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so whe was talking about evolution in class and it left a lot of kids confused . although some kids was confused there was the ones that believe GOd made us like that,so theres also a question about what came first dinosaurs or the Bible account which is Adam and Eve.... What theories do you believe about evolution and all this?

but you must consider this "unexplained occurences in science" are missing links also, and you believe in it isnt that just about the same as believeing in G/god(s)?

i mean God didnt automatically put us on this earth like this, if that was the case then like i said first which came first the dinosaurs or Adam and Eve, cause in the bible it doesnt mention any dinosaurs and in history it dont have any account of at the begging of time there was men, and how do that explain other things like adaption and such in evolution

according to the Bible(if im right) the earth waas made and withing a week adam and eve were too, explain how the dinosaurs died in a week if you dont mind

not sure why but this topic has been brought up in one way or another in everyone of my haunts on the web. quite frankly i am getting a little sick of it.....lol.


the bible doesn't mention the dinosaurs, nor explains a multitude of other issues man has since answered leaving me to believe the book itself was written by man. That being said, just because you can disprove the bible doesn't mean that God doesn't exist, just that the zealots and bigots that hide behind book as a sheild for their actions are wrong. But then again even the book itself says that such action is wrong...

My opinion is that gods in any shape of form are completely fictitious creations born out of a need for deeper explanation of our existence. Most people like to have reasons for things, because we tend to fear the unknown, and so by concocting the idea of a deity, all awkward questions and insecurities would be conveniently answered. As long as enough people are willing to believe your story, you could make a religion out of anything.

A lot of teachings in the bible and most other holy scripts of the various religions do provide good teachings though, but still, in my opinion holy texts are just glorified book of fancy stories and moral notes.

I'm not religious and don't plan to be unless someone can prove without a shadow of doubt, that a god exists. It does seem impossible to disprove Gods existence, however, all the facts and odds stack up against him.

The fact is, evolution clearly explains the progress of life in a way that makes rational sense, while religion shuffles around it and trips over it's shoe-laces once or twice while doing so.

As for "Unexplained occurrences in science"...well....light bulbs would be an unexplained occurrence in science if you went far enough back. If I showed a Nintendo DS to a medieval Knight, I would probably be labeled a wizard or something of the like. Humanity is far from understanding their surroundings to anywhere near a complete extent, but we're slowly but surely making progress with scientific and technological achievement. I'd prefer that over saying "Yeah thats there because some invisible dude said so" any day.

Phew....well, thats my rough view on the issue, hope it's not too long, I can sometimes ramble on about things. sweatdrop

What have whales being mammals and pre-birth attributes got to do with God though? sweatdrop

The fact that whales are mammals evolved to survive in the sea just demonstrates the broad possibilities of evolution. Just because it's an odd occurrence does not make it the work of divine intervention. Though we would like it, the world isn't perfectly ordered and there will always be the element of chance. Sometimes things that are unlikely happen, sometimes thousand to one chances score. As long as the possibility's there, it'll happen eventually if the chance it passed by enough. If you role a 20 sided dice often enough you'll always get 20 at least once. wink

Now something I would call a missing link would be if eyeballs with wings suddenly came flying past and fried my neighbor outside with laser beams while singing Hallelujah....then I would certainly start to think something was up. But first I'd need to concentrate on a dramatic quest to avenge my neighbor first, with sharp things and magic and dramatic poses.

good points, CP but the question would remain what tails did we have? was were monekys or lizards if you look in a mothers womb the child inside have gills and a small tail(also great answer ot my question i really forgot about those others animals XO). and Kokujo ,whales being mammals and pre-birth attributes have nothing ot do with God i think, i was simple making a example of this missing link that i was speaking of in evolution and i dont know if its chance i really dont know how bugs and animals adapt to their surroundings, i mean a zebra adapted to being black and white so it can hid efrom its predators and a girraffe adapted to reaching for high trees for a abundance of food, maybe this animal(wolf-like, monkey, bird, or frog) adapted, over millions ofcourse, to the water streamline, some experts believe that this adaptions is cause if a animal think hard enough it adapts, and if thats true then is that how we became about(us humans from monkeys or lizards)?