i hear this and read this a lot, "i don't believe in evolution" or " this person does not believe in evolution".
when we say this we a perpetuating the myth that evolution is a belief, when in reality it is a fact.
we should say " this person does not accept evolution as a fact".
Thank you spook I understand a lot better now. I really appreciate the time people take to explain things. Thank you.
Now if I got it straight, evolution is a theory (an explanation of a process) that is based on facts (data ) and it (evolution) is very likely to be true because of the data that supports it.
he's such a loving understanding god.
the other day, i prayed to him while i was..... ah fuck i'm no good at this april fools' shit..
Yea I figured something smelled fishy
i hear this and read this a lot, "i don't believe in evolution" or " this person does not believe in evolution".
when we say this we a perpetuating the myth that evolution is a belief, when in reality it is a fact.
we should say " this person does not accept evolution as a fact".
Keep in mind that whatever you choose must be observable, testable, and repeatable.
I don't understand what you want, are you asking for a scientist to replicate the evolutionary process?
i hear this and read this a lot, "i don't believe in evolution" or " this person does not believe in evolution".
when we say this we a perpetuating the myth that evolution is a belief, when in reality it is a fact.
we should say " this person does not accept evolution as a fact".
What drwtsn is saying is right, It has been observed in bacteria and animals. It has been observed through the fossils record and DNA. I has been predicted, I can not remember the exact details but there was a fossils of a fish like creature ( not a fish, you must understand the importance of this difference) in northern Canada. The people who found it knew were to look, how deep to dig and what kind of fossil they were going to find. This is a fact and this can only be done if they got it right.
I am happy that I asked this question I have learned a lot. I am realising more and more that a lot of people who do not accept evolution simply do not understand the facts or are afraid of something ( I do not what to sound condescending so sorry). I rejected evolution for a long time until I got the facts straight. I realised what was presented to me as evolution was clearly not the real deal.
i was talking to one of the engineers who works here and we got into the subject of the resurrection.
he stated that a resurrected body is not really the person who dies, but a clone and hence not the same person.
he said it was no different than a person who is about to die who makes a copy of himself (with the same thoughts and memories).. he said it was similar to the concept of the dematerializer transporter on star trek.
Never mind the body, what freaked me out when I was a kid ( and later when i still believed) was they said that you would not remember your past life???? I was like well if I can not remember what it was like in the old system that means I would not be me any more because what happen to me shape who I am, I also never got a good answer.
i hear this and read this a lot, "i don't believe in evolution" or " this person does not believe in evolution".
when we say this we a perpetuating the myth that evolution is a belief, when in reality it is a fact.
we should say " this person does not accept evolution as a fact".
Hey mad dawg, how about the bacteria, that is an example of observe evolution were DNA was not lost
i hear this and read this a lot, "i don't believe in evolution" or " this person does not believe in evolution".
when we say this we a perpetuating the myth that evolution is a belief, when in reality it is a fact.
we should say " this person does not accept evolution as a fact".
Thanks Cades and drwtsn, I was looking for those examples, I also think there is a bacteria that evolve the ability to "eat" cellulose.
i hear this and read this a lot, "i don't believe in evolution" or " this person does not believe in evolution".
when we say this we a perpetuating the myth that evolution is a belief, when in reality it is a fact.
we should say " this person does not accept evolution as a fact".
Thanks chalam I will check it out later now i must go to work.
is there a possibility for jw's turning against the gb, perhaps by boycotting the "meetings" and fs?.
in my opinion, i think we could be heading for something to that "effect"..... i have heard several "brothers" in my cong talking about the "need" to adapt to the ever changing world..... .
are they gonna go mainstream and avoid a possible revolt?.
Well if they do revolt automatically they would not be JW.. JW don't revolt they obey.
i hear this and read this a lot, "i don't believe in evolution" or " this person does not believe in evolution".
when we say this we a perpetuating the myth that evolution is a belief, when in reality it is a fact.
we should say " this person does not accept evolution as a fact".
Hi AC,
If science cannot answer all the questions then that begs the question, who can?
In life, if there are questions there there are always answers, you just have to go to the right place to find them.
All the best,
Stephen
I think you misunderstood. I said science does not have all the answers, I did not say the scientific method will never find all the answers. For now we have good answer but we do not have all the answers.
" Philosophy (which is a form of science) is questions that we may never answer, religion is answer we may never question". I can not remember who said this but that is the major difference with the scientific method and religion, science is not dogmatic.
