Evolution vs. Creation! What do you believe?

This isn't a question. You are trying to tell people how to think, and using false information. You will not convince people what to believe by telling them to believe it. You're preaching to the wrong choir.

If you're hoping to disprove evolution, you're in the wrong reality. "But today, more and more courageous scientists are publicly admitting what they have known privately for years: believing in evolution requires an act of blind faith." Who are these scientists? Why would it matter which species had more genetic material?

This loaded question appears at least once a week. Guess treading on the dark side is fun? Here's the problem The issue isn't an "either or" one. It's not a political campaign where negative attack ads will cause voters to switch sides. Every culture, tribe and people have creation narratives. If people believe in creationism, which theory is the "right" one? Remember it's only a THEORY!!!! Notice your question. Where do you present ANY evidence to support creationism? Nope, nothing but negative attacks on evolution. Sorry, no evidence, nobody is convinced.That's what 90% of creationism is, trying to find things "wrong" with evolution. When creationist physical evidence is presented ie the "Taylor Trail" it falls apart. Then the explanation is the nasty evolutionists have been mean. Back to the negative attacks. Hijack discoveries with lies (Dinosaur found with red blood cells) you convince just the believers. Not those ask questions. The problem is creationist theory comes down to "The bible said it, I believe it and that settles it." Try arguing your theory without referring to the bible or slandering evolution. The explain just why the christen religion has the sole, correct, true version. I firmly believe in creationism. The truth is: "While walking along the sea shore the sons of Bor found two trees, and from them they created a man and a woman. Odin gave the man and the woman spirit and life. Vili gave them understanding and the power of movement. Vé gave them clothing and names. The man was named Ask [Ash] and the woman Embla [Elm?]. From Ask and Embla have sprung the races of men who lived in Midgard." The sagas say it. I believe it and that settles it. So, which creationist theory do you believe? Here are the theories "Young Earth" Created by supernatural means 6-10,000 years ago Polygenisis: Many times creation, many ways, "Old Earth" Earth is millions, not thousands of years old. This theory has several versions: "Gap" Earth is old but had fallen into decay. Life was begun on the old planet. This does address fossil evidence. "Progressive" God allows certain things natural selection and mutations to occur but will directly intervene as required. "Framework Interpretation" holds the Genesis account isn't literal but more represents the outline of how life came to be. "Day Age" Here it's held that "Day" can be thousands of millions of years. The world was crated in 6 "days" but it was over a very long time. "Theistic" AKA "evolutionary creationism", creation is compatible with scientific theory (evolution) as it is a tool used by God, " Literal" God created everything in 6 days right before 23 October 4004 BC. Everything in Genesis is correct and true. Oh my several require evolution to make things happen. Guess you' re left with the literal version. Hey, if you're so sure, why do you need the website?

You are stark raving bonkers!!! Chas_Chas_123. What mater if evolution is " disproved ", as you so often rant. Where is the evidence for creation? If not X(evolution) then Y(creation ) is the classic argument from ignorance.

I believe this should be in the religion and spirituality section, not anthropology, as we're all getting a bit sick of Creationists here. About 1/700 American scientists will say that the Creation is 'possible'. There are more American scientists called 'Steve' that say it's impossible than all the Creation supporting scientists put together. http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/3541_project_steve_2_16_2003.asp You misunderstand the use of the word 'theory' here. It used in the same way the Theory of gravity is used, not the way laymen use it. We've observed at least one speciation event in the last few decades (London Underground Mosquito), and many more within recorded history. Get over it, the bible was wrong.

So really.. I'm going to tell you my answer again.. It's called "cross-breed", not "cross-mutate", and actually, crossbreeding happens often.. For example, you can come up with all sorts of kinds of rose breeds by crossbreeding them. Frankly, your argument is silly because you're obviously not getting what the theory of evolution is. Now, I am not saying that we evolved from monkeys. I think that's silly too.. And by the way, I am a Christian too.. And "blind faith" is also what is needed to believe in God. The basis of Christianity is faith (and it's pretty much blind, because we can't prove He's real). However (and you really should read this), evolution is basically where you inherit certain traits from your ancestors. That's where natural selection comes in.. Let's use your toad as an example.. There are certain traits that it could have inherited (it can hop better, it can catch flies easier, or it could have gotten bad traits - hops slower, etc). The ones with the good traits (hopping faster, catching flies easier) survive better than the toads with the bad traits, and will likely live to reproduce. Because they survived and reproduced, their traits will be more likely to be passed down to the next generation. So the toad "evolves" from its previous kinds of toads by passing down certain traits and after a long time, it can have so many different traits passed down that it could be (and many times is) considered a completely different species. So please, the next time you try to bash any certain theory, try to actually learn about it before quoting a bunch of random sources. And chromosomes have nothing to do with how big an organism is.

Why oh why do you and other like you continue to plague the Anthropology board? Do you hope to convert us? Those who have spent their adult lives and thousands of dollars being educated on the exact opposite of what you preach? Really people, *shakes head*. I think the best tactic from now on may be to ignore you and your beliefs. Btw, I am so amused by those who say Evolution has no scarp of evidence, yet where is the evidence of Creation? A Big Man in the sky created the entire earth and all its dwellers in seven days? Proof please :P

Evolution - It's already been proven.

Get educated beyond your boundaries. Chevre1, you especially.