the universe - science hasn't mapped even 2% of the KNOWN universe. What about something we take for granted...gravity. Anyone ever comprehend that what keeps our feet on the ground also distorts time and space itself? You did contradict yourself though...on one hand you say we have free will - then ask if alcoholics and drug addicts have a 'destiny.' Its free will all the way baby! My main thoughts: the world is complicated. LOL duh, right? But I would like everyone to ask themselves a question: let's say that God exists, do you think that He is wild? Can you fathom a God that desires adventure? Look around...what do you see? War, poverty, greed, anger, brokenness, envy - they all suck right? Some people here already know that there is a bigger picture. The bible says that when someone is tempted to do evil, he should never say that God is tempting him - because He is not capable of evil. But I believe that there is a sort of Adamantoise reason why all of these things happen. He is trying to restore His creation back from the way it is now - because of evil - to the way things were in the beginning where there was no evil. It's amazing, difficult to conceive - yet simple. HE, loves US?!?!?! Indescribeable!
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10-30-2006, 09:49 PM | #12 | |
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Think about this... the earth can be lived on because we are perfect distance away from the sun, correct? Well, think about all the other stars in the entire universe. There has to be millions of other planets that are also "the perfect distance" away from a star, thus having life on them. That, in my opinion, is why we aren't the center of the universe.
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10-31-2006, 02:29 PM | #13 | |
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10-31-2006, 04:43 PM | #14 |
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Re: evolution- yes/no
So... tell me... if our organisms/minds/whatever MUST BE deSIGNED BY "SOMEONE", Who designed that "god"?
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10-31-2006, 05:36 PM | #15 |
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Nice info Kaze... Very nice info indeed! And about spec's question: I think that is pure faith. =)
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