Evolution or not
Back when I was a kid, topics like the birth of life on Earth or the first moments in the existence of the Universe were fascinating, and my interest for these subjects survived intact to this day. Even more, now I have a lot of knowledge at my disposal, and still no answers. In fact, all I have done in the past years was to add more questions to the list, but it all gets down to this: evolution, or not?
Basically, it’s about who created what, or what happened back when all there is was an infinite void, but this war between creationism and evolutionism is now reaching areas you wouldn’t have thought about two or three decades ago. Anyway, we won’t talk about that now, because there’s something I want to make clear…
I am not a fervent supporter of any mainstream theory. While I consider the Bible an “almost decent” work of fiction, combined with some historical facts that have most chances to be true, I can’t fully support Darwin’s concepts either. After all, I am sure there is life on other planets, and we also have some proof that Earth was at least visited by aliens in the past. What if we are “children of the stars,” an experiment that is still going on, of a race that’s eons ahead of us?
As I was saying earlier, all I have is questions. A lot of people die with them, and I see nothing wrong with that. It’s in the human nature to question everything around us, but what happens when you don’t question anything? That’s not evolution, for sure!
When I read on PlayerzBlog about the seven days of creation, I took it as a joke, but then I realized things could be pretty dangerous. We all see around us that human kind is playing God more and more with each day – cloning, weapons of mass destruction, weather control, now an experiment that tries to reproduce the so-called “Big Bang,” but is this really evolution?
In the end, I don’t think it’s really important where it all started and how, but where we’re headed. Questioning how good is a computer game for our kids won’t take us anywhere, especially when we accuse a gaming company of “attacking Christian values.”
There’s one thing we all must remember – before pointing a finger, no matter our religion and beliefs: when you point a finger, there are three fingers pointed at you! Admitting other opinions and getting to know them well, that’s what I call evolution, and that’s what should be the goal of every human being – to know as much as possible about this world, so you can get to know yourself better.
Adrian Moga
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Evolution?
Assuming that the theory of evolution is true, how is it that apes still exist? Did they choose not to evolve? I am not dismissing the theory just curious as to why they (apes, chimps, etc.) are not extinct, and there is a need to find a missing link that is no long with us. Now, before I get attacked I want to make it clear that I have yet to draw my own conclusion, and I am searching for answers from both sides of the fence (evolution/creation). Thanks in advance!!
Well first we did not evolve from the current apes, rather we all have a common ancestor. Next, even if we did evolve from modern apes, we do not necessarily compete for resources so both could continue on. Just because a species evolves does not mean that the ancestor becomes extinct.
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chlaxman is exactly right. Evolution does not mean replacement. Think of a branch forking.
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I personally don’t believe in evolution. That we evolved from apes?! Get real. Would you want to think that one of your relatives swung on vines? Not me. But of course that’s my superiority complex speaking.
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The apes that exist today have been evolving just as long as anything else.
Things don’t "choose" to evolve or not. But they evolve differently. Evolution doesn’t go in a linear fashion from "higher to lower" either. Instead, different populations of one species tends to diverge into more than one species over time, and they survive as long as they are capable of utilizing their environment to grow and reproduce. Different populations evolve in different ways.
The apes that were our ancestors are not the same ones that exist today. The ones that exist today are more like cousins, and they are each adapted to their own environment.
The apes of today are, genetically speaking, no more similar to our common ancestors than we are (we infer this based on degrees of similarity different kinds of modern apes have to one another).
Expecting that there should be no other kinds of apes because humans have evolved is like expecting that there should be no rifles once pistols were developed. Modern rifles and pistols both developed from earlier rifle-like guns, but they’re both different from the original and serve different functions.
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http://genomics.senescence.info/evolution/primates.gif
Just look at Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton they are the missing and weakest link!
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Assuming that emigration is true, how is it that Europeans still exist? You need to sharpen your thinking a bit. Some great sites were given you; peruse them. Here are a couple more.
http://www.aboutdarwin.com
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The theory of evolution posits that evolution will happen whenever there is a useful/needed direction to go. We only evolve for purposes. Example: if it got really cold and wolves with thicker fur started living, while the thiner haired died-out, only thicker haired wolves would survive and thus wolves would get thicker fur. You can diverge (evolve in two different directions) if thin-haired wolves were better at surviving someplace else. There, thin-haired wolves might thrive.
Humans and apes have a common anscestor. While both humans and apes still fill a niche, our common anscestor was likely replaced either by apes or humans which filled it better. This actually happened with Darwin’s finches. Several birds evolved from a common anscestor. Some adapted to crush large seeds, some to grasp tiny seeds. The one was able to eat large seeds better than the anscestor, the other able to eat tiny seeds better so they both remain, while the common anscestor was out-performed for both food sources, and is no longer.
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This question has been asked so many times here it’s beyond annoying.
Would it kill you to use search? Here, I’ll do it for you~
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AvUWShMNioVXnxaS0gc7vjPpy6IX?p=why+are+there+still+monkeys+apes
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everyones already said what needs to be said.. especially guy # 1 ..
so evolution doesn’t happen in a straight line.. it branches out
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