ForumsWEPRif eveloution is real why are there still apes?

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bryceop
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i would just like to ask the question above beacuse i think it means eveloution isnt real.

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HahiHa
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Hey! I just realized this year is the 140th birthday of this caricature:
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/files/imagecache/feature/files/features/online/20090111_Darwin_cartoon.jpg

Incredible that after all this time, the same misconception still holds it's ground solidly.

MageGrayWolf
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Incredible that after all this time, the same misconception still holds it's ground solidly.


"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity. But Iâm not sure for the universe." -Einstein
killkid
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I just love this question "if we came from monkeys why are there still monkeys?"

Valiant123
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I got the answer to all your problems, evolution is not real because if there was life just appearing suddenly, why are there not life on any other (billions and billions of planets and whatnot) place. Radio silence has proved that, we are the only place that has life. Darwin just probably looked in the mirror and said, "hey look a MONKEY!" I mean cmon look at that ****** beard

Avorne
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Do these people actually get a decent education or are they part of some homeschooling for hicks program? Evolution DOESN'T deal with how life came into being, that's abiogenesis, we have plenty of evidence that points to Abiogenesis occurring (or at least something similar to the current theory). The rest of your post is so much fail and based on stupidity that I'm not even going to touch it - lest my IQ be eaten away further by some of the idiocy in this thread.

EmperorPalpatine
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why are there not life on any other (billions and billions of planets and whatnot) place.

We've only sampled from 1 other planet right next to us. That's like an explorer in the past who lives on a small island. His island has wild pigs on it. He eventually makes a raft and floats to a different small nearby island. He observes the island and finds no pigs there. He then concludes that pigs must only exist on his home island and nowhere else in the world.

Radio silence has proved that, we are the only place that has life.

SO MUCH IGNORANCE! Our audible frequencies have only been playing for about 50 years (you don't realize that radio waves don't travel faster than light), that means they have barely spanned a tiny fraction of our galaxy. There are a trillion other galaxies besides ours.
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I got the answer to all your problems, evolution is not real because if there was life just appearing suddenly, why are there not life on any other (billions and billions of planets and whatnot) place. Radio silence has proved that, we are the only place that has life. Darwin just probably looked in the mirror and said, "hey look a MONKEY!" I mean cmon look at that ****** beard



i hope your kidding. im not huge into this evolution business, but as for space, i consider my self kind of a nut on the subject. look up in the sky at night. all of those stars are suns (just like ours, and alot of them different suns). each star could have planets around it, each planet could have life. now consider this, the stars you see, are only in our galaxy, billions of suns, each with planets, making the possibilities for life in our galaxy literally astounding.

now something you may not know, space is infinite (theory). meaning, there is an infinite number of galaxies, each with an infinite number of suns, all of which could have an infinite number of planets, some of which could support life. to think that we are alone in this universe, is complete ignorance. and just think, if we are truly alone, what a waste of space (pun).

on the subject of evolution, the evidence is overwhelming, that doesn't mean anyone is more right than anyone else, there is room for every belief system on this fair planet. as for me, i believe that the theory of evolution is correct, for the part of HOW, not the WHY? i believe that there is something much bigger out there, i have no idea what it is, whether its ascended beings, omnipotent gods of some sort, or just crazy aliens that started the evolutionary process as some sort of science experiment. truth be told, i dont even really care what this greater meaning is. i mean, for all i know it could just be a state of mind. but for all intents and purposes, i urge anyone who is in disbelief of evolution to look it up, by yourself, sort out the information in your way in your head. and go with whatever makes you happy.
MageGrayWolf
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meaning, there is an infinite number of galaxies, each with an infinite number of suns, all of which could have an infinite number of planets, some of which could support life.


There isn't an infinite number of galaxies, sun etc. There is only a finite amount of matter in the universe. However there are still plenty enough for your point to still be valid.
reaperbackinaction
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yes yes, its there, so its its a finite amount, my point was, that unless intergalactic travel is achieved, and something like, Stargate happens, the best we can say about the amount of galaxies and therefore the stars within is say that SPACE is infinite, therefore the amount of galaxies and suns/planets etc, is incalculable. however there is interesting research being done these days on deep space telemetry.

MageGrayWolf
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Was a bit in a rush on the last post.

on the subject of evolution, the evidence is overwhelming, that doesn't mean anyone is more right than anyone else, there is room for every belief system on this fair planet. as for me,


Well actually that kinda does mean that. We can weight beliefs on a scaled system to determine this. Though evolution or any scientific theory isn't belief based.

i believe that the theory of evolution is correct, for the part of HOW, not the WHY?


Actually they do answer why as well as how. In many cases these are one in the same answer. For example by answering how our atmosphere effects light waves we have also answered the question why the sky appears to be blue. Using an unvalidated story doesn't actually give us any answer.

but for all intents and purposes, i urge anyone who is in disbelief of evolution to look it up, by yourself, sort out the information in your way in your head. and go with whatever makes you happy.


Again good feeling isn't always part of accuracy though it is a good suggestion to "look it up yourself".
reaperbackinaction
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why would i choose to believe in something that makes me unhappy. isn't the entire point of mental and spiritual enlightenment true happiness with ones self?

MageGrayWolf
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why would i choose to believe in something that makes me unhappy.


Because it's factual.
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Well people don't always want the truth Mage. Often people usally want what makes them happy. Like if you were about to die a painful death you brain might do something to keep you away for that moment, like a cope mechanism.

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That's the stupidest reason to believe though. Why would you deny fact just to feel better? Its like conservatives that watch Fox news and Fox news only because they can't stand hearing a liberal perspective on things that are important to our country.


well i didn't say I agreed with it. People should try to stay open minded and look for what's closest to the truth. But not everyone does and some people purposly try to block out other possibilities.
killkid
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dair is right, if you have taken psychology you'll know that the human brain is easily fouled. taken into a account that a person hasn't had a decent education and doesn't see that science out ways religion in actually facts then if they go thought a traumatic experience they could end up believing their some sort of god ( not really just their brain coping with the experience).

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