Evolution - is it real?
Discussion
MYOB said:
deckster said:
MYOB said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
and make you look like a moron.
Nice. MYOB said:
I'm not convinced by evolution.
There used to be people that were convinced the earth wasn't flat. They were subsequently proven correct.
Nothing is indisputable
There used to be people that were convinced the earth wasn't flat. They were subsequently proven correct.
Nothing is indisputable
deckster said:
MYOB said:
deckster said:
MYOB said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
and make you look like a moron.
Nice. You equate the theory of evolution by natural selection with the belief that the earth is flat.
You drop ludicrous statements and then say you are not going to engage, but persist in posting on this thread.
I maintain that the original impression is a fair one.
Edited by deckster on Tuesday 5th January 16:14
Personal insults are not necessary.
seefarr said:
Is this about Jesus? Because, and I'm sorry I had to be the one to break it to you but..... he's not real.
And neither is Santa.
Oh dear. I suppose that’s about average on PH.And neither is Santa.
And leave Santa out of it otherwise people will get upset.
It’s about evolution not the NT figure, the historicity or otherwise of whom would seem irrelevant to evolution.
Or am I missing something?
Again.
MYOB said:
I've made it clear why I had no intentions of elaborating and it's insults like this that provides me with no incentive to elaborate.
Personal insults are not necessary.
Just because someone looks like moron does not mean they ARE a moron. You have the opportunity to disprove the theory that you might be a moron by showing some evidence that you aren't. So far, you've chosen to pass up on that opportunity.Personal insults are not necessary.
JohnnyJones said:
... where are all the ‘half way’ animals? It’s not just the missing link between us and the monkeys that’s missing is it, there are thousands....
That's the rather pathetic "god of the gaps" argument. Obviously the fossil record is incomplete for many species, but for some, like horses, it's spectacularly good. And of course every time a new intermediate fossil is discovered, that's two more gaps for creationists.The very fact that you think there's a "missing link" between monkeys and man proves you know nothing about evolutionary theory.
You could start by understanding the difference between the undisputed fact of evolution; "allele frequency in a species changes over time", and the current theory of how/why that happens (ie natural selection).
Dr Jekyll said:
Does the OP exist?
Suspicion that he trolled when opening this thread supported by his absence since lobbying the evolution bomb. Evolution a fact, like the earth being (almost) spherical. Whether the theory of evolution is correct is irrelevant to the existence of evolution, just as theories as to why the earth is spherical won’t change its shape.
MiseryStreak said:
otherman said:
You're one of the half way animals. Half way to what, we don't know yet.
First reply nailed it. Even if you didn’t intend for it to be an insult. 
otherman said:
I really didn't, it's a factually correct answer. I was aware of the comedy potential though of course. I'm a half way animal as well, give it a couple of million then come back and check out my descendents.
Part way to a multi-solar system species or some cold ashes. Though I suppose in the longest run we’re all cold ashes. InitialDave said:
JohnnyJones said:
Evolution is a theory. If it happened / happens then where are all the ‘half way’ animals?
Rotherham.JohnnyJones said:
It’s not just the missing link between us and the monkeys that’s missing is it
Definitely Rotherham.It is quite odd that we can believe in Santa then one day we are told he is not real and we accept it, same with the Easter bunny but because people do not want to accept that dead is dead they will still believe in Jesus / their religion.
Yet, everyone else’s religion / other religions are so obviously nonsense to us when we think about them.
When people say things like "he (the deceased) will be up there looking down and think this is very funny" it just makes me think they are delusional.
Sorry if this offends people with strong beliefs.
Yet, everyone else’s religion / other religions are so obviously nonsense to us when we think about them.
When people say things like "he (the deceased) will be up there looking down and think this is very funny" it just makes me think they are delusional.
Sorry if this offends people with strong beliefs.
Caddyshack said:
It is quite odd that we can believe in Santa then one day we are told he is not real and we accept it, same with the Easter bunny but because people do not want to accept that dead is dead they will still believe in Jesus / their religion.
Yet, everyone else’s religion / other religions are so obviously nonsense to us when we think about them.
When people say things like "he (the deceased) will be up there looking down and think this is very funny" it just makes me think they are delusional.
Sorry if this offends people with strong beliefs.
The people who believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny are 5 years old. Yet, everyone else’s religion / other religions are so obviously nonsense to us when we think about them.
When people say things like "he (the deceased) will be up there looking down and think this is very funny" it just makes me think they are delusional.
Sorry if this offends people with strong beliefs.
Religion is slightly different. It seems likely that those who are revered by a religion were probably just charismatic leaders - something we are not used to today
Combine charismatic leader with 2000 years of Chinese whispers and you get religion.....
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