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 Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:42 am
In the November 2004 edition of the national geographic magazine, I noticed a very interesting article, which essentially, was an explanation of the evolution theory and why it was correct. It was very logical, and explained that the evidence fits into all four categories of: Biogeography (study of the geographical locations of difference species), Palentology (investigation of extinct species through fossils), Embryology (examination of the earlier stages of development), and Morphology (the science of the shape and design of creatures). There is most certainly more than one argument which is undeniable. An interesting fact was pointed out at the beginning of the article- the amount of people who dismiss the theory, for one reason or another. (or for no reason...) http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0411/feature1 Other people too, not just scriptural literalists, remain unpersuaded about evolution. According to a Gallup poll drawn from more than a thousand telephone interviews conducted in February 2001, no less than 45 percent of responding U.S. adults agreed that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so." Evolution, by their lights, played no role in shaping us. Only 37 percent of the polled Americans were satisfied with allowing room for both God and Darwin—that is, divine initiative to get things started, evolution as the creative means. (This view, according to more than one papal pronouncement, is compatible with Roman Catholic dogma.) Still fewer Americans, only 12 percent, believed that humans evolved from other life-forms without any involvement of a god. The most startling thing about these poll numbers is not that so many Americans reject evolution, but that the statistical breakdown hasn't changed much in two decades. Gallup interviewers posed exactly the same choices in 1982, 1993, 1997, and 1999. The creationist conviction—that God alone, and not evolution, produced humans—has never drawn less than 44 percent. In other words, nearly half the American populace prefers to believe that Charles Darwin was wrong where it mattered most.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:57 pm
Was that in the Novermber 2004 edition or was it December??? I dunno... but I read it and I'm going 2 go show it 2 my conservative christian friends. But it was a really well put together article and it will give those creationists a run for their money ^^'
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:20 am
Yes I saw that. Brilliance. It's hard to believe that people can remain unpersuaded when the evidence is so hard... I'm emailing a creationist evangelist right now to tell him he's wrong. xd
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:24 pm
It was the november issue...it was brillant
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:54 pm
It was fantastic. I bought the magazine just for that article... and because i love NG. heart
I don't understand why people don't see that the evidence points to evolution and no one yet has been able to scientifically disprove it.
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:08 pm
Shadroth In the November 2004 edition of the national geographic magazine, I noticed a very interesting article, which essentially, was an explanation of the evolution theory and why it was correct. It was very logical, and explained that the evidence fits into all four categories of: Biogeography (study of the geographical locations of difference species), Palentology (investigation of extinct species through fossils), Embryology (examination of the earlier stages of development), and Morphology (the science of the shape and design of creatures). There is most certainly more than one argument which is undeniable. An interesting fact was pointed out at the beginning of the article- the amount of people who dismiss the theory, for one reason or another. (or for no reason...) http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0411/feature1 Other people too, not just scriptural literalists, remain unpersuaded about evolution. According to a Gallup poll drawn from more than a thousand telephone interviews conducted in February 2001, no less than 45 percent of responding U.S. adults agreed that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so." Evolution, by their lights, played no role in shaping us. Only 37 percent of the polled Americans were satisfied with allowing room for both God and Darwin—that is, divine initiative to get things started, evolution as the creative means. (This view, according to more than one papal pronouncement, is compatible with Roman Catholic dogma.) Still fewer Americans, only 12 percent, believed that humans evolved from other life-forms without any involvement of a god. The most startling thing about these poll numbers is not that so many Americans reject evolution, but that the statistical breakdown hasn't changed much in two decades. Gallup interviewers posed exactly the same choices in 1982, 1993, 1997, and 1999. The creationist conviction—that God alone, and not evolution, produced humans—has never drawn less than 44 percent. In other words, nearly half the American populace prefers to believe that Charles Darwin was wrong where it mattered most. O.o this is disgusting. people are so blind when it comes to certain new ideas. You never see people raving on that TVs or cds are evil, yet they certainly weren't there when God supposedly created the earth
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:57 pm
I read that article and made me more of a believer for that than before. What sucks is that people are still too stupid to even have an open mind about it.
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 7:21 am
Evolution is a perfectly sound theory, but it is never scientific to believe that any theory exactly applies to the real world.
The implications of the theory of evolution not applying to this world are far too bizarre to consider. For example, it would be literally impossible to design and build anything new, and all organisms would look identical.
You see, the theory of evolution was developed to explain the variation and individuality of species, but it also applies to things like cars and beliefs systems. If the theory of evolution did not apply to the real world, then it would mean that it is impossible for mutants to exist, which means that parents of any organism would have to be identical. If they were not, then every organism would be genetically different from its parents; mutation.
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