Quesitons on Evolution

[Catan]

I was looking on Conservapedia (a hilarious website, by the by) and I came across an article about the "falsehood" of evolution. Central too it were these http://creation.com/15-questions . There were a few I could not answer, could you guys at NSG help me out? I really want to kick this thing in, because then their entire argument falls to shreds.

[Farnhamia]

Try this: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/list.html

[Catan]

Thank you, much obliged.

[Foguk]

1. We don't have to answer that. Thats not our area, nor have we ever said that we know that. That field is abiogenesis.
2.

THATS IT, I CAN'T TAKE THE STUPID. ABORT THREAD. ABORT THREAD. SAVE YOURSELVES.

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

9. Why are the (expected) countless millions of transitional fossils missing?

Oh God, it hurts! Someone doesn't understand how geological processes happen. And the fact that not everything will fossilise. And the fact that the fossils we do have, in the order we have them, present a more plausible and rational explanation for our origins than "Because God did it."

I don't like Dawkins, but...

[Farnhamia]

1. We don't have to answer that. Thats not our area, nor have we ever said that we know that. That field is abiogenesis.
2.

THATS IT, I CAN'T TAKE THE STUPID. ABORT THREAD. ABORT THREAD. SAVE YOURSELVES.

*has Guards shoot Foguk with a tranquilizer dart* He'll feel much better in about 12 hours.

[Samuraikoku]

1. We don't have to answer that. Thats not our area, nor have we ever said that we know that. That field is abiogenesis.
2.

THATS IT, I CAN'T TAKE THE STUPID. ABORT THREAD. ABORT THREAD. SAVE YOURSELVES.

Captain Samuraikoku to Battle-Barge. Requesting Thunderhawk for extraction.

[Nidaria]

Yay, another one of these threads!
I just wish these debate threads just ended. Very few actually change their minds, and these debates usually consist of mud-slinging by one side (and occasionally both).

[Divair]

Try this: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/list.html

Talkorigins is easily the best site for debates like these.

[Dyakovo]

Yay, another one of these threads!
I just wish these debate threads just ended. Very few actually change their minds, and these debates usually consist of mud-slinging by one side (and occasionally both).

If you don't like debate threads, NSG probably isn't the place for you...

[Nidaria]

Yay, another one of these threads!
I just wish these debate threads just ended. Very few actually change their minds, and these debates usually consist of mud-slinging by one side (and occasionally both).

If you don't like debate threads, NSG probably isn't the place for you...

I am fine with debate, I just hate when we argue over the same things for years on end.

[Divair]

If you don't like debate threads, NSG probably isn't the place for you...

I am fine with debate, I just hate when we argue over the same things for years on end.

NSG probably isn't the place for you.

[Samuraikoku]

I am fine with debate, I just hate when we argue over the same things for years on end.

In the grim darkness of NationStates, there is only war. As an Eldar you should know.

[Aggicificicerous]

I have about five minutes, so here is a (very) fast answer to these questions.

1. Irrelevant to evolution.

2.The electromagnetic force leads to molecules having certain affinities for associating themselves. Over a great deal of time, they form amino acids, and eventually DNA.

3. They didn't. See an amoeba which has more genetic information than a human.

4. Evolution is driven by natural selection.

5. I admit, this isn't something I am very familiar with. My guess would be that crude pathways gradually became more efficient over time.

6. Begging the question.

7. See algae such as Chlamyodomonas. Single cells form colonies, gradually specialise, and eventually the line between colony and a single organism is blurred.

8. Sex's advantage is variety, asexual's advantage is volume.

9. Who expects millions of transitional fossils?

10. They don't. They change minimally due to a lack of selective pressure.

11. It doesn't. We did.

12. There are no "just-so" stories in evolution. Human behaviour is incredibly complex and cannot be explained with such simplistic pigeon-holing.

13. See the entire field of biology including much of modern medicine.

14. Evolution has been observed in many instances.

15. It's a sad day when the religious don't even know what religion is.

[Serenicy]

Yay, another one of these threads!
I just wish these debate threads just ended. Very few actually change their minds, and these debates usually consist of mud-slinging by one side (and occasionally both).

It's a fun opportunity for some people to actually learn something. I used to be a creationist before I entered debates like these.

[Nidaria]

Yay, another one of these threads!
I just wish these debate threads just ended. Very few actually change their minds, and these debates usually consist of mud-slinging by one side (and occasionally both).

It's a fun opportunity for some people to actually learn something. I used to be a creationist before I entered debates like these.

When evolutionists outnumber creationists a hundred to one, one is bound to get worn down sooner or later.

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

It's a fun opportunity for some people to actually learn something. I used to be a creationist before I entered debates like these.

When evolutionists outnumber creationists a hundred to one, one is bound to get worn down sooner or later.

It's called scientific progress.

[Divair]

Yay, another one of these threads!
I just wish these debate threads just ended. Very few actually change their minds, and these debates usually consist of mud-slinging by one side (and occasionally both).

It's a fun opportunity for some people to actually learn something. I used to be a creationist before I entered debates like these.

A confession.


This is a rare moment in history, people. Take some pictures.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

Quesitons you say? Do elaborate.

[The Corparation]

Answer for all 15: BECAUSE SCIENCE! Don't need to elaborate any more than this because creationists won't understand SCIENCE! and/or will call it a lie so its kind of pointless to elaborate.

[Farnhamia]

Quesitons you say? Do elaborate.

Quesitons are subatomic particles that, when they interact with organic material, cause doubt and confusion.

[Woffordia]

Answer for all 15: BECAUSE SCIENCE! Don't need to elaborate any more than this because creationists won't understand SCIENCE! and/or will call it a lie so its kind of pointless to elaborate.

No offense, but that doesn't sound convincing, even to someone on your side like me.

[Divair]

Answer for all 15: BECAUSE SCIENCE! Don't need to elaborate any more than this because creationists won't understand SCIENCE! and/or will call it a lie so its kind of pointless to elaborate.

No offense, but that doesn't sound convincing, even to someone on your side like me.

It's a joke. Lighten up.

[Immoren]

I was looking on Conservapedia (a hilarious website, by the by) and I came across an article about the "falsehood" of evolution. Central too it were these http://creation.com/15-questions . There were a few I could not answer, could you guys at NSG help me out? I really want to kick this thing in, because then their entire argument falls to shreds.

Haven't all these questions been answered like hundreds of times?

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

Answer for all 15: BECAUSE SCIENCE! Don't need to elaborate any more than this because creationists won't understand SCIENCE! and/or will call it a lie so its kind of pointless to elaborate.

No offense, but that doesn't sound convincing, even to someone on your side like me.

When you're faced with questions as poor as those 15, it's not really worth putting effort into answering them.