50 Reasons To Be An Atheist

[Dobie-BOY]

There is TONS Of SCIENTIFIC information and studies that suggests that macro-evolution did not occure and TONS of information that supports creationism. I was taught all through school about evolution. I dont need to read any more about it. How much have you read supporting creationism? Shouldnt you hear both arguement before you draw a conclusion?

[Kärnfysikern]

There is TONS Of SCIENTIFIC information and studies that suggests that macro-evolution did not occure and TONS of information that supports creationism. I was taught all through school about evolution. I dont need to read any more about it. How much have you read supporting creationism? Shouldnt you hear both arguement before you draw a conclusion?

Well like I said last time, this is like debating nuclear energy with a green fanatic. You are obviously not interested in solid science, if you where you would be all over talkorigins and trying to clear up your obvious misconceptions about evolution.

There ISNT tons of evidence against macroevolution, the only thing that counts in the scientific community is evidence presented in peer reviewed scientific journals. You can go ahead and try to find evidence against macroevolution in those journals if you want.

About hearing both arguments, its simply unnessecary. There are plenty of personal "theories" claiming einstein was wrong ect, just look at http://www.crank.net/ .
Do I have to hear all that before I can conclude that relativity is correct? Offcourse not! Science isnt a political debate. Either the theory in question describes natures behavior or it doesnt, what other hypothesis has to say is irrelevant.

[Ronnie Rowland]

I am of the opinion that the theory of evolution is bogus. We did not evolve from monkeys because monkeys are still here!

I do believe in Jesus Christ. I can't prove he was God in the flesh but I believe it none-the-less. Being saved by grace through faith is what it's all about. I try to love God and my neighbor. In a nutshell-this is what I believe ful-fills what we as believers should be doing. It's not a matter of don't do this or you won't go to Heaven. Nonsense like that has hurt true Christianity. True Christians should judge no one!!!! Various demoninational preachers are to blame here IMO...People can be such hypocrites sometimes!!!

Everyone needs to be accepted whether they want to admit it or not. I am not a big fan of organized religion. I have little use for teachings based on laws, creeds and opinions of man. I believe in consistency..

I do not understand everything so I live by faith..I call it spirituality not religion. I've studied various religions and this is my two cents...

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

I am of the opinion that the theory of evolution is bogus. We did not evolve from monkeys because monkeys are still here!

I won't go on to ridicule this question although, in my humble opinion, it either shows a lack of understanding of the whole idea of evolution, or is being asked by someone looking to disprove evolution. And anyway, you can find the answer in a search engine so I shouldn't be answering it at all!

There are two ways of answering this question.
1. Shrug it off by stating Evolution is still a 'work-in-progress' and we don't really know (that answered that one!) or
2. To talk a little about evolution and try to answer by clearing up some common misconceptions.

I think the real question here is 'If something evolves, does the original which it evolves from die out' The answer to this is no.
The main thing here is that evolution does not mean the original dies out. The original only dies out if the conditions change enough for it to be unable to survive. Accompanying questions could be 'why are there no Neanderthal men still in existence but there are monkeys?' No Neanderthal men are in existence because the more evolved less - Neanderthal's killed all the more Neanderthal, less evolved's - hence their livable conditions expired. The rate of evolution dependant on conditions is also important to think about. Evolution is dependent on time as well. Vegetarian Monkeys and Apes didn't need to kill each other or anything else so they stayed placid and un evolved. The specific type of ape we evolved from was carnivorous and needed to evolve quickly to eat and keep up with the rest of its carnivorous friends or enemies!

I guess someone asking this question may be questioning evolution itself. Look around you. Evolution certainly exists - we see it everywhere. We know cells mutate and change - look at cancers. As animals, plants and us humans are all made of cells, we are all capable of mutating and changing our forms from one generation to the next. Over time, conditions and through necessity, our actions and our bodies will evolve to match the world around us. Note for example the increase in incidence's of short sightedness. This is a genetic defect and will gradually, from generation to generation become the predominant factor. As a result of corrective vision instruments, shortsighted people will not die out and will continue reproducing. Until we can alter the gene, more and more people will be born shortsighted.

I have drifted slightly from the question, so I'll summarise. Monkeys still exist because they had no enemies and no need to evolve, they therefore evolved slower than their apelike carnivorous counterparts - which no longer exist.

Another way to look at it is simply that humans followed a different evolutionary path from monkeys. We didn't evolve from monkeys - monkeys and humans evolved from the same ape like animal. We have since taken different paths, and both co-exist. There! 3 answers!!

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