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Andrea Guitar Heroine asked:


99.98% of the scientific community accepts the theory of evolution, and these are people who have spent their entire adult lives doing work and research and studying the work and research of others in their respective fields.

Then you, armed with a high-school education in biology or even less than that, and a thousand-year-old tome written by Bronze Age goat herders who thought the earth was flat, think you know better than they do? And then you call them elitist? Do you realize how ridiculous you sound?

kelly asked:


hey ya’ll im stuck on these 2 biology questions and i really need some help on them so if you can please help me. 10points and best answer. thanks so much.

Summarize Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.

Explain why we are still piecing together a picture of how human evolution occurred, and how is it possible that our understanding of it might be flawed?

Note-these 2 questions i just really dont understand so if you can please help me. and if its not to much to ask please explain them as simple as possible-its gets confusing if there is to much info

entoaggie asked:


We all know that there are scientific findings that contradict the literal word of the Bible. We also know that there are Christians out there that just ignore anything contradictory that science has to say.

I am interested in hearing from Christians who do not reject science, and how they do not let this get in the way of God. Do you take the entire Bible as symbolism? Do you only take those parts described differently by science as symbolism, and the rest literally? How do you respond to accusations that you are not a true Christian for trusting in what science has to offer? Is there anything that you think is wrong with, or reject, from either science or organized Christianity?

Please no lectures on either the Biblical or scientific creed; I am already very familiar with both. This is something I am genuinely curious about: serious and thoughtful answers only.
Arctic storm: I do not have any “qualms” with the Bible. I am not a Christian, but I do not question that the Bible is the truth Christians–I am not going to criticize it. I am one of those who believes that faith is being able to believe even when you have no concrete, literal reason to. I do not feel this within myself, but certainly others do.

More often I find Bible-believers who have qualms with science. They accept it when it does not contradict the Bible, or otherwise serves them (such as in preventative medicine, leisure technology, etc.), but reject it when it makes them uncomfortable or confuses them.

The “classic” example is evolution. Many people act as though the theory of evolution is somehow an anomoly in science, as though it is seperate and apart from it, run by a group of crazed wackos. Yet, the data that supports evolution was gathered using the exact same scientific method that other data in more “trusted” science was.
edward l: You are absolutely right, and that is because science is not MEANT to discover anything beyond what is physically real in earth in space: I think that is a common misunderstanding with science. It is used as a tool to find NATURAL explanations for NATURAL phenomena. There are those who choose to go a step further and believe that God is behind the natural explanations, but that is beyond the scope of science.
shmurfee68: You don’t have to be defensive; I am not trying to criticize Christians. I am asking a question of Christians who do not reject science. If you do reject science, then you do not have to answer the question–I will not judge you.
Iridium190: I disagree with the notion that evolution is “bad science” (you may want to read some books by people who are not proponents of Intelligent Design), but I thank you for your very thorough and honest answer. I enjoyed reading it.
Hippoterry2005:
1) It is beyond the scope of science to prove or disprove God. The goal of science is to find natural explanations for natural phenomena, not to say whether God caused it all or not. Any hypothesis trying to prove/disprove the existence of God is unfalsifiable, and is therefore bad science.
2) Atheism is not a faith or a religion. Faith is believing in something even when there is no physical evidence to prove it. An atheist may believe that their football team is going to win the Superbowl even though they’ve lost every game, but to say they have spiritual faith is wrong–they do not believe in something spiritual, therefore they do not have spiritual faith.
3) You do not have to be a liar, crazy, or right. Why do you insist on making these artifical distinctions? Could it be that you are sincere, but mistaken?
4) Thank you for your honest response. I appreciate it, although you might not believe it from my response. I like to play devil’s advocate. }:)