The Barbarian said:
Just because there are similarities doesn't mean one came from the other.
No kidding. If all we had were similarities, it wouldn't be much good, would it? But that's not how it works. One also has to look at genetics, the existence of transitional organisms (and only between those lines predicted to have them), anatomical and embryological data, and observed speciations.
When you have that kind of evidence, it's compelling.
[quote:6a048]And that's what evolution is, sorting out by what looks like the other and similarity in structure or composition.
Nope. See above. All that, and a lot more. Sorting of fossils in the geologic column, vestigial organs, and a lot more.
And if an age test doesn't give the required results the test is redone until it fits the accepted sort.
Nope. You've been misled about that, too. Let's take a case:
You go to the doctor, (assuming you are a male) and he decides to have some tests run on you. One of them comes back indicating that you are pregnant. The doctor should:
A. Inform you that you are about to make medical history
B. Decide that all labwork is useless, because someone goofed on this one
C. Redo the test, because it was an obvious mistake.
Does that suggest to you what's wrong with your argument?
The mechanics of evolution may not be provable due to the supposed long timeframes involved so faith is needed to continue acceptance of the theory.
That's like saying mountains don't erode into hills, because no one has ever lived long enough to see one do it. No faith required, just evidence.
Evolution is just as much a faith as any spiritual belief.
It always astonishes me that people who are presumably believers use "faith" as a derogatory accusation. Faith is a very good thing. It just won't work for evolution. Scientists use facts to support evolution. No faith required.
And it takes faith based on assumption to be motivated to do any kind of research to support one's theory.
Nope. Just a sense of skepticism. Evern time evolution is tested by research, there's the understanding that if the theory is not supported, it will have to be modified or abandoned. So far, it's held up pretty well, although there have been numerous modifications to it since Darwin.
The sort for the evolution of horses is still shown as a simple chain in many textbooks today.
That's kind of surprising. I get to review science textbooks. To which textbook are you referring? I can't remember the last time I saw that one.
I'm very serious. I would like to know the name and the publisher. I'll write them a nasty note myself for you.
Unfortunately there had been recent findings that show this is not the case making the "sort" a much more complex issue to continue the faith than depicted in outdated science textbooks used in schools today.
If by "recent", you mean 60 years ago, yes.
It's still my belief that as science gets closer to the truth we'll get closer to God.
You can do that now, if you want. Science can't do it for you. But you can do it for yourself.
The idea of biblical creation isn't only in Genesis but also testified by Christ's creation of bread and fishes to feed the multitudes. Anyone at those events may also look upon a proffered serving of fish and by observation conclude the fish is at least a few month's old and not "made" minutes or hours before.
Do you think Jesus had to do that to feed people? He could have done it without anyone being the wiser. God doesn't do miracles because He has to; He does them to teach us something. The biblical version directly refutes the "ex nihilo" doctrine, since God says that he created life naturally.
Evolution disregards God's power of instantaneous creation,
Horsefeathers. It makes no statement at all about such things. It can't, being science.
claims Christ's miracles as a lie
That's a rather egregious falsehood. Evolutionary theory does no such thing.
and relies solely on the egotistical minds of men.
So does theology. But we sometimes find the truth anyway.[/quote:6a048]
Do you not know that God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Word are all one? If not, then read John 1:1-3,
"And the Word was
with God. And the Word
was God.
He was
with God in the beginning." John 1:14,
"And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." And since the Jesus is the Word, then he says God created man out of dust, not from apes. He also says that man was the only creature in whom God breathed life. God did not do that to the animals. That alone separates man from the animals. And evolution clearly disagrees with that. So your attempts to disagree with that simply because you say so with zero explanation is hogwash. Sorry.