" the modern scientific theory of how the universe began was largely formed by the largest sect of the largest Religion in the world"

Thats just bollocks!

"there is no evidence supporting the opinion that what our senses tell us is correct, so scientific theories are just as baseless as the poop beast theory and the alien theory."

And thats just drivel, if you beleive that then there's no point arguing about anything.

The Oxford English Dictionary gives Two (main) definitions of the word "theory"

1. A hypothesis that has been confirmed or established by observation or experiment.

2. An Idea or set of ideas about something.

When scientists talk about the "theory" of evolution they are using sense 1.

Evolution is "theory" in the same way the heliocentric "theory" of the solar system is. In biological terms, Evolution is fact- we know it happens, the only theory part is the explantion of what drives it, i.e natural selection.

Evolution says nothing about the origins of life, creationists always try to muddy the waters by claiming that it does, but thats an entirely sparate subject.

If i'm honest I dont see the point of this thread. There is at least some evidence of evolution, compared to just belief. Thats it. I'm not going to knock anyones beliefs, but I think people are living in the dark in disbelieving evolution. Though that doesn't take away from the theory of a omnipotent being, God may well have created everything to allow evolution to take its course, when it comes to it who are we to guess at things like this? Not that it matters much anyway.

Idiot

"And thats just drivel, if you beleive that then there's no point arguing about anything."

you dont beleive that? ok, what proof do you think we have that what our senses perceive is correct?

and why does beleiving what i do take away any point about auguring about anything?

Weird that there aren't more in-between creatures' remains found between things like dinosaurs and modernity. Lots of evolving had to be going on.

And thank God somehow we ended up with these awesome eyes and such intellect! ****, the internet wouldn't be so much fun without them!

> ☭ Fokker wrote:

> There are four lights.

NO!  THERE ARE FIVE!

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> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:
> > ☭ Fokker wrote:
> There are four lights.
NO!  THERE ARE FIVE! <

http://fourlights.ytmnd.com/

i dont think we "came" from apes.  i think that apes, monkeys, chimps and humans all share a common ancestry.  If we go back in time to see for ourselves, i believe the primate that was the origion source for the modern primate gene pool will look very different from all modern primates.

keep in mind that all mammels origionally came from a "shrew-like" creature that survived the dino's

also, i would like to add that Lord harries of Pentregarth(formerly bishop Richard Harries) said:  "Nowadays there is no debate, Evolution is a fact and, from a Christian perspective, one of the greatest of God's works"

Christians recognize Evolution as valid science and in many cases, support evolution from there perspective.  It is the American Conservative movment that caused many generations of stigma toward Evolution. 

2009: Darwin Year!  200 years ago, Charles Darwin was born, 150 years ago, Mr. Darwin completed his voyage.

> [TI] Mrblonde wrote:
First, it's Bollocks!
B, Christianity isn't the largest religion in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups

Christianity     2,100,000,000

> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:

> Hey, avo, do you have those statistics for when you break down Christianity and Islam into their subunits?  (Catholicism, Protestantism, Shiite, Sunni, etc)

no, i do not.

why do you have to be fanatical to be a certain religion? just because you view religious people as fanatical doesnt make them fanatical. and no, i dont have that kind of information.

also, morbo, since when has Christianity been cool?