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Mkay, so here I come with another odd thread (I always feel like I'm posting about... strange things).

So there's always the debate about evolution and how, if we choose to accept it, it supposedly denies the exhistance of God.

I don't nessicarily buy into the humans evolving from monkeys business but I do believe the possibility of humans physically changing over our long exhistance.

However, part of me really likes the idea of intelligent design. Intelligent design is basically the idea that God created evolution. God's a pretty smart guy so why wouldn't he design us so that we can adapt to our enviornment? The human race has changed- we have scientific proof of that. So why not credit God with creating that aspect of us as well?

Anyway. Intelligent design, what do y'all think?

Intelligent design as "intelligent design" is stupid, because it's just a ploy to get religion into public schools.

However the concept of God creating evolution is one I firmly believe in.

Evolution is the idea that animals (and plants) evolve over time through genetic mutations.

Humans did not evolve from monkeys, if I have to say it one more time I'm going to, er, use the caps lock. sweatdrop

Evolution says that humans and monkeys share a common ape ancestor, this ape ancestor evolved into two separate groups humans and monkeys.

And there was the Australopithicus, who was small and hairy. And there was Homo Habilis (spelling?) who first used tools I believe. Next Homo Erectus who walked upright and discovered fire. And the Neanderthals who mourned their dead. And so on, and so on. Thus, we evolved into Homo Sapien Sapiens (spelling again?), the "smart human".

So, yes, God guiding/planning evolution makes perfect sense. I mean, it's brilliant. No one but God could have created such an intricate universe, from the atoms to the galaxies, and the universe is so huge.

Everything is made up of atoms which are so tiny, and then the electrons and protons and neutrons that are even tinier that make up the atoms. And the atoms make up the molecules, and the molecules make up everything in the world. In a living thing, molecules make up cells. And in every cell is carried DNA the unique blueprint for that living thing, and the cell is a living thing unto itself. With it's own little organs, or organelles, and all these tiny cells make up tissue. And each tissue makes up an organ. And each organ is part of an organ system, which make up the whole body. But we are just tiny little beings compared to the whole earth. And the whole earth is so tiny compared to a star. And there are millions of stars in just one galaxy, and there are infinite galaxies in the whole universe.

We are so small. How lucky we are to be blessed with life, in this great huge universe. We take it all for granted but this creation is so amazing, we can't even comprehend it.

It is so arrogant to say that the universe is not divine. How can people consider the entire universe and believe it all happened by chance?

That there was the big bang, and bam there was huge coincedince and all there is is just the physical world, and the universe is infinite and their is nothing beyond it and consciousness is just electrical impulses from the brain?

Just to say the universe is infinite seems absolute proof of some divine entity. Infinity goes on forever, forever is a concept the human brain simply cannot grasp.

And if the universe is finite, then what is beyond the universe?

And if there is no God, then why do viruses exist?


Sorry 'bout that. Once I get started, I can't seem to stop. rofl

I think it's ridiculous that anyone could think evolution disproves God. Just because I personally don't believe in it doesn't mean it can't be true. I've been wrong before (I hate to admit that xd ), and if we did evolve from something else, alright. Shows God's even more creative than we originally thought.

I just wanna know where Adam and Eve fit into the whole evolution thing. It's not like, "and then it evolved into Adam."

Lucy? They found out now that her knee joint, the only part of her that would classify her as anything other than a chimpanzee, actually was found a considerable distance from the rest of her remains. And, considerring she was in a mass grave of sorts, I would find it hard to believe that her discovery is credible.

I have to agree with thejesusfreak; Genesis says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The evolution theory is built on a house of cards. Or, for a more biblical metaphor, it is built upon the sand instead of the rock. First, they need the bing bang, which is physically impossible. To paraphrase the latest from a school science book, "The universe began as a minute particle containing near infinite mass that was contained in a space no larger than a period. It is even hypothesized that it was so small that it didn't even exist. That mass exploded." So, billions of years ago, nothing exploded. (now, any of you who have seen Dr. Kent Hovind's seminars on this probably recognize that)

The sheer odds of everything make it impossible. Unless, of course, they claim that the universe billions and billions of years old. And, the process would take millions and millions of years. It seems like atheists in their pride are trying to remove God from the equation. I do agree that Inteligent Design should not be taught in schools, but I don't think that evolution should be claimed as fact either.

My personal favorite is my youth minister's answer when we asked him where the dinosaurs fit in...

"Well, maybe God made the dinosaurs and he decided he didn't like 'em so he destoryed them and they're not in the Bible because man wasn't around yet to witness them.

Or maybe God just put dinosaur bones in the ground to confuse us. They never really exhisted, but he just stuck these huge bones in the dirt. I bet he's laughing at all the palientologists"

Hahahaha XD

You see, Kent Hovind explains the Dinosaurs problem. You also have the water/ice canopy theory, which explains where the floodwaters came from in Genesis. High atmospheric pressure, near hypoberic chamber like qualities, combined with a reduction in solar radiation allows for animals and plants to grow to the massive proportions that their fossils and remains show us. Dinosaurs are no more than overgrown lizards.

Go Intelligent Design!

Irony like that always kills me, but at the same time I'm incredibly grateful.