solid proof of evolution

Mott the Hoople said:
Actually it is understandable if you understood the previous world view of man place in the world.

So though you are correct that belief in biological evolution is not incompatible with religious belief it is the principle of common descent that is the aspect of Evolutionary theory that bothers religious conservatives and understandably so.

For millennia humans held themselves to be above animals. The prevailing notion that, we are not animals, we are civilized. As a social distinction between humans and other animals which makes humans distinct from other animals.

Then evolutionary theory comes along and turns this belief on it's heads...ok...we may be civilized...but we're still animals. This is not a particularly palatable notion to many people not steeped in the tradition of science but who have strong religious beliefs.

So it's really the fact of common descent that religious conservatives find offensive about evolutionary theory.
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So it's really the fact of common descent that religious conservatives find offensive about evolutionary theory.????

I wouldn't put the onus on "religious conservatives'.....but more so on religious fundamentalism...
I even have some reservations about that label....how about those that have a religious Biblical literal interpretation of the Bible.....

But then, I'm an agnostic and my knowledge of the numerous religious beliefs is pretty damn limited....
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Well if you go by the current definition of evolutionary theory as "A change in allele frequency within a population over time." then it's a fact.

If you go by some garbage the Discovery Institute pulls out of its ass, then it's not a fact.
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No need to get defensive about it lol.

It’s just that I’ve run into more than a few people who labor under the delusion that since one definition of evolution is a fact—then they all are.

Our public education system isn’t what it could be.
 
Granule said:
To the contrary, pervert. It's the only way to prove that intelligence isn't responsible for every fucking thing.
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On the double contrary the first start concept in silly. It becomes barber shop mirrors, Reflections as far as you can see without end.if the beginning required a starter, then so does the starter.
 
Nordberg said:
On the double contrary the first start concept in silly. It becomes barber shop mirrors, Reflections as far as you can see without end.if the beginning required a starter, then so does the starter.
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What if the First Cause operates outside of space and time?
 
Darth Omar said:
What if the First Cause operates outside of space and time?
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Time and space were created with the big bang. You guys think time exists apart from the universe, but it does not. We are part of the time/space continuum. The big bang created all, slowly but surely. there was no time before that. If you think there was something that preceded that, then you have a lot of splainin' with no evidence possible to back it up.
 
Nordberg said:
Time and space were created with the big bang. You guys think time exists apart from the universe, but it does not. We are part of the time/space continuum. The big bang created all, slowly but surely. there was no time before that. If you think there was something that preceded that, then you have a lot of splainin' with no evidence possible to back it up.
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Ever read anything about the possibility of a Multiverse? Infinite universes...crazy, mind-boggling insanity. I kind of believe it, too.
 
Darth Omar said:
Did you know Haekel manipulated data to support the claim that ‘ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’?

What’s the other current ‘fact’ that some scientists have been caught manipulating data to support?
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Good lord you must of had to really dig to come up with that old catch phrase. Did you know that Haeckel was proven wrong over 100 years ago?

Which brings up the question. What the Sam Hill is your point? LOL
 
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