What exactly do you mean by still just a theory?
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Evolution a religion
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that the op miss uses the word theory. relax bro
Oh Ok, my bad............lol
The_Evelyonian
Old-School Member
Oh, yeah. I can totally see the similarities.
Also: CA610: Evolution religious
"Proof" is reserved for mathematics and alcohol. Nothing can be proved with 100% certainty, nor does science claim any ability to do so. All of the available evidence, however, from many diverse fields does point to evolution.
For example:
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Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
The_Evelyonian
Old-School Member
camanintx
Well-Known Member
Such statements simply reflect one's lack of understanding of evolution and religion.
camanintx
Well-Known Member
So what stops microevolution from becoming macroevolution over time? Please provide a specific mechanism which prevents this from happening.
Skwim
Veteran Member
Jared Jammer
Member
Without question, evolution coupled with abiogenesis acts as a religion for many people. It's their creation story. In fact, Darwinism and Christianity are quite analogous.
Aspect: Darwinism (Christianity)
Creator: Nature (God)
Messiah: Darwin (Jesus)
Holy Text: On the Origin of Species (Bible)
Apostles: Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, P.Z. Meyers, etc. (Peter, John, Andrew, etc.)
Celebration of the Messiah's Birth: Darwin Day (Christmas)
Symbolism:
Two other similarities are in the various conventions atheists attend, in which large groups of atheists sit and listen to sermons about Darwinian evolution. Needless to say. these conventions are eerily similar to church.
The other is the obvious emotional investment atheists have in Darwinian evolution; how they defend it, and the vitriolic outrage they espouse at those who doubt it, as if they're heretics.
Anyone who says there's no religious connection between atheism and Darwinian evolution is either ignorant or a liar. It's so obvious that denying it is like denying gravity.
Aspect: Darwinism (Christianity)
Creator: Nature (God)
Messiah: Darwin (Jesus)
Holy Text: On the Origin of Species (Bible)
Apostles: Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, P.Z. Meyers, etc. (Peter, John, Andrew, etc.)
Celebration of the Messiah's Birth: Darwin Day (Christmas)
Symbolism:
Two other similarities are in the various conventions atheists attend, in which large groups of atheists sit and listen to sermons about Darwinian evolution. Needless to say. these conventions are eerily similar to church.
The other is the obvious emotional investment atheists have in Darwinian evolution; how they defend it, and the vitriolic outrage they espouse at those who doubt it, as if they're heretics.
Anyone who says there's no religious connection between atheism and Darwinian evolution is either ignorant or a liar. It's so obvious that denying it is like denying gravity.
Without question, evolution coupled with abiogenesis acts as a religion for many people. It's their creation story. In fact, Darwinism and Christianity are quite analogous.
Aspect: Darwinism (Christianity)
Creator: Nature (God)
Messiah: Darwin (Jesus)
Holy Text: On the Origin of Species (Bible)
Apostles: Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, P.Z. Meyers, etc. (Peter, John, Andrew, etc.)
Celebration of the Messiah's Birth: Darwin Day (Christmas)
Symbolism:
Two other similarities are in the various conventions atheists attend, in which large groups of atheists sit and listen to sermons about Darwinian evolution. Needless to say. these conventions are eerily similar to church.
The other is the obvious emotional investment atheists have in Darwinian evolution; how they defend it, and the vitriolic outrage they espouse at those who doubt it, as if they're heretics.
Anyone who says there's no religious connection between atheism and Darwinian evolution is either ignorant or a liar. It's so obvious that denying it is like denying gravity.
Please don't generalise. I'm an atheist and I'm nowhere near what you described atheists and atheism as.
shawn001
Well-Known Member
The Symbolism comes from the Vesica Piscis.
"The term "vesica piscis," meaning "fish bladder" in Latin"
Which later became the Ichthys.
This was borrowed from Pagan sources.
The rest of the post showed a major lack of understanding of the entire universe.
Evolution is a scientific fact and a scientific theory.
The real question is How the big bang started, as EVERYTHING evolved less then a trillion of a second after the big bang.
We know have pictures of the early universe before any stars or galaxies or planets existed at all. WE now know how stars, galaxies and planets and solar systems form. They evolve.
"Big Five mass extinction events
Although the Cretaceous-Tertiary (or K-T) extinction event is the most well-known because it wiped out the dinosaurs, a series of other mass extinction events has occurred throughout the history of the Earth, some even more devastating than K-T. Mass extinctions are periods in Earth's history when abnormally large numbers of species die out simultaneously or within a limited time frame. The most severe occurred at the end of the Permian period when 96% of all species perished. This along with K-T are two of the Big Five mass extinctions, each of which wiped out at least half of all species. Many smaller scale mass extinctions have occurred, indeed the disappearance of many animals and plants at the hands of man in prehistoric, historic and modern times will eventually show up in the fossil record as mass extinctions. Discover more about Earth's major extinction events below.
"Permian mass extinction
The Permian mass extinction has been nicknamed The Great Dying, since a staggering 96% of species died out. All life on Earth today is descended from the 4% of species that survived
BBC Nature - Big Five mass extinction events
Evolution is not a religion!!! It has nothing to do with anyones religious beliefs and is supported by every science on the planet.
National Academy of Sciences
"
Is Evolution a Theory or a Fact?
It is both. But that answer requires looking more deeply at the meanings of the words "theory" and "fact."
In everyday usage, "theory" often refers to a hunch or a speculation. When people say, "I have a theory about why that happened," they are often drawing a conclusion based on fragmentary or inconclusive evidence."
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
Compatibility of Science and Religion
Science is not the only way of knowing and understanding. But science is a way of knowing that differs from other ways in its dependence on empirical evidence and testable explanations. Because biological evolution accounts for events that are also central concerns of religion including the origins of biological diversity and especially the origins of humans evolution has been a contentious idea within society since it was first articulated by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1858.
Acceptance of the evidence for evolution can be compatible with religious faith. Today, many religious denominations accept that biological evolution has produced the diversity of living things over billions of years of Earths history. Many have issued statements observing that evolution and the tenets of their faiths are compatible. Scientists and theologians have written eloquently about their awe and wonder at the history of the universe and of life on this planet, explaining that they see no conflict between their faith in God and the evidence for evolution. Religious denominations that do not accept the occurrence of evolution tend to be those that believe in strictly literal interpretations of religious texts.
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
Excerpts of Statements by Religious Leaders
Who See No Conflict Between Their Faith and Science
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
Excerpts of Statements by Scientists
Who See No Conflict Between Their Faith and Science
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
"The term "vesica piscis," meaning "fish bladder" in Latin"
Which later became the Ichthys.
This was borrowed from Pagan sources.
The rest of the post showed a major lack of understanding of the entire universe.
Evolution is a scientific fact and a scientific theory.
The real question is How the big bang started, as EVERYTHING evolved less then a trillion of a second after the big bang.
We know have pictures of the early universe before any stars or galaxies or planets existed at all. WE now know how stars, galaxies and planets and solar systems form. They evolve.
"Big Five mass extinction events
Although the Cretaceous-Tertiary (or K-T) extinction event is the most well-known because it wiped out the dinosaurs, a series of other mass extinction events has occurred throughout the history of the Earth, some even more devastating than K-T. Mass extinctions are periods in Earth's history when abnormally large numbers of species die out simultaneously or within a limited time frame. The most severe occurred at the end of the Permian period when 96% of all species perished. This along with K-T are two of the Big Five mass extinctions, each of which wiped out at least half of all species. Many smaller scale mass extinctions have occurred, indeed the disappearance of many animals and plants at the hands of man in prehistoric, historic and modern times will eventually show up in the fossil record as mass extinctions. Discover more about Earth's major extinction events below.
"Permian mass extinction
The Permian mass extinction has been nicknamed The Great Dying, since a staggering 96% of species died out. All life on Earth today is descended from the 4% of species that survived
BBC Nature - Big Five mass extinction events
Evolution is not a religion!!! It has nothing to do with anyones religious beliefs and is supported by every science on the planet.
National Academy of Sciences
"
Is Evolution a Theory or a Fact?
It is both. But that answer requires looking more deeply at the meanings of the words "theory" and "fact."
In everyday usage, "theory" often refers to a hunch or a speculation. When people say, "I have a theory about why that happened," they are often drawing a conclusion based on fragmentary or inconclusive evidence."
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
Compatibility of Science and Religion
Science is not the only way of knowing and understanding. But science is a way of knowing that differs from other ways in its dependence on empirical evidence and testable explanations. Because biological evolution accounts for events that are also central concerns of religion including the origins of biological diversity and especially the origins of humans evolution has been a contentious idea within society since it was first articulated by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1858.
Acceptance of the evidence for evolution can be compatible with religious faith. Today, many religious denominations accept that biological evolution has produced the diversity of living things over billions of years of Earths history. Many have issued statements observing that evolution and the tenets of their faiths are compatible. Scientists and theologians have written eloquently about their awe and wonder at the history of the universe and of life on this planet, explaining that they see no conflict between their faith in God and the evidence for evolution. Religious denominations that do not accept the occurrence of evolution tend to be those that believe in strictly literal interpretations of religious texts.
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
Excerpts of Statements by Religious Leaders
Who See No Conflict Between Their Faith and Science
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
Excerpts of Statements by Scientists
Who See No Conflict Between Their Faith and Science
Evolution Resources from the National Academies
InformedIgnorance
Do you 'know' or believe?
I want me tax exempt status then kukuku
Without question, evolution coupled with abiogenesis acts as a religion for many people. It's their creation story. In fact, Darwinism and Christianity are quite analogous.
Aspect: Darwinism (Christianity)
Creator: Nature (God)
Messiah: Darwin (Jesus)
Holy Text: On the Origin of Species (Bible)
Apostles: Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, P.Z. Meyers, etc. (Peter, John, Andrew, etc.)
Celebration of the Messiah's Birth: Darwin Day (Christmas)
Symbolism:
Two other similarities are in the various conventions atheists attend, in which large groups of atheists sit and listen to sermons about Darwinian evolution. Needless to say. these conventions are eerily similar to church.
The other is the obvious emotional investment atheists have in Darwinian evolution; how they defend it, and the vitriolic outrage they espouse at those who doubt it, as if they're heretics.
Anyone who says there's no religious connection between atheism and Darwinian evolution is either ignorant or a liar. It's so obvious that denying it is like denying gravity.
Good lord! Are you trying to reset the standards for intellectual honesty to a new low?
Me Myself
Back to my username
You are forgeting a little truth there.
Evolution has peer reviewed evidence.
Biologists of all religions (including christian) accept evolution as a fact.
Actually, so far I haven´t seen anyone name ONE SINGLE non-christian biologist who believes evolution doesn´t have enough evidence yet.
So I would more say it is christian literalists that have problems with the fact of evolution, and then some other people parodied it by presenting the fact of evolution as a religion.
Don't you know that the peer review system is a sort of academic hegemony, a grand conspiracy aimed at establishing a New World Order to be governed by the anti christ?
InformedIgnorance
Do you 'know' or believe?
[sarcasm]Or that I am to be the head of that new government because I was the first to prostrate myself and grant that anti-christ my soul. Didn't you know that? Wasn't it obvious?[/sarcasm]
I admit that the peer review process grants undue influence to establishment and conservative science, however it is far from your absurd portrayal.
The idea to paint science as religion is one that attempts to overlook the single most important difference between the two - the acknowledgement of imperfection.
I admit that the peer review process grants undue influence to establishment and conservative science, however it is far from your absurd portrayal.
The idea to paint science as religion is one that attempts to overlook the single most important difference between the two - the acknowledgement of imperfection.
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Me Myself
Back to my username
People! Hush!
Blah, it´s just an internet forum anyways.
Just don´t go around saying that in real life :bat:
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painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Wow... that's just ... wow...Without question, evolution coupled with abiogenesis acts as a religion for many people. It's their creation story. In fact, Darwinism and Christianity are quite analogous.
Aspect: Darwinism (Christianity)
Creator: Nature (God)
Messiah: Darwin (Jesus)
Holy Text: On the Origin of Species (Bible)
Apostles: Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, P.Z. Meyers, etc. (Peter, John, Andrew, etc.)
Celebration of the Messiah's Birth: Darwin Day (Christmas)
Symbolism:
Two other similarities are in the various conventions atheists attend, in which large groups of atheists sit and listen to sermons about Darwinian evolution. Needless to say. these conventions are eerily similar to church.
The other is the obvious emotional investment atheists have in Darwinian evolution; how they defend it, and the vitriolic outrage they espouse at those who doubt it, as if they're heretics.
Anyone who says there's no religious connection between atheism and Darwinian evolution is either ignorant or a liar. It's so obvious that denying it is like denying gravity.
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