Randomt thought on life

Exactly. Humans skin colour change depending on the climate, it doesn't mean we're "evolving".
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Master Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 602 Location: boston

As far as I know there is no way to tell the skin color of any species based on what can be dug up. I didn't know until fairly recently that we have no idea what color any of the dinasaurs were. I just always sort of assumed the pictures were correct, then I read somewhere that the color is unknown.

Illustrators just likely used elephants and reptiles(crocs) as color templates.

By the way, the peppered moth example is not a great one for proving evolution. At the time of the experiment, BOTH versions of the moth, black and white, where present. There were never any new species that emerged. The only thing that changed was the population ratio of white moths to black moths. This could be due to a large number of facts, such as the white moths being eaten by predators due to them not blending in as well. Also important to note is that the white months have made a comeback since and are now largely prevalent.

And on separate note. The reason I am so against evolution is not because I feel it intrudes on my religion. Its because it is so completely ridiculous from a scientific viewpoint. It does not follow the rules of a scientific theory, and even when all the evidents points otherwise people do everything they can to justify evolution, even committing forgery in many cases (Archaeoraptor). What kind of "open-minded" ideology is that?

On top of that, why is it the only point of view taught in schools? For crying out loud, they wont even let students know about arguments against certain evolution experiments and such. It is treated as an almost flawless explanation.

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I think the problem with "Evolution" is that the word itself and the concept that many people put behind it is vague and misleading. Just about everyone in their right mind believes in evolution. Nature is all about survival of the fittest and living organisms can adapt their genes and biology in order to better adapt to their environment.

However, "Evolution" has been evolved, ha ha, into a whole new beast. Now when you say "Evolution" it's about apes transforming into human beings over a large expanse of time in small steps as evidence by these old skeletons they have found.

Now I'm no expert in these matters, so I'm not even going to try and question their conclusions and findings, however, I do know that science is usually a matter of theory and conjecture. In my opinion the best way cover something fairly is to show it from several viewpoints, because most likely the truth is somewhere in between. To show only one viewpoint of anything is simply flawed.

Plus with a timescale reaching back that far, I can't understand how anyone can take their conjectures as facts. The room for error in such assumptions is too vast for anything to be taken too seriously. Bones may tell us a lot, but they can't tell us everything. I think some of the scientist need to accept the fact that they are never going to get the whole picture, and that somethings will forever remain unanswered.
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Master Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 599

Rouge77, I like all Christians can't beat you on the scientific field, because science itself has a fatal flaw. Science is based on things you can measure/observe so things like feelings, Providence, assurance, faith and the like can't exist within science. Meaning our most powerful weapons can't work here. So, scientifically, you have me beat but that doesn't mean you are right, because this is only one field of battle. So to conclude I will quote my good friend Puddleglum the marsh-wiggle:
"Suppose we have made all this up, suppose we have... Well then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important then the real ones."

Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Wink

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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

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All the better then! Smile

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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

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