You haven't thought out any of the flawed
arguments of evolution or the big bang theory to it's conclusion.
In
the argument of evolution vs. intelligent design there is this sad truth that it seems we are de-evolving more then anything.
Not exact matches
But even if we were to accept the proposition
of «guided»
evolution, we're left with the question
of who designed the designer which only leads to
arguments of special pleading... I.e. a dead end.
It is part and parcel
of Ham's
argument that it was 6, 24 - hour days, that god did this 6,000 365 - day - years ago, that humans did not evolve /
evolution does not take place.
I am very aware
of Cameron and Comfort's
arguments against
Evolution and they never seem to use Science in their explaination.
Say, «OK, for the sake
of argument let's say
evolution is wrong and let's forget about it.
If, for the sake
of argument,
evolution is true, then creationism is false.
Your
argument is simply reversible — if Genesis offers the perfect explanation
of how we were created, why doesn't it line up with
evolution?
The rest
of Nye's
argument that believers in creation need to accept
evolution because everyone else supposedly does is ludicrous.
The most disingenuous aspect
of creationism is that is alleges evidentiary problems with
evolution (generally, nothing more than
arguments of incredulity based in
arguments of ignorance), but then invariably requires invocation
of magic to patch up their «legitimate alternative.»
This year marks 200 years since the birth
of Charles Darwin, whose theory
of evolution has caused as many religious
arguments as it has scientific ones...
This attitude has also been held among scientists until recently, when the creationist pressures on public education and policy became so threatening that some scientists founded a new journal, Creation /
Evolution, a «Committee
of Correspondence» and a Creation /
Evolution News letter, aimed at defending evolutionary science and dismantling creationist
arguments.
This accounts for the ecclesiastical opposition to Charles Darwin's work on
evolution and to the
arguments of critical Biblical scholars, which implied that not all statements in scripture were factually correct.
This reminds me
of the creationist
argument against dog breeding supporting
evolution.
your brain is relatvely soo simple and therefore its comprehension is also very limited, you believe in
evolution so religion itself is an evolutionary process.Even atheism also evolved, The
arguments today is just part
of the evolutionary process
of change through dialectecal methods.The moment humans begin to understand and appreciate the dialectics then the solution to the problems argued is near.
your role now as atheist, is to be the opposing argumenter for the modern day change process or
evolution of the present religion from monotheism which you have shown in your
arguments to be flawed so that the future faithfuls will shift to the ultra modern faith called PANTHROTHEISM - the synthesis
of theistic monotheism vs.humanistic atheism.I suggest to you to be more aggressive and conscise in your
arguments, God needs you
This «orthogenetic» view
of animal
evolution is gradually becoming common ground among scientists; but it only achieves full validity, in terms
of my
argument, to the extent that it implies a continuous psychic «chain» going back to the beginning
of life.
Internet
arguments of God vs. no God,
evolution vs. creationism, boxers vs briefs... they all make my head hurt.
There are multiple things wrong in your post; the one that struck me first, and which entirely invalidates the rest
of your
argument, is the claim that there is «zero proof»
of evolution.
Most
of the creationist / ID web sites have quietly begun to ask their followers to stop using a whole set
of arguments against
evolution, including the «just a theory»
argument, because they reveal the person's woeful ignorance
of real science.
I don't normally think that dictionary definitions bring much to any
argument, but in the case
of creationism vs
evolution, its shameful that one side can't even be bothered to know the meaning
of the word that they're using in highly semantic
arguments.
For the sake
of argument we will assume
evolution is true and then before life we go back to the big bang.
Dudley... that is one
of the many
arguments that affirm that there IS a God... our innate moral compass that animals do not have, nor do they gain from
evolution.
Note that the «evidence» for creationism is almost invariably negative, i.e.
arguments of incredulity targeting
evolution.
The addition
of the doctrine
of internal relations as a necessary condition for
evolution can clarify three
arguments used by Birch to support his claim that low levels
of order, such as particles, must have a subjective as well as a mechanical aspect.
Even though the religious often mock things like
evolution I really don't see why we need to sink to their level
of argument, especially when we have the evidence on our side to support our
arguments, right?
If Chad and others argue that naturalistic
evolution must be dismissed because we don't know exactly what happened with gene mutation and transmission frequencies during particular periods
of rapid change, then how can we accept a replacement
argument in which we don't even know what happens at all?
Just as the governor
of a state is responsible for the smooth running
of a state's government without having to become personally involved in every decision» without, in other words, feeling that his office obligates him to serve as the traffic cop at every busy corner» so too the Cosmological
Argument contains no implication whatever that God has become the traffic cop
of cellular
evolution.
In this article Johnson provides what he calls a «rough description»
of modern evolutionary biology, raises a series
of arguments against
evolution, and finally proposes a creationist view
of the origin
of species.
If someone claims the theory
of evolution is false because it contradicts their understanding
of what the Bible says, that is not a scientific
argument in the ordinary meaning
of science.
But besides the sheer prima facie preposterousness
of the charge that John Paul II has been taken in by secularist and materialist
arguments, my main worry in Prof. Johnson's criticism
of the Pope's letter on
evolution is the way he continues to suffer under, well, the fallacy
of the false dilemma.
The «reductionem ad creationis»
argument, no matter what the topic
of the day, let's talk origins or
evolution... again and again!
The
arguments against
evolution have been so explicitly and thoroughly expounded in the Catholic theology
of the last eighty years, that it is not to be expected that later on they will become even more evident, in relation to the Church's awareness
of what she believes, than they are now, and so become capable
of providing new and certain grounds for rejecting the theory
of evolution of a kind that have been declared to be not yet at present available.
The
argument of this paragraph is heavily dependent upon Richard H. Overman,
Evolution and the Christian Doctrine
of Creation (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1967), pp. 203 - 1l.
If you mean that we counter creationists
arguments that
evolution runs counter to the second law
of thermodynamics by saying that that law only applies to heat transfer and randomness in a closed (gaseous) system, well, that is true.
... Irreducible complexity is a negative
argument against
evolution, not proof
of design, a point conceded by defense expert Professor Minnich.»
For as has been made vivid by the
argument about
evolution, two tendencies
of thought are between them posing a serious threat to the continued health
of scientific endeavor.
Still waiting for some tangible bit
of argument with the majors, many
of which were postulated by Sagan and Hawkings, such as Mankind's short time here on this planet in the historic context
of the worlds
evolution.
One
of the
arguments often put about for a disbelief in Darwinian
evolution is the absence in the fossil record
of species «intermediate» between others.
This article is about
evolution, Darwinism, being a part
of God, a force that pushes things to evolve, and Stephen Hawking's
argument is linked to the limitations
of science or knowledge.
Other indications
of evolution are too numerous to actually list in full, but a few might be the clear genetic distinction between Neanderthals and modern man; the overlapping features
of hominid and pre-hominid fossil forms; the progressive order
of the fossil record (that is, first fish, then amphibians, then reptiles, then mammals, then birds; contradicting the Genesis order and all flood models); the phylogenetic relationships between extant and extinct species (including distributions
of parasitic genetic elements like Endogenous Retroviruses); the real time observations
of speciation in the lab and in the wild; the real time observations
of novel functionality in the lab and wild (both genetic, Lenski's E. coli, and organsimal, the Pod Mrcaru lizards); the observation
of convergent
evolution defeating
arguments of common component creationism (new world v. old world vultures for instance); and... well... I guess you get the picture.
So, your entire
argument against
evolution is dependent upon a person giving an incomplete definition of Evolution that doesn't explicitly deal with punctuated equilibrium and then you swooping
evolution is dependent upon a person giving an incomplete definition
of Evolution that doesn't explicitly deal with punctuated equilibrium and then you swooping
Evolution that doesn't explicitly deal with punctuated equilibrium and then you swooping in with..
We can't use the
argument that although there is no archeological evidence that proves
evolution, we are going to believe in
evolution, and then say because there is no archeological evidence
of the exodus, or
of Abraham, or Moses, we are not going to believe they existed.
The characteristics studied by Darwin implied the evolutionary process; the fossils record demonstrated how many species evolved and added weight to the
argument that all species evolved according to the same mechanism
of evolution; the genetic data PROVES that the implication
of the characteristics and the evidence
of the fossil record was interpreted CORRECTLY..
@Momoya «So, your entire
argument against
evolution is dependent upon a person giving an incomplete definition of Evolution that doesn't explicitly deal with punctuated equilibrium and then you swooping
evolution is dependent upon a person giving an incomplete definition
of Evolution that doesn't explicitly deal with punctuated equilibrium and then you swooping
Evolution that doesn't explicitly deal with punctuated equilibrium and then you swooping in with..
The close genetic makeup
of man and animals only serves to negate the
argument for
evolution since the gulf
of difference between them has not been explained.
His
arguments are devoid
of facts, and his masquerade as a scientist, or whatever, is galling» «attempting to debunk the integrity
of the bible, and glorify the theory
of evolution is simply a tactic to lure unsuspecting seekers to abandon reason and science in order to embrace an illogical, unverifiable, subjective based explanation
of the universe.
It is his contribution to countering the creationist
argument that the fossil record is too patchy to support the theory
of evolution.
Professor Ayala illustrates the very fashionable Catholic diffidence about the import
of recent discoveries about the nature
of the universe, whilst Clive Copus, who helpfully flags up the dominance
of Ayala's school
of thought at the Rome
evolution conference last year, proposes the «Intelligent Design» (ID)
argument that some parts
of the universe point to God, and by implication that some don't do so nearly so well.
Evolution is more an attack on the existence
of God and His authority over the earth and all
of mankind than a scientific
argument.