That's your answer to the question? That's your explanation? I know I am not the first or the last person to ask for an explanation. You really didn't answer anything though Manny. What should I expect though from someone who calls himself God?
I went to the zoo a few months ago and was completely amazed with the gorillas.
They sit waiting for food to be thrown to them,while others check for lice,while others play,while others study the humans on the other side of the gate.
I scratch my head and eat a banana while I study them.
If any human resembled a chimp IMO it was Johnny Carson.
I commend all who are just itching to post the "Bush/Chimp" pic.
Kip, I gave you the answer. Do you want a longer detailed explanation that is basically going to say exactly what I gave you in one sentence?
Ok
Evolution is the process by which species adapt to their environment. If Species A is competing with Species B for the same food source, neither species is going to dominate if all other variables are equal.
Now, if Species A evolves into Species C which develops an ability to seek a new food source, it will flourish due to reduced compe ion. Now if you apply this principle in a broad manner regarding every variable there is amoung life (which is quite a large number, Kip) you can see where the diversity of the life on this earth would grow quite exponentialy given a period of time. As species evolve, niches are formed and others are destroyed and as life evolves to fit these niches, you add even more diversity.
Happy?
5-4-3-2-1I commend all who are just itching to post the "Bush/Chimp" pic.
NBADan
don't call me prophet
Wait until you see one masterbate. That'll throw you.
If you do not believe that God had the power to Create Man, then you do not believe in God. do not fool yourself. I am catholic by birth and family as well, I have a cross and St. Jude (patron saint of lost causes) around my neck. But I too have a problem learning in Catholic church...too traditional, too scripted. But they are coming around...more contemporary priests to reach out to a greater audience without alienating...I personally like Baptist Church. Sing, Say o, Listen, Learn. Get Closer. But we each have our own path to follow...Godbless you Batman...the truth is out there...sometimes we are too close and need to take a step back to see it clearly....
My family always tries to tell me the same thing if i dont believe in creation then i dont believe in god, but thats a load of crock to me im sorry. I mean its hard to believe, given the many years we spend in school and learning about life and everything that helps you live out your life correctly such as reasoning and common sense....Creation goes against any logical reasoning, look at it from the big picture your telling me a supreme being just said let there be man and in an instant poof there was Adam, how crazy does that sound, its not logical at all nor rational. It makes no sense what so ever, evolution does make sense since it has been proven through time with science. Life evolves, creatures adapt to their envirnments to better their chances in keeping the species alive.
Hey species A likes "Fajitas" while species B likes "ants" on a pole.
It could be that species B is on "Fear Factor"
So how long would you say that Earth has been around? How longs have humans been around? Why haven't humans been destroyed?
we desire to believe in a higherachy.
we desire not to believe in other peoples higherarchys.
we go to war for our beliefs.
we destroy each other.
I call it stubborness.
Are you trying to make a point? Come out and make it already so I can refute it.
Very good point.
The earth has been around for between 3 and 4 billion years.
Humans in the present form have been around for maybe 200,000 years.
We're working on that. Hopefully we can learn to live together and avert destroying ourselves. Humans have been on the earth for a very short time though.Why haven't humans been destroyed?
That is why it is called Faith.
The belief in the unknown.
My niece asks me the same question.."Tio, but how do you know that God exists?"
And I always answer, "That is why it is called faith".
"God have mercy on the man who doubts what he's sure of."
~~Bruce Springsteen.
In the last 100 years we have taken quantum leaps in destroying each other and for one reason or another we keep looking for the cancer cure.
Am I trying to make a point? Not really. You're making it for me. You really haven't proven anything as you say evolution has been proven. Its a belief. That's it. You keep coming back with answers written by man. We all know man doesn't have the answer to everything that happens on this planet. So why should we believe that the answers you keep coming with are true? You respond with theories Manny. That's all it is. Let me give you a great example as to man not having the answers to everything. You seem to like and know stuff about weather and what computer models show. Right? You see a system developing in the Atlantic somewhere or whatever body of water it may be. You right away post that this will hurricane is going to hit here in several days. What happens two days from the first time you post about the hurricane? You change your answer and say, well something happened and now the hurricane will not hit so and so city, it will now hit this city. Right before the hurricane makes landfall, you change your prediction and say, ok the hurricane somehow took a turn this way and is going to hit this city. Why do you do that Manny? Because God controls the weather. You can't predict what is going to happen. You don't have the capability. No man on this planet does. Not even your computer models have the answer. Sure, you might reply to this post by saying, well its hard to predict where these hurricanes are going because of different weather patterns that occur as the hurricane approaches land. Just admit, you can't predict it. Nothing wrong with it because no one can. Its not for us to predict exactly what will happen. Again I ask the question I asked above, why should be believe man when they say evolution is the explanation as to how humans were created or came about? Man doesn't have the answer to everything. God gives us knowledge to certain things and then there are things that he doesn't allow us to comprehend. Why did Hurricane spare Galveston? How come it hit Port Arthur instead of Galveston or Corpus? I don't know. You might come back and say, well because this so and so occured, which caused the hurricane to move more towards the East. That is really easy for you to say ONE DAY before it made landfall. What about the week before it made landfall? The weather folks were saying it was going to hit anywhere between Corpus and Galveston. Right? It changed. Why? Only God knows.Are you trying to make a point? Come out and make it already so I can refute it.
i know all about faith but i mean come on how are we today suppose to even believe much of what is said in the bible...first off the bible was written by man, that fact alone should make us deter to something more fact based, and secondly it has been translated thousands of times through the years.....lets not forget the fact that one person, cant tell another person one thing without it turning into a completely false statement before ever getting around the room. People like to add their own stuff to stories, and thats how its always been, most of the bible is probably some myth or legend like that of the greek gods.
Like I said before...you prove God exists...and then faith dissipates...and so does the belief in the concept of God.
I think you believe there is a God. I doubt you believe in God. There are many who believe there is a God. Even the demons in this world believe there is a God. However, you don't believe in God. If you did, you wouldn't doubt that He created and I.
Much like "quattro" huh?
In the begginning Maxpower Chapter 1 Verse 1,free new quattro given free to 1st 250,000 link.
In the Book of Batman letters to TopCherry Chapter 35 verse 22, 'God taketh my manhood and made me feline"
When you get sick, do you go to a hospital or a priest? When you need something fixed, do you call the appropriate company or do you look up the answer in the bible? When you want your kids taught the explanation to what causes the Aurora Borealis do you look up a psalm or do you look up a chapter in a science book?
Man by no means has all of the answers, but that by no means makes a case that evolution is wrong. If you want to use that arguement to justify your stance, you might as well discredit every other benfit you gather from science.
You're so ing full of ! You want to use the inability of weather forcasting to prove the existance of a higher being? Well then explain to me how we have advanced the ability to forcast to the point we have now? At one point, we were unable to predict jack , and now we have a much better grasp on why things occur when they do and why.You respond with theories Manny. That's all it is. Let me give you a great example as to man not having the answers to everything. You seem to like and know stuff about weather and what computer models show. Right? You see a system developing in the Atlantic somewhere or whatever body of water it may be. You right away post that this will hurricane is going to hit here in several days. What happens two days from the first time you post about the hurricane? You change your answer and say, well something happened and now the hurricane will not hit so and so city, it will now hit this city. Right before the hurricane makes landfall, you change your prediction and say, ok the hurricane somehow took a turn this way and is going to hit this city. Why do you do that Manny? Because God controls the weather. You can't predict what is going to happen. You don't have the capability. No man on this planet does. Not even your computer models have the answer. Sure, you might reply to this post by saying, well its hard to predict where these hurricanes are going because of different weather patterns that occur as the hurricane approaches land. Just admit, you can't predict it. Nothing wrong with it because no one can. Its not for us to predict exactly what will happen. Again I ask the question I asked above, why should be believe man when they say evolution is the explanation as to how humans were created or came about? Man doesn't have the answer to everything. God gives us knowledge to certain things and then there are things that he doesn't allow us to comprehend. Why did Hurricane spare Galveston? How come it hit Port Arthur instead of Galveston or Corpus? I don't know. You might come back and say, well because this so and so occured, which caused the hurricane to move more towards the East. That is really easy for you to say ONE DAY before it made landfall. What about the week before it made landfall? The weather folks were saying it was going to hit anywhere between Corpus and Galveston. Right? It changed. Why? Only God knows.
No, if you seek to explain everything that is not fully understood as proof that there is a god, then you go right ahead. But don't sit there and tell me that you are right based on an assumption. That is flat out bull .
Many people have thought like you did. You can find the information on their explanations in any M volume of an encyclopedia. Right under Mythology.
I'm not even discounting the pressence of any higher being, but I'm pointing out that your rationalization for one is the same rationalization that has been used by societies to explain the unknown and not a single one of them has turned out to be right.
So, what should I follow? You're logic based on an assumption, or science that admits to not being able to explain everything but seeks answers in a process backed by information? It is an easy choice for me.
BTW, I didn't answer your question with theories. I gave you observations. If you choose to partake in any type of scientific discussion you might want to learn what laws, theories, observations, variables and the like are. They will better serve your understanding of how the process works.
I hear you. Today's youth is more prone to "need to see it" before they can believe it. It is like proving "love". We can't see it but we know it is there.
Too hard to try to put into words I guess but for me the fact that God exists can be seen everywhere from the smiles on my daughter's faces to the feeling I get inside when I look at them sleeping.
I mean I have no idea how radio waves travel across the air and come out of box sitting in my bedroom but I know it works.
I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit so thus believe in the Bible.
But I understand how you can feel like you do.
I mean....I don't get the Quattro thing at all.
you know nothing about faith. you only have faith in yourself, which is great, but it's not enough.
yes, much was written by man. who created man? who was speaking to man and telling him what to write? who is man writing about? Why don't you trust man? What happend bro?
myth or legend like the greek gods?
you are funny man
you need to listen to your family. they love you and are trying to tell you the truth...
Kip how do you explain DNA? Or the fact that they can clone human beings?
If I can get myself cloned and this person thinks, talks, walks, eats, s, sleeps exactly like me, how do you explain that? Did they clone my soul too?
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