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Gravity instructs us to pay close attention to it, especially when walking near the edge of a cliff.I don't get it. Evolution doesn't instruct anyone to do anything. Neither does the theory of gravity.
They sure don't.Most avid deniers know lots of 'facts' about evolution.
HahahahaGravity instructs us to pay close attention to it, especially when walking near the edge of a cliff.
That doesn't have anything to do with the theory of evolution. Your talking points are not coherent.Evolution has given us wonderful bodies (if you believe in evolution), so why don't we take better care of them when they cry out for care?
Can confirm. 30 years ago I was a Young Earth Creationist. I didn't know jack shit about evolution except what I'd read in creationist books. After I educated myself I became an evolutionist.They sure don't.
Like the scientific community in the eighteen hundreds.Can confirm. 30 years ago I was a Young Earth Creationist. I didn't know jack shit about evolution except what I'd read in creationist books. After I educated myself I became an evolutionist.
Let me rephrase my position then. We are the last species of homo sapiens ever to inhabit the Earth. Since there are no selection pressures moving us in a specific direction and we are essentially becoming a single, global gene pool, we are it. Anything that follows us will be either non-human (if we suffer extinction), non-biological (AI/robotic), or a product of intelligent design, our intelligence.Speciation isn't required for evolution, although it often does happen because of evolution.
Small changes will accumulate in our species. Given time, enough changes will accumulate so that our descendants will effectively become a new species.Let me rephrase my position then. We are the last species of homo sapiens ever to inhabit the Earth. Since there are no selection pressures moving us in a specific direction and we are essentially becoming a single, global gene pool, we are it. Anything that follows us will be either non-human (if we suffer extinction), non-biological (AI/robotic), or a product of intelligent design, our intelligence.
Actually Marmarelis at USC has externalized the entire cognitive system of a rat.Along with all other thoughts science is unable to physically identify them within the human brain. All they can detect is some electrical activity here and there.
Why were you a YEC, ever hear of Gap Theory?Can confirm. 30 years ago I was a Young Earth Creationist. I didn't know jack shit about evolution except what I'd read in creationist books. After I educated myself I became an evolutionist.
Computers (especially smartphones) have largely replaced the human brain as well.Actually Marmarelis at USC has externalized the entire cognitive system of a rat.
He connects the rat to a computer, turns off the brain, and the rat continues to function.
It can navigate mazes, learn new pathways, and hunt for rewards.
The point being, that the complexity is not insurmountable.Computers (especially smartphones) have largely replaced the human brain as well.
Indeed they did. As we became better at manipulating our environment, our brains evolved right alongside our bodies, as one would expect. Parts of our ancestors' brains were repurposed to manipulating our digits, to social interactions, and to forming abstract concepts that are key to language and planning. Language formed right alongside that process, as did what we call our "sentience": Our introspective self-awareness.So, our minds didn't evolve along with our bodies?
Indeed they did. As we became better at manipulating our environment, our brains evolved right alongside our bodies, as one would expect. Parts of our ancestors' brains were repurposed to manipulating our digits, to social interactions, and to forming abstract concepts that are key to language and planning. Language formed right alongside that process, as did what we call our "sentience": Our introspective self-awareness.
I have a question about evolution for you, now. Do you have an explanation for these snapshots in time that you think is better than the Theory of Evolution? (Notice, in the images, how it appears that the "mind evolved along with our body", as you might say):
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Of course this is nonsense, and the separation and future secular governments came about quite in spite of Christianity.
You confuse yourself.
Of course culture is influenced by Christianity.
But it is a FACT that our western culture came about quite in spite of Christianity.
We just haven't been able to out those childish toys away for good, yet.
You started it on post #126.
I'm just trying correct the common RC belief that Mary is still a virgin.
Disagree. With a single gene pool small changes will be swamped and disappear. Speciation requires isolation.Small changes will accumulate in our species. Given time, enough changes will accumulate so that our descendants will effectively become a new species.
