People confuse the pejorative definition of a theory (i.e. an assumption based on little actual knowledge) with the scientific definition. Science defines a theory as follows:

"A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena."

 

it is just macroevolution that i do not think is right.

and i'd rather be called stupid by someone i don't know rather than give up what i strongly believe in. i have yet to see any evidence of macroevolution other than similar looking dna.

 

There is even less (or no) evidence for creationism. At least the evolutionists can say that their theory works on a small (small being a couple 100,000 years) scale, whereas creationists have no way to verify their theory.

 

i mean you are stupid if you don't understand why its called a theory. and similar looking DNA isn't macroevolution. when i said we share similar DNA with monkeys, thats MICRO evolution. we can prove we are descendant from apes. swallow it, its not too bad. i guess its kinda hard to pull away from that anthrocentric view your religion bred into your mind.

 

then what the freak is macroevolution? all this debating is making me go :loco:

 

Macroevolution = Monkeys to humans (natural selection)
Big change.

Microevolution = Humans to stupid humans (lack of natural selection)
Small change.

 

:down:

anyways
i'm one of the most unreligious people you will ever see on a message board

 

:screwy:

(oh, btw, 99civic, i'd love to see some solid proof that we are descendant from apes)

 

macroevolution= big changes, like a simple protein molecule to a fish that can walk on water, etc.

microevolution= smaller changes, like from ape to human, small changes within a species.

we understand that humans evolved from mammals, no problemo. its the original forms of life that are tought to figure out, since the chances of us finding anything about them are slim to none (they don't fossilize well, lol)

 

were you raised around religion?