bobgssc wrote:
Catpaw, I hope you are having a great day. So, creation is a fairy tale and evolution is scientific? Okay, let's look at a few things. First, evolution is a theory and will remain a theory because it cannot be scientifically proven any time soon. You think otherwise? Look at the "scientific method", which is the standard for "proving things scientifically". After you create your hypothesis, you have to prove it by recreating it in a laboratory environment. Of course this can be done, you start the experiment today and maybe someone in 100 million years will be able to say "look, proof of evolution". Today however, all we have is anecdotal evidence. What is the best evidence you ask? Good question. The only evidence we have is contained in what is called the fossil record. If evolution were the answer, we would expect to see animals evolve randomly with new species spaced far apart in time and of course many "link" species (half bird, half frog, or whatever). There should be at least one "link" between each new species and the original from which it evolved (actually, should be thousands more links than species, if you want to get technical); however, what we actually see in the record is a massive explosion of species which all date back to about the same time. Most importantly is the lack of "link" species, otherwise referred to as the missing link. To date, there have been many missing links reported but so far, they have all been found under investigation to be mistake or fraud. My favorite (and it wasn't a fraud), was the fossil that lent itself to an entire group of people... the scientists had wonderful stories of basic tool making and how they lived in communities that were the forerunners of today's cities. The only problem was that every speck of evidence was a single tooth. Okay, maybe they could figure out a lot from a single tooth; however, when it was placed under the scrutiny of animal doctors (vets) the tooth turned out to be from a common pig.
Please do a little ACTUAL research and then if you still prefer a good fairy tale, go back to your evolution story. It does show you are a person of faith, because it takes a lot of faith to believe in something which not only has no proof but the evidence available contradicts that story. Have a wonderful day!
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If I recall the Bible correctly, I think it defines faith as belief in "things unseen." The scientific method, even when applied to evolution, doesn't work that way. It cannot accept that God did a few magic tricks and "poof," a naked couple is running around in a lush garden and being seduced by a talking snake.
Every major religion has a god or gods or goddesses with human traits and personalities. Each also subscribes that this God will kill people if we poor mortals piss Him off. There are devout faithful today who have a mandate from God to shoot doctors in public and blow up defenseless people in market places and children in schools.