You JUST missed my previous post. Pretty good website: http://www.talkorigins.org/ I would also suggest that people read the book: The Blind Watchmaker. Excellent read. peace axeman
Newton's Laws are observable FACTS. Evolution is a fuckin' THEORY. FACTS and THEORIES are different things. Are you people morons?
guys, guys, guys.... when it was first figured out that the earth revolved around the sun, and not the other way around, the first people to realize it knew it was a fact. even though they had credible evidence, i'm sure there were still some that said it was not a fact. this stuff doesn't happen over night..it can take decades/centuries for new major discoveries to be widely accepted. so, imo, evolution is a fact. the evidence is just too overwhelming. in a few decades/centuries we will look at evolution as fact..just as we do that the earth revolves around the sun. MAJOR POINT HERE -- when i speak of evolution, i'm not talking about the origin of life. i'm talking about survival of the fittest. if mice glowed in the dark at night, they wouldn't be here right now. also......THIS IS MY OPINION.....feel free to disagree....i strongly believe i'm right, however.....
some things previously considered theories are now facts. when they were theories, of course some said it was wrong.. how is evolution not an observable fact?! it's everywhere i look.....i can't not observe it... look at any plant or animal..better yet, I AM LIVING PROOF OF EVOLUTION! think about yourself! for example, say you have an "ugly" gene....let's just say, you look absolutely terrible if u have this gene....lol..... and say females are not attracted to males who have the ugly gene. you will be at a severe disadvantage when trying to mate. the people who do not have the ugly gene will have much better chances of reproducing. the concept is really pretty simple..and it can be applied in so many ways. take giraffes, for example.... as you know, humans have height variations. giraffes do too. for the sake of example, say the only food giraffes can live on is 20' off the ground. the short giraffes will have a harder time getting food to survive. the taller giraffes won't. over time the taller ones will reproduce more..and probably evolve even better...... the short giraffes were not the fittest and couldn't reproduce as often. i could go on and on. how is evolution NOT observable?!?
The last comment is the truth. In fact, I don't know how some people keep reading his posts. I keep skimming over them or skipping them altogether (usually the latter).
Scourge of mankind is not appropriate. However, the Inquisition and crusades, among others, were definitely dark days.
I'm trying to distinguish the difference between facts and theories, that's all. Of course, there are observable facts that appear to validate the theory of evolution. While theories of physics are hardly debated because of their mathematical foundations, theories of biology and especially evolution are hotly debated because of the lack of mathematical underpinnings.
I wholeheartedly agree. Catholicism as a religion wasn't the culprit; rather, the guilty parties were the weak, intolerant minds who were custodians of Catholicism during those dark periods. Man is a fallible creature. Even the heads of the Catholic Church have proven not to be immune of this failing as the current sex scandals have shown us.