Without googling, Christians; tell me what you think evolution is. I'm doing a survey for my own insipid purposes, to see if those who mainly spit into the face of evolution even understand what it is. I'll be able to tell if you googled, so at least paraphrase.

It means species change over time because of natural selection. Eventually genes mutate in order to adapt and produce offspring.

The definition of evolution, is not the evolution that Christians argue against. They argue against the theory of human evolution, not against the fact of evolution.

Um, no, they [fundementalists] argue over both.

Many don't, but they don't need to. They throw all evidence out that doesn't match their beloved bible, so they don't need to know what the hell they're talking about to be able to discredit it. Hence, they have a non-argument which is why creationism isn't taught in schools.

i was told catholics dont belive in evolution

quote:Originally posted by Trooper555:

i was told catholics dont belive in evolution

Some of them do some of them don't the church says make up your own mind.

i believe in evolution on a micro scale. like if one person doesn't procreate and no one from that person's family does either, they are out of the human gene pool. the human gene pool will evolve without that persons family's unique physical characteristics. the whole ape to ape-man to man... i think it is possible, but i don't believe it is fact, yet. not until all the evidence is provided.

ADDED: i'm catholic. there is a vast amount of catholics that take the first chapters of Genesis metaphorically and say that it speaks of evolution, but with the help of God.

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My opinon of evolution is more like, humans and crap were already here. They just merely changed as time went on.

Not some weird thingy about coming from worms of monkeys.

quote:Originally posted by Flyingpiggs:

My opinon of evolution is more like, humans and crap were already here. They just merely changed as time went on.

Not some weird thingy about coming from worms of monkeys.

It's not like the fucking X-men or something. It's not like a monkey gave birth to a human being overnight, even if that would explain Sylvester Stallone's existence.

If some type of higher power does exist, I think I would agree with the idea that perhaps it aided things like evolution.

How about this - when you think about it, nature tends to get rid of its useless offshoots by effectively removing everything it needs to survive.

Humans as apes - had fur, longer sharper teeth and claws etc - nature took these away.

The only thing that really saved us was the ability to imagine and invent.

We took other animals' fur, we constructed new teeth and claws from rocks and sticks - we invented to survive.

The theory of "intelligent creation" is bull - especially when you think about the fact that gods are in fact a creation of mankind itself through the need to believe in something to explain the unexplainable.

I think that evolution is a theory of how we came to exist. It starts with a one celled organism that somehow mutates and evovoles as it reproduces, and eventually turns into a more complex creature. Through more mutations and adeptations, all the animals that we see today have come to exsist.

evolution means completely flawed theroy.

quote:Originally posted by Beta69:

Um, no, they [fundementalists] argue over both.



They don't agrue, they have faith in it. Basically it means they're wrong and that the Bible is so full of shit I wouldn't wipe my dogs ass with it because it just be more shit to clean off...