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Originally Posted by JimmyTheHutt
Remember, many people hear "theory of Evolution" and discount it due to the fact that it's "just a theory". Many people lack a basic understanding of the scientific method and when someone calls something a theory that means that there is a huge amount of evidence in support of it. They associate it with a story that fits the available facts, not the results of intense study and experimentation. As a result, they feel more comfortable with the concept of stuff just sprining into existence via supernatural means. It seems just as plausable as the theory of Evolution because they really don't understand what Evolution really means.
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I think this thread has somewhat been hijacked a number of times, but this needs to be addressed. I think it's very condecending to assume that everyone who disagrees with the theory of evolution lacks the understanding to make a rational decision based on available data. I, for one, believe that microevolution happens and that is all that the available scientific evidence has been able to support. Not once can anyone point to a seemless fossil record of one major shift from one group of animals evolving into a completely different group, i.e. fish to amphibians, reptiles to birds, or even one group of mammals into another; like marsupials to primates or whatever. There is always an elusive "missing link." The sheer diversity of life on the planet defies logic that they all decended from one single celled organism no matter how much time has elapsed. Furthermore, why would some primates evolve into humans, while other primates are stuck at the same level of evolution for thousands or millions of years: or perhaps a clearer illustration would be to look at all of the "lesser" life forms and why haven't they progressed. Why do we still have insects that we can see in the fossil records right next to the dinosaurs. Why haven't they evolved into something else by now.
That being said, I've started another thread that discusses the idea of majority rule and morality as it relates to the theory of evolution. This seems pretty far from President Bush and whether or not the rhetoric of him trashing the country in the next four years is called for.