Damn. I was hoping someone would explain why I have nipples ;D
.... nvm .... Look, as far as DTOE goes: usually with science we like to be able to perform an experiment to test a hypothesis. It's very easy to design an experiment to test DTOE - Just take a 100% sterile environment with enough space and some water and stuff in it and the right amount of radiation (i.e. another earth-type planet but with no life), then you just throw in one microbe and wait for a while - probably 100,000 years would be long enough to start seeing solid results, but 10 or 20 million years would be better ...... and its also going to take us about the same amount of time to carry the microbe to the new planet.
On the other hand, if you want results a bit sooner than that, then the best you can do is to clearly define your theory then look for pre-existing results that support it - which in this case is virtually every scientific observation made in every related field (genetics, biology, anthropology etc.) by every scientist in the world.
If you don't believe in science, then please turn off your computer now as it is clearly powered by voodoo and that shit is nasty ;D
The TOE is just one of those obvious things like gravity. The difference is we don't understand gravity, we can just observe the effect it has without understanding how it works. BUT we DO have the entire mechanism for evolution understood - DNA sequencing is now commonplace and multiple complete genomes are mapped allowing us to observe the changes - its a no-brainer.
The only reason people have trouble with it, is because they see it as conflicting with their faith. TO ME THIS SEEMS TO BE SIMPLY A LACK OF FAITH. If there is an intelligent creator then this is obviously the method he/she used to create us - the evidence is EVERYWHERE.
Surely your faith in GOD should be strong enough to survive the scientific method?
Why would anyone believe that the TOE should be incompatible with faith?
Because a MAN told you it is?
Don't believe the man, ask GOD.
( GOD is not a fool ^-^ )
If you don't believe in science, then please turn off your computer now as it is clearly powered by voodoo and that shit is nasty
lol what does a computer have to do with Darwinian Evolution.
Oh. I thought that was obvious:
They are both products of the scientific method, but are at opposite ends of the time scale:
- Things that happen with electronics happen on a scale of micro or nano-seconds, they happen so fast that computers can do more calculations than humans can really even comprehend properly, but we can see the results instantly, so there is no denying that they work.
- Things that happen with evolution happen on a scale of years (lots of them) so it's less accessable for people to visualise. BUT ... to the universe a thousand years is just the blink of an eye so there can still be countless millions of changes to DNA sequences, which brings about evolution.
Denial produces nothing and achieves nothing (unless you count extremist terrorism as an achievment), but modern technology is proof that the scientific method of thinking actually WORKS. It creates things. Your car. Your computer. Your dogs microchip.
People will accept all of these things but then go into denial about something that is a result of exactly the same methodology as soon as some TV evangelist or what-not tells them that GOD says otherwise.
Sorry, but the guy on the TV is a dick, and my GOD is not a freakin idiot.
:critter: Maybe your GOD is kinda simple, but my GOD is way smart enough to have created evolution.
Evolution DOES NOT disprove GOD, it only proves that some MEN who thought they knew everything about GOD were wrong.
Go look up "pride" in your favorite scripture, my GOD will get a good lol out of it. ;)