Theory of Evolution

[DamianTV]

It doesnt matter what RP believes in, he respects your choice to believe in what you want. Im totally against his stance on abortion and support the guy still because he respects my beliefes. Respect is a two way street. Proponents for either side, abortion vs pro life, evolution vs. creationism, dont respect each other. Divided we fall becasue of the lack of respect, not because we have different opinions.

 

[Paul10]

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[jclay2]

Maybe he is hesitant to believe it because there is sanctity in this life that evolutionist can't explain.

 

[snpage]

I don't believe in evolution. I think the errors that even science have noted with carbon dating prove that the idea is not 100% (ie measuring volcanos and the resulting rock that have erupted in the past 10-20 years and they coming back as being billion of years old. I guess my issue is, how can we say that something is billions of years old when we dont have anything that is varifiably (sans carbon dating) that is a billion years old? Makes no sense to me. We have pletny of varifiable things that are 5k years old (I believe the earth is probably around 8-10k years old.). However we use a proven flawed science to try and date things? Makes no sense to me. YPOVMV.

 

[ELD]

Evolution is a theory, and not a great one at that. The same people who hold the concepts as absolute truths are likely the sames ones that think there are laws of gravity (and not theories). The educational system in the country is a joke. The majority of people I've talked to about evolution honestly believe we've evolved from apes - which isn't even close to what the theory claims. Perhaps anyone with less education than Dr. Paul shouldn't get too upset about his very informed opinions.

 

[DamianTV]

Right. So when we lived in caves, we didnt take the scrap frenzied wolves that followed cavemen and thru thousands of years of breeding them, create every breed of dog we know today from the teacup poodle to the mastiff, german shepard, poodle, and every mut and hybrid in between.

But this isnt about im right and youre wrong or im wrong and youre right. Its about respect for everyone elses beliefs. I do believe in evolution and I will stand by the side of anyone who doesnt agree with me on it because it is OUR RIGHT to our own beliefs. When everyone believed the world was still flat, anyone who even said otherwise was persecuted, (*cough* Galileo) and tried for heracy. Even if it turned out Galileo was right, he was still tried for Heracy. That is not the world I want to live in.

Even if we dont believe in the same thing, like I said, I will support anyone elses beliefs in anything else, but all I ask in return is to stand by my side when I am accused of not beliving in what the inquisitors want me to beileve. George Bush takes away your liberties to protect you and its for your own good, trust me, or go to jail for extremist views. Stand by my side and I will stand by yours. Would you do that for me?

 

[ELD]

I absolutely accept that other people have different beliefs. One issue that comes up is how evolution is taught in our schools. Evolution is simply a theory, and yet it is mostly taught as fact. That is something that I find unacceptable. I have my own understanding of how this came into being, and how the sciences have been hijacked, but this is another issue all together.

 

[WilliamC]

Right. So when we lived in caves, we didnt take the scrap frenzied wolves that followed cavemen and thru thousands of years of breeding them, create every breed of dog we know today from the teacup poodle to the mastiff, german shepard, poodle, and every mut and hybrid in between.

But this isnt about im right and youre wrong or im wrong and youre right. Its about respect for everyone elses beliefs. I do believe in evolution and I will stand by the side of anyone who doesnt agree with me on it because it is OUR RIGHT to our own beliefs. When everyone believed the world was still flat, anyone who even said otherwise was persecuted, (*cough* Galileo) and tried for heracy. Even if it turned out Galileo was right, he was still tried for Heracy. That is not the world I want to live in.

Even if we dont believe in the same thing, like I said, I will support anyone elses beliefs in anything else, but all I ask in return is to stand by my side when I am accused of not beliving in what the inquisitors want me to beileve. George Bush takes away your liberties to protect you and its for your own good, trust me, or go to jail for extremist views. Stand by my side and I will stand by yours. Would you do that for me?

Freedom Brings Us Together!

 

[stevekerp]

THEORY of evolution

Let's face it -- there's been an ongoing campaign against all of us since kindergarten to accept Evolution as a "scientific fact" and reject the idea of a direct creation event by God.

NEITHER is science, folks. Science must be provable, demonstrable, testable, and falsifiable. Evolution is more properly 'evolutionism' - a PHILOSOPHY.

The Framers believe Creation was a self-evident truth. Read your Declaration. Darwin postulated a whole lot of evidence that has never surfaced. Indeed, discoveries in the area of molecular biology have made Darwin's ideas even more untenable. There is no 'simple cell' -- it is all very complex. The problem is, there are only two choices, and if Evolutionism is ruled out, the only other option is Creation.

The political problem is this: If there is no creator, there is no problem with the idea that Politicians -- our ruling elite -- are simply more highly evolved than the rest of us and they DESERVE to rule us as a matter of natural law, the survival of the fittest. We have no basis for our complaint, because we have no God-given rights (they can't exist if there is no creator). All we have is some rather strongly held preferences, but if we are on the lower rungs of the evolutionary ladder, our preferences don't matter. So grab a shovel and quit bitching.

We hold that there is no Divine Right of Kings, and we also hold as a matter of God-given right that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of individual liberty and the preservation of individual rights, the People have the right and the duty to alter or abolish that government. Again, if there is no Creation, then to whom do we owe the duty? And who gave us the right.

I have examined the evidence for both Creation and Evolutionism, and I have, on the basis of the evidence, rejected the latter. I am not alone; there are lots of scientists far more qualified than myself who have also rejected Darwinism.

So before you discount Dr. Paul, I suggest you examine the evidence for yourself. Bear in mind, if you reject Creation, you reject the Creator. If you reject the Creator, you reject the existence of your rights and play right into the hands of those for whom tyranny is the way things ought to be.

 

[Scott Wilson]

Evolutionary Science :- The selective observation and application of data coupled with extraordinarily imaginative mechanisms which explain what is already held to be true.


Example...

Observation tells us that gas expanding in a vacuum will continue to expand until an equilibrium is reached within the confines to which the vacuum exists.

The following link is an extraordinarily long winded and detailed explanation as to why an evolutionary assumption can violate a clear observable physical principle.

Stellar Evolution
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/fr_1/fr_1_stel.html



This is why I seldom get into evolutionary arguments any more. Evolutionary biology is all dressed up in complicated explanations which are designed to appear authoritive to the proud and the ignorant.

Common sense and simple observation clearly indicate that stellar evolution is a myth. Biological evolution, where it is taught that all life evolved from a common ancestor, is also similarly shown to be ludicrous when common sense and simple observation are applied.

 

[terlinguatx]

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