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Originally Posted by Maccabbe
Animal procreation is an act of instinct, there are no ceremonies, marriages, commitments, these are just physical impulses, largely attributed to the instinct to survive, both on an individual and on the entire specie basis.
As to humans, the notion that humans evolved from an ape, or from a fish as some others suggest is erroneous in the most fundamental way.
The main reason is that the assumption is wrong to begin with, why should we believe that he is an evolutionary creature? Because some choose not to believe in God, and therefore they want to explain all creation through an evolutionary process that took billions of years?
Yes, some in the scientific community chose not to believe in God, even though there is no evidence to suggest that God doesn’t exist, furthermore, it is not the business or duty of science to become theologians and to preach to all of humanity to forget about God.
If some scientists choose not to believe, then that’s there choice, but they have no right to formulate unfounded and unproven ‘theories’ that try to brainwash humanity on a grand scale believing that these ‘theories’ are facts. But they are not facts, the word ‘Theory’ is not ‘fact’ its speculation and hypothesis, but not logical irrefutable evidence.
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You clearly don't know what science is; it's methodology, it's ideals or even it's terminology.
Theory in scientific terminology means a theoretical construct which you construct and support over time through scientific methodology; empirical testing. That it is called the "theory of evolution" is not because it's a mere theory like you might have a theory that a certain kind of aliens exist on a distant planet. That's a misconception by those who don't know science. There is also a theory of gravity, but that doesn't mean that whether or not you'll fall down if you jump up is based on mere speculation. In the same way, evolution is observable in many practical ways. We can observe how species (f.ex humans) are able to change even from one generation to the next and we can see and measure how such a change may be directional over time, f.ex through the amplification of a trait. Museums also keep specimens of animals and as someone working in one, I could f.ex go measure the size of squirrels and compare the average size of these squirrels today to the average size of squirrels 50 years ago. Evolution is not some abstract mythical concept; it's there, just like gravity is. Since Darwin formulated his theory of evolution, there's been over hundred years of science with thousands upon thousands of studies adding to it. You simply can't knock that over because it's called a "theory". All scientific truths are. The reason you don't believe in evolution is part, I'm sure, because you don't even know what it is.
And you also seem to think that science is against religion. It's not, but it's aimed towards discovering the truth; the truth which can be tested to be true. If you feel science is anti-religious, it's because the universe with it's laws as we know it and continue to discover it is not consistent with your religious beliefs. Science builds upon a principle of parsimony which is a way of building up an understanding of how we think the world works while trying to make as few wrong assumptions as possible. Today, God doesn't fit well into any scientific theory, but if he/she/it really exists, then it's science's goal to discover and describe God as such in the future.
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Originally Posted by Maccabe
Our entire life on this planet rests on one thing, the distance of the sun from our planet. Any change in that distance will either freeze us or burn us, what are the odds that this distance was so perfect accidentally to enable life on this planet?
Zero.
There are no chances with things like that, there is only will, purpose, and that creates meaning.
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Actually, the distance from the sun is not always the same through the year and changes over time and how much solar radiation we are exposed to also changes with sun activity. The reason it seems so perfect here is because life on this planet evolves to fit the ever-changing conditions that were and are. Let's say the planet moves further away from the sun and it gets much colder. Some animals which are adapted to cold may be able to survive by adapting and radiating down towards the equator where climate is more similar to the kind you'd previously find on higher latitudes. Should it become too cold for advanced lifeforms to survive on the face of our planet, life would likely continue to thrive for example in the underwater vent communities where geothermal vents heat up the water and where energy is gotten from chemical reactions rather than sunlight.
If this is perfect by design, why is the antarctic basically uninhabitable? Shouldn't that have a nicer temperature like other landmasses?
The belief that sunlight is needed for life has been proven wrong by the existence of vent underwater communities as well as other things, so there you go.
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Originally Posted by Maccabbe
The will is from The Master Creator, the purpose is to have life in this world, with the emphasis to the Human Race, the highest of all creations, and the meaning is to follow God’s plan and instruction in this world. We are not here for no purpose, every intelligent design that we human beings posses, like cell phones, computers, calculators, watches, ovens, airplanes, cars and so on, were designed by intelligent people for a specific purpose. All these human creations pale in comparison to the greatest creation in the universe, the human being, pure genius on the highest level, how can anyone claim that he wasn’t created by a master designer and creator, and how can anyone suggest that this creation has no purpose.
For without God in our lives, there is no purpose.
And please don’t think of science so greatly, science is still very very very primitive in our understanding of our planet, its great wisdom, and its great secrets that are hidden within nature, let alone the entire Galaxy that we are situated in , and let alone the entire universe that we live in.
The scientists are sitting on planet earth and they think that they have all the answers in the world about the secrets of existence, so it would be proper to be a little humble and accept that there is way more that science doesn’t know , then what it knows.
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At least the scientists you claim think have all the answers haven't been idle; these are people working to try and uncover how the universe works, adding their studies and results to a greater whole; a greater understanding of our universe. You seem to think scientists should be more humble as to what they think of as truth, but actually they (we) are humble in regards to truth. I can tell you that based on my own experience as a newly educated scientist. It takes a lot of quality control and testing before anything can be concluded to be scientifically true. On the other hand, where is religion's testing of truth? You have some pretty bombastic claims here about how we were created and what our purpose is, where is your quality control? Where is your humility?
Scientists, far from being brainwashed, question science all the time. You, however, don't apply critical thinking to what you believe in. How often do you question religion and how do you determine what's true or not? You're the one who's been brainwashed here, mister.