Do you believe in the Theory of Evolution?

[Bojikami]

Source?

Probably the same people that told him homosexuals and abortion are bad. The kid probably is not only a loyal Roman Catholic, but probably sees Conservapedia as a viable source of unbiased information.

Haha seems like it.

[Ovisterra]

I hate Justice-freaks/Knight Templars

Has someone been playing too much AC3?

[Maudlnya]

I'm so confused. He claims he's a Libertarian in his sig, yet he's anti-gay and pro-life.

I've been wondering about that for a long time as well, but every time the question is asked he seems to disappear from the thread...

That is what all religious folks do..... Post & Run

[Hurdegaryp]

Probably the same people that told him homosexuals and abortion are bad. The kid probably is not only a loyal Roman Catholic, but probably sees Conservapedia as a viable source of unbiased information.

I'm so confused. He claims he's a Libertarian in his sig, yet he's anti-gay and pro-life.

Libertarianism gets hijacked by religious fundamentalists quite often. Ideologies evolve too, but it ain't always pretty.

[Maudlnya]

I hate Justice-freaks/Knight Templars

Has someone been playing too much AC3?

maaaaaybe

I have been playing Shin Megami Tensei series a lot lately


EDIT
I actually like AC3

[Blackwing Coast]

Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - we know that it works, we just do not know how it works (but still better than we know how gravity works). If we did not know if it works, we would call it a hypothesis.

[Boojaristein]

I'm not sure: as a genuine question, has evolutionary adaptation be directly observed in micro-organisms?

Yup, depending on how 'micro' you want your micro-organsims. In lab settings, breeding for different traits in different branches of offspring from a single pair of mates (usually worms, flys etc. because their genectic structure is better understood and can produce more obvious differences) has pretty much conclusively shown that sustained breeding pressure for or against various inherited traits can and does lead to branches more than different enough to be classified as different species if found in the wild. I'm not sure if actual speciation (that is, difference in traits to the point where breeding with the other branches fails to produce viable offspring) has ever been documented or not, but environmentally-induced trait adaptation is pretty much impossible to rationally disprove at this point.

[Ovisterra]

Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - we know that it works, we just do not know how it works

That's not really true. We don't know everything there is to know about it, but we know a lot.

[Tlaceceyaya]

Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - we know that it works, we just do not know how it works (but still better than we know how gravity works). If we did not know if it works, we would call it a hypothesis.

We DO know how it works.

1: Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - not at all. They're observations.
2: Evolution by means of natural selection is a scientific theory. That means that it is supported by all available evidence.
3: If we did not know how it worked, we would find out. An observation doesn't become false because we can't explain why it happens.

[Maudlnya]

Now I want to see a creationist disprove the theory of gravity by jumping out of a tall building.

[Big Jim P]

Now I want to see a creationist disprove the theory of gravity by jumping out of a tall building.

Not "a" but "all"

[Chinese Regions]

Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - we know that it works, we just do not know how it works (but still better than we know how gravity works). If we did not know if it works, we would call it a hypothesis.

Very much the absolute opposite.

[Maudlnya]

Now I want to see a creationist disprove the theory of gravity by jumping out of a tall building.

Not "a" but "all"

Okay, ALL of them

[Big Jim P]

Not "a" but "all"

Okay, ALL of them

I am sure that those surviving by landing on top of the pile would try to use that as evidence of god's intervention.

[Ovisterra]

Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - we know that it works, we just do not know how it works (but still better than we know how gravity works). If we did not know if it works, we would call it a hypothesis.

We DO know how it works.

1: Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - not at all. They're observations.

They're theories too.

[Great Nepal]

Now I want to see a creationist disprove the theory of gravity by jumping out of a tall building.

No, everything is tied to ground using string. If you jump from a building, that string is snaps and you die.

[Mavorpen]

Okay, ALL of them

I am sure that those landing on top of the pile would try to use that as evidence of god's intervention.

Of course. Because anyone lucky enough to survive is special in God's eyes while those who died were just unlucky. It's narcissism at it's finest.

[Maudlnya]

I am sure that those landing on top of the pile would try to use that as evidence of god's intervention.

Of course. Because anyone lucky enough to survive is special in God's eyes while those who died were just unlucky. It's narcissism at it's finest.

Sad.... But funny

[Tlaceceyaya]

We DO know how it works.

1: Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - not at all. They're observations.

They're theories too.

No, they aren't. The methods by which they work are theories. Evolution and gravity can be observed, but the methods by which they work cannot be 100% proven.

[Maudlnya]

Seriously y'all crack me up

[Ovisterra]

They're theories too.

No, they aren't. The methods by which they work are theories. Evolution and gravity can be observed, but the methods by which they work cannot be 100% proven.

They have been 100% proven. That's what a theory is.

[CTALNH]

Yes and also that God is a load of.....

[Kingdoms of Cal]

Evolution is as much a theory as gravity - we know that it works, we just do not know how it works

That's not really true. We don't know everything there is to know about it, but we know a lot.

We don't about gravity when it comes to really big masses...you know black holes.

[Big Jim P]

Seriously y'all crack me up

Sauce?

[Maudlnya]

Seriously y'all crack me up

Sauce?

Vodka anyone?