WinterBorn
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Actually, it is a Theory. The hypothesis is the first step. And, in scientific terms, "theory" is not just a guess.
But you say there is zero empirical evidence for evolution (inaccurate, by the way). How much empirical evidence is there for the fable in Genesis? In fact, the entire Christian creation myth has absolutely zero empirical evidence. There is more evidence for evolution than there is for creationism.
I also find it odd that you claim you are not a Christian, but you accept the biblical account of creation. How can you accept that and not accept the rest of the book?
I find the Bible's teachings about creation more palatable than the evolution theory of this big bang that brought about a single cell amoeba and from it sprung every bit of life on the planet. Where the evolution theory gets knocked on it's ass is the fact that there has been many findings of human beings as tall as 15 feet so being that is the case? What happened??? What kind of (snicker) "ape" did they evolve from? Hmmmmmmm????
Why does the height of a human knock evolution on its ass? There are freaks of nature that grow far beyond the norm.
I find the Bible's teachings on creation to be a nice fable, but nothing more. Evolution gives a better explanation without relying on an invisible man.
They have found the skeletal remains of giants all over the world. Go ahead and believe in evolution....knock yourself out. I find evolution as ludicrous as you do that we were created by a higher power.
Why do large skeletons make you think evolution is wrong?
Being that there were so many of them? How come there isn't any now? If we are "evolving"? Shouldn't there still be people of that size? If we evolved from apes, how come there are still apes? We also know that the "Piltdown man" was an intentional hoax so if this theory was a credible explanation? Why would they attempt to deceive the masses?
Please, believe in evolution to your heart's content but I don't buy even the smallest bit of that bullshit. Hell, for all we ACTUALLY know, this planet could simply be someone's petri dish experiment that is looking at this shitty spot we call a "earth" on his/her microscope. I am more concerned about where we are at this point and time and where we are headed than I am pondering the origins of man and what may or may not have happened a million years ago.
The fact that the Piltdown Man hoax happened does not change the tenets of the Theory of Evolution at all. If that were the ONLY evidence, you might have a point. It isn't.
As for why, the Piltdown Man was created by an amateur archeologist. He did it to be famous.
Now, as for why there are no longer 15 foot humans, that is simple. It was not an advantage for them. To be that large requires far more food, stresses the body (the joints specifically), and may have caused all sorts of physical problems.
As for the "If we evolved from apes why are there still apes" question, it is really simple. Of course, no evolutionist claims we evolved from current species of apes. But we will skip that. Evolution is about using our attributes to succeed and multiply. There are many different niches in the world. If humans fit one and apes fit another, there would be no reason for us to cause their extinction.