Board Thread:Clubs/@comment-174.2.24.208-20190531012445/@comment-72.205.23.158-20190702195222

Light and Bright wrote: Being the scientist that I am, I pretty much have to butt in here (sorry).

There is plenty of fact behind evolution. Not only is there fossil evidence, but we've seen it happening in recorded history.

Let's go over some evidence. First of all, there has to be a reason why fossils change over time. Second of all, the DNA of animals of different species can be very similar. Third of all, a lot of related species tend to share similar structures when they are young. Lastly, there are lots of homologous (similar) structures between related animals.

As for evolution happening in recorded history, let's take the example of humans (yes, all of us). Initially (and this is part of recorded history), humans were mostly lactose intolerant. However, as cows and dairy products started to enter our stomachs, our species had to learn to cope with the new food source. Therefore, the people with lactose tolerance were able to survive (more often than lactose intolerant people), and pass on their genes to the next generations. Now, most of the people on this earth are tolerant of lactose.

And now, I will make sense of the process of evolution. Everyone has genes (you are probably very familiar with this). In a species, the creatures with the genes more suited to living in their environment tend to survive, and thus pass their genes on to the next generation. Over one generation, these changes in genes do not make much of a difference, but as time go on, more creatures will start to have the better genes, and less will start to have the worse genes.

However, say the environment changes, and the creatures have to adapt. Only some creatures have the genes that give them features necessary to survive. Therefore, these genes become more rampant, and the species as a whole soon gains a new trait. So over thousands or millions of years, a species can gain more and more traits, making them completely different.

And another thing. Evolutionary data is often using the creation of medicines, and medicine works in curing people (in the sense that it has progressed a lot from what it was before).

And also, there is literally no evidence for god creating the earth and all the living things on it. I would like to see the evidence you have for the possibility of this phenomenon, for then I could maybe understand another viewpoint. If you read the Bible, which is God's words, you'll find plenty of evidence. Actually, just the Bible itself is evidence. Right now you might be thinking the Bible is made up and nothing in it can be trusted. If you are thinking that, consider this: The Bible history matches up to other historacle accounts. You can compare it to other historacle accounts of events and they match up. (Yes, I know I misspelled that word.) And there's also the detail it goes into. I just had to read the entire Old Testiment for school last year, and believe me, it can be tedious to go through chapter after chapter of numbers of men from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, family lines to Jesus, or measurements for places like the temple. You think all that was made up? And don't forget, the Bible was written over the course of over 4,000 years. You would think if that was made up there would be a couple of HUGE mistakes in the facts. Maybe you don't think the Bible was all made up. Maybe you only disagree with some of it. But with a book like that, how do you know what to believe and what not to believe? Are you going to just skip the parts about God?

As for evidence for God, I've already said this, but let's just look at humans. Look at how complex we are. We're so detailed! So amazing! Our bodies work so perfectly! There's no problem with us. Look at how our eyes work! Look at how we work in general. Look at our intelligence! You don't see dogs questioning how their world came about! How could chance perfect this?

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