I believe evolution. It's easy. It's my life. My passion is paleoanthopology. I study fossils of humans, apes, and monkeys.
Of course I believe evolution.
But that is different from believing in evolution.
To believe in something takes faith, trust, effort, strength. I need none of these things to believe evolution. It just is. My health is better because of medical research based on evolution. My genetic code is practically the same as a chimpanzee's. My bipedal feet walk on an earth full of fossil missing links. And when my feet tire, those fossils fuel my car.
To believe in something also implies hope. Hope of happiness, reward, forgiveness, eternal life. There is no hope wrapped up in my belief. Unless you count the hope that one day I'll discover the most beautifully complete fossil human skeleton ever found, with a label attached saying exactly what species it belonged to, what food it ate, how much it hunted, if it could speak, if it could laugh, if it could love, and if it could kick a football. But this fantasy is not why I believe evolution?as if evolution is something I hope comes true.
After all the backyard bone collecting I did as in my spare time, I managed to complete a career where I, now, get the luxury of time to ask the ultimate question on a daily basis: "Where did I come from and how?"
And the deeper I go, the more I understand that everything is connected. A bullfrog to a gorilla, a hummingbird to me, to you.
My belief is not immutable. It is constantly evolving with accumulating evidence, new knowledge, and breakthrough discoveries. For example, within my lifetime, our history has expanded from being rooted three million years ago with the famous Lucy skeleton, to actually beginning over six million years ago with a cranium from Chad. The metamorphic nature of my belief is not at all like a traditional religious one, it's more like seeing is believing.
So I believe evolution.
I feel it. I breathe it. I listen to evolution, I observe it, and I do evolution. I write, study, analyse, scrutinize, and collect evolution. I am evolution!
I believe evolution NOT in evolution!
I believe evolution. It's easy. It's my life. My passion is paleoanthopology. I study fossils of humans, apes, and monkeys.
Of course I believe evolution.
But that is different from believing in evolution.
To believe in something takes faith, trust, effort, strength. I need none of these things to believe evolution. It just is. My health is better because of medical research based on evolution. My genetic code is practically the same as a chimpanzee's. My bipedal feet walk on an earth full of fossil missing links. And when my feet tire, those fossils fuel my car.
To believe in something also implies hope. Hope of happiness, reward, forgiveness, eternal life. There is no hope wrapped up in my belief. Unless you count the hope that one day I'll discover the most beautifully complete fossil human skeleton ever found, with a label attached saying exactly what species it belonged to, what food it ate, how much it hunted, if it could speak, if it could laugh, if it could love, and if it could kick a football. But this fantasy is not why I believe evolution?as if evolution is something I hope comes true.
After all the backyard bone collecting I did as in my spare time, I managed to complete a career where I, now, get the luxury of time to ask the ultimate question on a daily basis: "Where did I come from and how?"
And the deeper I go, the more I understand that everything is connected. A bullfrog to a gorilla, a hummingbird to me, to you.
My belief is not immutable. It is constantly evolving with accumulating evidence, new knowledge, and breakthrough discoveries. For example, within my lifetime, our history has expanded from being rooted three million years ago with the famous Lucy skeleton, to actually beginning over six million years ago with a cranium from Chad. The metamorphic nature of my belief is not at all like a traditional religious one, it's more like seeing is believing.
So I believe evolution.
I feel it. I breathe it. I listen to evolution, I observe it, and I do evolution. I write, study, analyse, scrutinize, and collect evolution. I am evolution!
IF YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION I DON'T BELIEVE YOU BELIEVE IN GOD SINCE THE BIBLE TELL THAT ALL WAS CREATED BY GOD. YOU CANN'T BE CREATED BUT THEN EVOLVE. IF YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION THEN WHY DOES THE WORLD TRY TO CHANGE DEFORMED INFANTS. MAYBE IT'S EVOLUTION ACORDING TO YOU AND THEY SHOULD BE LET ALONE.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION I DON'T BELIEVE YOU BELIEVE IN GOD SINCE THE BIBLE TELL THAT ALL WAS CREATED BY GOD. YOU CANN'T BE CREATED BUT THEN EVOLVE. IF YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION THEN WHY DOES THE WORLD TRY TO CHANGE DEFORMED INFANTS. MAYBE IT'S EVOLUTION ACORDING TO YOU AND THEY SHOULD BE LET ALONE.
Yes, but what or who created the universe in the first place.. you know back to before the 1st moment when matter and energy were all one, the singularity. For those not satisfied with: it just existed.. there is the theory God created the universe and all the rules by which it operates and being outside of time and space God is everywhere all at once.
And why couldn't God have used evolution as the way that life unfolds in the universe? Yes, there is no direct evidence of God, but as a working theory God has never been disproved either.
And for those with an keen eye who noticed that creation is an all at one time thing.. remember that we starting by declaring that God is outside of time and outside of space and therefore exists everywhere and throughout all of time. So from the beginning of time to the end of time is all at the same time to God and while creation may look like it occurs as evolution describes it, that view is from man's view, inasmuch as we only live in a brief slice of the time space continuum. But from God's view, the creation could take a second, minute, hour, week.. any length of time (when looked at from man's point of view) and still all have been instantaneous for God.
There is no controversy for me. There are only the normal limitations of the human mind to see beyond its limits such that one person sees only the proverbial tail of the elephant while another person sees only the trunk. No one is wrong but no one is completely right either.
When science can tell me where the universe 1st came from... then only will the mystery cease to be a mystery, but the role of science is not say where it came from or why it exists, the role of science is to describe it.. what it looks like, how big is it and that is the reason why science is the great tool it is. Scientific method works because it doesn't try to do everything. Its the perfect hammer to use on a nail, the perfect screwdriver to use on a screw!
Why the universe exists is for theologists to answer.. and their perfect tool should never be used to hammer nails.
Yes, but what or who created the universe in the first place.. you know back to before the 1st moment when matter and energy were all one, the singularity. For those not satisfied with: it just existed.. there is the theory God created the universe and all the rules by which it operates and being outside of time and space God is everywhere all at once.
And why couldn't God have used evolution as the way that life unfolds in the universe? Yes, there is no direct evidence of God, but as a working theory God has never been disproved either.
And for those with an keen eye who noticed that creation is an all at one time thing.. remember that we starting by declaring that God is outside of time and outside of space and therefore exists everywhere and throughout all of time. So from the beginning of time to the end of time is all at the same time to God and while creation may look like it occurs as evolution describes it, that view is from man's view, inasmuch as we only live in a brief slice of the time space continuum. But from God's view, the creation could take a second, minute, hour, week.. any length of time (when looked at from man's point of view) and still all have been instantaneous for God.
There is no controversy for me. There are only the normal limitations of the human mind to see beyond its limits such that one person sees only the proverbial tail of the elephant while another person sees only the trunk. No one is wrong but no one is completely right either.
When science can tell me where the universe 1st came from... then only will the mystery cease to be a mystery, but the role of science is not say where it came from or why it exists, the role of science is to describe it.. what it looks like, how big is it and that is the reason why science is the great tool it is. Scientific method works because it doesn't try to do everything. Its the perfect hammer to use on a nail, the perfect screwdriver to use on a screw!
Why the universe exists is for theologists to answer.. and their perfect tool should never be used to hammer nails.
"To believe in something also implies hope. Hope of happiness, reward, forgiveness, eternal life." If to believe in something implies hope, does that mean those who believe in the devil hope it exists? (I have little doubt that those who use the devil to cooerce others do hope it exists. But that's their ego trip, so they are validated.)
"For example, within my lifetime, our history has expanded." While it's true that we have become more knowledgeable about history, and support of evolution has been increased through scientific and non-scientific exploration, we have insufficient evidence of how it all began. While evolution appears to be causually involved with much of "where we are" now, it doesn't address the question of original source. And since science has regullarly "proved" theories that were eventually dis-proved, it is only possible to "believe" evolution is the cause. Whether one "believes in" the theory of evolution, or "believes evolution" is the final truth of how and what biology changes, it is still a belief system in which much is not certain. Which makes it perhaps more intresting.
I want to make it clear, I believe the evolution theory. There is much to support it. And it's a fascinating study, discovering the paths of change.
An interesting essay. Some perspcetives:
"To believe in something also implies hope. Hope of happiness, reward, forgiveness, eternal life." If to believe in something implies hope, does that mean those who believe in the devil hope it exists? (I have little doubt that those who use the devil to cooerce others do hope it exists. But that's their ego trip, so they are validated.)
"For example, within my lifetime, our history has expanded." While it's true that we have become more knowledgeable about history, and support of evolution has been increased through scientific and non-scientific exploration, we have insufficient evidence of how it all began. While evolution appears to be causually involved with much of "where we are" now, it doesn't address the question of original source. And since science has regullarly "proved" theories that were eventually dis-proved, it is only possible to "believe" evolution is the cause. Whether one "believes in" the theory of evolution, or "believes evolution" is the final truth of how and what biology changes, it is still a belief system in which much is not certain. Which makes it perhaps more intresting.
I want to make it clear, I believe the evolution theory. There is much to support it. And it's a fascinating study, discovering the paths of change.
Dear god but you are long winded. Should we be as impressed with you as you are with yourself?
Dear god? He's not really god, you know. But he does make an interesting argument for his position. (An argument is a set of statements, not neccesarily adversarial.)
It seems to me that long winded and sweetened by thought is more useful than short and a slamming put down. It's certainly wiser to address an idea than be impressed (or offended) by the person who proposes it. Being impressed shouldn't occur till the idea is addressed.
Quoting mkohio123:
Dear god but you are long winded. Should we be as impressed with you as you are with yourself?
Dear god? He's not really god, you know. But he does make an interesting argument for his position. (An argument is a set of statements, not neccesarily adversarial.)
It seems to me that long winded and sweetened by thought is more useful than short and a slamming put down. It's certainly wiser to address an idea than be impressed (or offended) by the person who proposes it. Being impressed shouldn't occur till the idea is addressed.
What do you think of a recent article in Nature Magazine?
Sinosauropteryx, a turkey-size carnivorous dinosaur, is the first dinosaurexcluding birds, which many paleontologists consider to be dinosaursto have its color scientifically established.
In 1996, Sinosauropteryx was also the first dinosaur reported to have feathers. It was found in the Yixian formation, 130- to 123-million-year-old sediments in Liaoning Province in northeast China, which have since produced thousands of apparently feathery fossils.
In a report released online today by the journal Nature, an international team of paleontologists and experts in scanning electron micrography infer that this dinosaur had reddish orange feathers running along its back and a striped tail.
Why would a dinosaur need a striped tail? Many birds, the living descendants of non-avian dinosaurs, use brightly colored tails for courtship displays.
What do you think of a recent article in Nature Magazine?
Sinosauropteryx, a turkey-size carnivorous dinosaur, is the first dinosaurexcluding birds, which many paleontologists consider to be dinosaursto have its color scientifically established.
In 1996, Sinosauropteryx was also the first dinosaur reported to have feathers. It was found in the Yixian formation, 130- to 123-million-year-old sediments in Liaoning Province in northeast China, which have since produced thousands of apparently feathery fossils.
In a report released online today by the journal Nature, an international team of paleontologists and experts in scanning electron micrography infer that this dinosaur had reddish orange feathers running along its back and a striped tail.
Why would a dinosaur need a striped tail? Many birds, the living descendants of non-avian dinosaurs, use brightly colored tails for courtship displays.
books......lucy lucy's child africa:the biography of a continent remember, i'm an amatuer..........but would eargly sit at your feet
Quoting ozscreenwriter
I believe evolution NOT in evolution!
I believe evolution. It's easy. It's my life. My passion is paleoanthopology. I study fossils of humans, apes, and monkeys.
Of course I believe evolution.
But that is different from believing in evolution.
To believe in something takes faith, trust, effort, strength. I need none of these things to believe evolution. It just is. My health is better because of medical research based on evolution. My genetic code is practically the same as a chimpanzee's. My bipedal feet walk on an earth full of fossil missing links. And when my feet tire, those fossils fuel my car.
To believe in something also implies hope. Hope of happiness, reward, forgiveness, eternal life. There is no hope wrapped up in my belief. Unless you count the hope that one day I'll discover the most beautifully complete fossil human skeleton ever found, with a label attached saying exactly what species it belonged to, what food it ate, how much it hunted, if it could speak, if it could laugh, if it could love, and if it could kick a football. But this fantasy is not why I believe evolution?as if evolution is something I hope comes true.
After all the backyard bone collecting I did as in my spare time, I managed to complete a career where I, now, get the luxury of time to ask the ultimate question on a daily basis: "Where did I come from and how?"
And the deeper I go, the more I understand that everything is connected. A bullfrog to a gorilla, a hummingbird to me, to you.
My belief is not immutable. It is constantly evolving with accumulating evidence, new knowledge, and breakthrough discoveries. For example, within my lifetime, our history has expanded from being rooted three million years ago with the famous Lucy skeleton, to actually beginning over six million years ago with a cranium from Chad. The metamorphic nature of my belief is not at all like a traditional religious one, it's more like seeing is believing.
So I believe evolution.
I feel it. I breathe it. I listen to evolution, I observe it, and I do evolution. I write, study, analyse, scrutinize, and collect evolution. I am evolution!
Quoting ozscreenwriter
I believe evolution NOT in evolution!
I believe evolution. It's easy. It's my life. My passion is paleoanthopology. I study fossils of humans, apes, and monkeys.
Of course I believe evolution.
But that is different from believing in evolution.
To believe in something takes faith, trust, effort, strength. I need none of these things to believe evolution. It just is. My health is better because of medical research based on evolution. My genetic code is practically the same as a chimpanzee's. My bipedal feet walk on an earth full of fossil missing links. And when my feet tire, those fossils fuel my car.
To believe in something also implies hope. Hope of happiness, reward, forgiveness, eternal life. There is no hope wrapped up in my belief. Unless you count the hope that one day I'll discover the most beautifully complete fossil human skeleton ever found, with a label attached saying exactly what species it belonged to, what food it ate, how much it hunted, if it could speak, if it could laugh, if it could love, and if it could kick a football. But this fantasy is not why I believe evolution?as if evolution is something I hope comes true.
After all the backyard bone collecting I did as in my spare time, I managed to complete a career where I, now, get the luxury of time to ask the ultimate question on a daily basis: "Where did I come from and how?"
And the deeper I go, the more I understand that everything is connected. A bullfrog to a gorilla, a hummingbird to me, to you.
My belief is not immutable. It is constantly evolving with accumulating evidence, new knowledge, and breakthrough discoveries. For example, within my lifetime, our history has expanded from being rooted three million years ago with the famous Lucy skeleton, to actually beginning over six million years ago with a cranium from Chad. The metamorphic nature of my belief is not at all like a traditional religious one, it's more like seeing is believing.
So I believe evolution.
I feel it. I breathe it. I listen to evolution, I observe it, and I do evolution. I write, study, analyse, scrutinize, and collect evolution. I am evolution!
a man after my heart.
books......lucy lucy's child africa:the biography of a continent remember, i'm an amatuer..........but would eargly sit at your feet
Interesting person, fun to listen to... he found his bliss and is following it, and that is part of my religion, if I had one. Hope someone sees the message beyond the words, good luck guy!
Interesting person, fun to listen to... he found his bliss and is following it, and that is part of my religion, if I had one. Hope someone sees the message beyond the words, good luck guy!
I enjoyed reading this, and as a person who is searching for what ever it is I believe in, I am adding your wisdom to my collection of things I can consider as possible. I like that your wisdom lies in the fact that you search for answers, and not that you believe it so it must be true.
I enjoyed reading this, and as a person who is searching for what ever it is I believe in, I am adding your wisdom to my collection of things I can consider as possible. I like that your wisdom lies in the fact that you search for answers, and not that you believe it so it must be true.
