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Frank Harrist

Post by Frank Harrist »

Minimalist wrote:
so no matter how fanciful the tale, they grab on to for dear life, refusing to let go knowing that the have wasted their time.


An adequate description of every bible thumper I have ever met.
That applies to almost every disparaging remark he makes about evolutionists. :roll:
Guest

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My belief in evolution comes soley from the abundant geological, genetic, and fossil evidence science has accumulated
accumulation means little it is the inability to fill in the blanks that destroys evolution. anyone can label a startigraphy section in the dirt but without eyewitnesses, ancient witnesses, written records from the past, there is no way they can be proven as true.
then science would have been compelled to come to the conclusion that that particular religion was indeed right. No such thing happened
the evidence is there, no non-believing scientist will let it be known or follow it to the truth. instead they are out there seeking toprove their pet theory or the 'accepted' theory.
The truely ancient age of the earth, the titanic story of life's evolution on earth
actually this and the previous sentence are just not true. no unbelieving has been able to prove anything concerning evolution because they do not have anything from the past to corroborate their thinking.

they only have their modern experiments which lack a control to help prove their conclusions.they have no idea what were the original conditions of the earth so they have no idea if what they propose is really happening or is true.

you have put your faith in a house of cards that just doesn't stand up to intense scrutiny.
the extremely recent arrival of the human species. These are the things that the physical record reveals
amazing, that would prove creation not evolution as humans were a recent arrival. so your physical evidence again undermines evolutionary thinking and directs one to creation. think about it, i have said this often enough, the physical evidence is there for creation, how you apply it will determine your belief. just as ryan and pittman, among others, have done.

you are not out there trying to find the truth, just what you want to believe.
Rokcet Scientist

Post by Rokcet Scientist »

archaeologist wrote:[...] you are not out there trying to find the truth, just what you want to believe.
That's a bad case of Mirroritis you got there, arch.
Go see a doctor! They've got pills for that now.
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That's a bad case of Mirroritis you got there, arch.
Go see a doctor! They've got pills for that now
my my my aren't we testy this morning. since this is called evolutionary evidence why don't you show me some evidence that proves that the ape turned into a human , let's say, in the last 10,000 years of written history.

i do not care what your charts say,especially since they indicate a time long before the boundary i have set. that evidence was not observable so it cannot be and is not valid. we only have conjecture to say that that was so, nothing proveable.

so lets see some constructive argument as now is your chance to prove your beliefs with this one example.
FreeThinker

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Post by FreeThinker »

"...why don't you show me some evidence that proves that the ape turned into a human , let's say, in the last 10,000 years of written history.

i do not care what your charts say,especially since they indicate a time long before the boundary i have set. that evidence was not observable so it cannot be and is not valid. we only have conjecture to say that that was so, nothing proveable. "
First off there is not 10,000 years of written history, only about half of that. A great site for some info on the developement of written language can be found here:

http://www.historian.net/hxwrite.htm

Secondly I am not sure why you insist on evidence of humans coming from apes in the last 10,000 years. The time span was much greater, the last common ancestor many millions of years ago. It almost seems as if you are arguing that unless something directly witnessed first hand it is unknowable. Surely you are not contending that nothing is knowable about the times before the advent of written language.

As far as proof of the evolution of the human species from a common ancestor with apes here is a great online resource:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/

Here you will see much more than just charts. This is a really great site and I highly recommend it to everyone! Here you will see the actual fossils themselves which provide the proof of human evolution. To save you time here is a link to the page with the actual fossils:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/specimen.html

These fossils are the actual physical, tangable, empirical proof of human evolution. The continuum of species from the earlier more apelike all the way up to modern humans shows the intermediate transitions through time as our evolution progressed. It is fossils like these (and not just for humans but many many species) that prove the case for evolution.
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Science: The proof will set you free!
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First off there is not 10,000 years of written history
i will disagree with you on that. we know we have writing from the post-flood ages but we have not discovered or properly dated finds that may extend to the pre-flood civilization. charles hapgood's book, the ancient sea kings (i am doing this from memory) makes a good argument when it comes to the qulaity of maps and his allusion to a pre-flood origin may be correct.
Secondly I am not sure why you insist on evidence of humans coming from apes in the last 10,000 years.
because that is the only time such transitions could be recorde with observations to back up the claims.
The time span was much greater, the last common ancestor many millions of years ago
i said you couldn't use this time frame because there is no scientific way to prove the theories or conjectures as true. all you have are possibilities, old bones, charts, timelines and some person SAYING this is the way it was. you cannot substantiate any claim as there are no scientific records that pre-date 10,000 years ago to corroborate any conclusion you come to in this day and age.
These fossils are the actual physical, tangable, empirical proof of human evolution
you don't know that, it is an assumption of the highest order. especially since most scientists say: 'we think...' or 'it may have happened this way...', or 'we believe...' and so on. there is nothing concrete or conclusive about it.
It is fossils like these (and not just for humans but many many species) that prove the case for evolution.
no, it is people who do not want to believe the Bible who USE the fossils in that manner to try and prove evolution but they can't doit.
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i will disagree with you on that. we know we have writing from the post-flood ages but we have not discovered or properly dated finds that may extend to the pre-flood civilization. charles hapgood's book, the ancient sea kings (i am doing this from memory) makes a good argument when it comes to the qulaity of maps and his allusion to a pre-flood origin may be correct.


You could get in a lot of trouble with your co-religionists for those comments. Hancock did an extensive commentary on Hapgood's work in Fingerprints of the Gods and you have to know that he is no pal of religion. Do your people still burn heretics at the stake and do you have fire insurance?
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.

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You could get in a lot of trouble with your co-religionists for those comments
i really don't care, many of themare too lazy tosearch out the iformation they need prefering to remain as little children and not learn anything.

i have read the 'fingerprints of the gods' and found it informative though a stretch onreality at times. i really liked Hapgood's book and have ordered two more to read.

even though he may not be a friend to religion, he discusses well, provides good arguments and reveals much that i would not see if i limited my reading to evangelical works. many christian books are not worth reading and you have to search high and low for good ones written by educated men before you learn something.
Do your people still burn heretics at the stake and do you have fire insurance
i have been there and have received my share of 'roastings' from my so called friends in the church. i have known people for 30 years who now refuse to talk to me so i guess the answer to your question is yes.
Rokcet Scientist

Post by Rokcet Scientist »

archaeologist wrote:[...] i have known people for 30 years who now refuse to talk to me [...]
It took 'm a long time, but they finally saw the light.
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It took 'm a long time, but they finally saw the light
ha! ha!

no it is because they do not lookbeyond there little circle for information.
Rokcet Scientist

Post by Rokcet Scientist »

Anonymous wrote:no it is because they do not lookbeyond there little circle for information.
What?
There are people even narrower minded?
GASP...
You sure you're not from some Alpine village...?
Guest

Post by Guest »

There are people even narrower minded?
GASP...
actually i am not narrow minded and probably would be considered liberal by those in the church i grew up in. i am a person who has loked at the evidence, found evolution impossible (and impossible to prove) and decided to go with the Bible.

i think i have done exactly what you have done; i just chose a different side. you no more listen to me than you accuse me of doing to you so i would reflect on your own behavior and not worry about mine.

again, what proof do you have beyond charts, graphs and timelines (fossils are excluded here) that have not been drawn up in the modern age? (the past 150 years)
Rokcet Scientist

Post by Rokcet Scientist »

archaeologist wrote:[...] actually i am not narrow minded
hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha
Your reams of 'contributions' on this forum lay the whole story out for posterity, matey!
and probably would be considered liberal by those in the church i grew up in.
Than that church is most probably in full fledged violation of the law, and you have a citizen's duty to report it to the authorities.
[...] what proof do you have beyond charts, graphs and timelines (fossils are excluded here) that have not been drawn up in the modern age? (the past 150 years)
Excluding some evidence and including other evidence, just because it would make your preconceived (= BIAS) ideas fit better, is called 'manipulation', mate.
And if you eat it up, it's called 'stupid'.
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Post by Guest »

Excluding some evidence
the reason i excluded the fossilrecord is that we had discussed it before i and i think i showed quite clearly that it point inthe direction of noah's flood not evolution. also the theories that construct the the fossil record is just conjecture.

i am not being biased but proving a point. you have nothing from any time period, except the modern age, that backs up your beliefs. your charts, yor graphs are all built on suppositions that came from the past 100-150 years and that is it.

you want people to accept your theory but you cannot follow our own rules of science, and provide anything beyond what has become an accepted conjecture.

your continual attack on me demonstrates that you have the inability to consistantly provide concrete arguments to support your point of view. you hide you lackof proof behind generalities, attacks, and the same circular arguments that have been passed on for decades now.
Rokcet Scientist

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Yeah, it's all one great conspiracy.
From Satan, no less.
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