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Author Topic:   Why is it Evolution versus Creation?
duf31
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Message 4 of 45 (368174)
12-07-2006 10:20 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by geatz
12-07-2006 4:16 AM


Hi Gaetz,
You make a couple of very valid points in your OP, that I'd like to answer.
let scientists figure out if it happened
If only it were so! Fact is, scientists have aready "figured out that evolution has happened". Nothing to debate, really, if it weren't for that section of the population that presumes to believe that the they can do science better than the scientists, or claims that scientists are liars and frauds.
I hate that evolutionists are pushing evolution as a fact simply because they don't want to believe in something higher than themselves.
Do you know for a fact that every "evolutionist" pushes evolution for this reason? Have you considered the possibility that they do so because the theory is as correct as present knowledge can make it?
Having said that, and being a Christian myself, I hate it when people like Dawkins or Hawking misuse valid scientific results in an attempt to bolster their atheistic world-view. In my opinion, this is just as bad as misusing religion to cast doubt on valid scientific results.
Why not try arguing why our ancestors evolved instead of arguing if they evolved
Because there's no argument as to the "why": according to the Theory of Evolution, our ancestors survived to pass their genes to us because they were fitted to exploit their environment. The way the theory is stated, the only possible problems are with the details of "how", which is why both sides of the debate focus their attention on this area.
The fact that so many evolutionists are still arguing "if" leads me to believe you aren't so confident in your findings
No. The reason that so many scientists are still arguing "if" is because so many people are still arguing "ifn't" in the face of all the evidence. There are none so blind as those who will not see, after all.
Cheers,

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