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king_alvarez
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May '07
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Date Posted:
6/26 11:35am
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RE: Evidence of Evolution
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VoijaRisa posted:
yuna_kenobi posted:
i have read extensively on these topics before even trying to chose between evolution or creation.
Given all the misinformation you've spewed here, showing outright lies, ignorance of basic research, misunderstanding of the scientific method, and more, I have to wonder at the quality of the sources you read or your reading comprehension. Either that or you're lying about how the extent of your reading. I'm going to go ahead and assume it's the former for now.
What typically seems to happen is that a person reads about evolution from a Creationist book or article under the impression that what they are reading is a fair and honest interpretation of evolution.
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Lowbacca_1977
Title: Senate Moderator
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Jun '06
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6/26 2:39pm
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yuna_kenobi posted:
All I intended to state was that, to me, evolution, though an interesting proposition, did not seem plausible. And also, if I am not mistaken, many materials would have oxidized in the open.
I'm not sure quite what you're referring to, though I would point out as it relates to oxidization that free oxygen really didn't exist in early earth. I believe its even used as one of the things to look for to see indications that extrasolar planets may have life when we're looking at atmosheric composition.
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VoijaRisa
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6/26 8:44pm
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Lowbacca_1977 posted:
I believe its even used as one of the things to look for to see indications that extrasolar planets may have life when we're looking at atmosheric composition.
For all one extra solar planet we've gotten an atmospheric spectra of....
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DorkmanScott
Title: Manager Emeritus
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Mar '01
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8/9 12:01am
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RE: Evidence of Evolution
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Interesting survey currently being conducted by the Skeptic's Society:
Do you believe in evolution?
More than just a poll, it actually asks for essay questions, first asking you to explain your understanding of the theory of evolution, then why you accept or reject the theory. It then asks a series of demographic questions, including several about religious beliefs.
It only takes a few minutes and I highly encourage everyone -- regardless of your answer -- to participate, to give them the broadest data-set possible.
My answer to my understanding of what "evolution" means:
Evolution is the encompassing term for the observed physiological changes in organisms over time.
The accepted mechanism by which evolution occurs is natural selection, in which an organism with a characteristic that gives it some (even slight) genetic survival benefit is more likely to survive, and therefore reproduce, in a given environment than an organism lacking said characteristic. As a result, the disadvantaged variation of the organism eventually dies out of the population, leaving only organisms with the genetic information of the advantaged variation. This process may repeat indefinitely, as genetic mutations result in newly-advantaged variations.
As different environments exert different survival pressures, what may be a disadvantaged variation in one environment may be advantaged in another. This results in speciation, where accumulated environmental adaptations eventually result in totally different populations of organisms, though they share a common ancestor.
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DarthKomar
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Interesting Dorkman, nice find. I'll do that later.
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VadersLaMent
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8/9 5:31am
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To the best of your understanding, and in your own words,
please explain what “evolution” means.
The mechanism by which life can change over time for better or worse.
If you accept the theory of evolution, please explain in your own words why; or if you do not accept the theory of evolution, please explain in your own words why not.
When asked how everything got here a religius answer is usually along the lines of "Look around, how else could it have gotten here?" This is not relevant to the Theory of Evolution.
What is relevant is that I can look around me and see the workings of scince; cars, buildings, air conditioning, telescopes, rockets and so on.
The scientific community is self correcting. There have been hoaxes handed out by scientists. And who discovers these hoaxes? Other scientists.
I do not need to conduct research myself to see why The Theory of Evolution is accepted, I only need enough knowledge to have a good Nonsesnse Detector.
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Alpha-Red
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10/11 12:31pm
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Here's my response.
To the best of your understanding, and in your own words,
please explain what “evolution” means.
Evolution is a theory that attempts to explain how the diversity of biological life on our planet came to be.
If you accept the theory of evolution, please explain in your own words why; or if you do not accept the theory of evolution, please explain in your own words why not.
Although I believe in God and creationism, I accept the theory of evolution based on two premises.
Firstly, I believe that if the scientific community has uncovered evidence of evolution occurring, then it is a valid scientific theory. The fact that creationism and evolution seem to be diametrically opposed to each other simply leads to the logical conclusion that we don't know enough details about the origins of life. The passage of time has destroyed most of the physical evidence, leaving the scientific community little to work with. Similarly the story of creationism was written by Moses to the Israelites to explain the Fall of Man, not as a detailed and accurate word-for-word account of what happened to the world.
Secondly, it has been said that God gave human beings a brain for a reason. Dismissing the theory of evolution for religious reasons shows an blatant inability to think and therefore dishonors God's intentions.
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