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Originally posted by MrXYZ
Originally posted by camaro68ss
Originally posted by MrXYZ
Originally posted by camaro68ss
Since we know that indeed we are made up of particles and energy, of which our life/power can control, is it such a stretch to think that there is a life/power able to control all the particles and energy in the universe and that this life/power is God whose image I am?
In the absence of objective evidence supporting that idea...yeah, a huge stretch.
well can you prove god dosent exist? darwinisum is a huge stretch. why are there huge gaps in fossil records. sorry kind of off topic
Can you prove unicorns don't exist? Do you believe in unicorns?
Look, the fact is, there's zero objective evidence that would prove a creator. As for the theory of evolution, it's classified as a scientific theory, the highest grade of certitude you can get. It's fully backed up by evidence, in over 150yrs no one has "debunked" it. Also, we're using findings of the theory in modern medicine...
Originally posted by john_bmth
reply to post by camaro68ss
Define 'A' and define 'Z'. There's never going to be a complete A to Z list of every species that currently exists and ever existed, but we don't need that. There's more than enough evidence to establish a strong pattern and to date there is no evidence that falsifies evolution. Anyway, this thread should be in Conspiracies in Religion and the current detour should be in Origins and Creationism, not Science and Technology.
Edit: oops, my bad, looks like it's been moved to the appropriate forumedit on 7-4-2011 by john_bmth because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MrXYZ
As for the theory of evolution, it's classified as a scientific theory, the highest grade of certitude you can get.
Originally posted by john_bmth
There's more than enough evidence to establish a strong pattern and to date there is no evidence that falsifies evolution.
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
No, the highest grade of certitude is reserved for scientific LAW. You should know better.
The biggest difference between a law and a theory is that a theory is much more complex and dynamic. A law describes a single action, whereas a theory explains an entire group of related phenomena. And, whereas a law is a postulate that forms the foundation of the scientific method, a theory is the end result of that same process. A simple analogy can be made using a slingshot and an automobile. A scientific law is like a slingshot. A slingshot has but one moving part--the rubber band. If you put a rock in it and draw it back, the rock will fly out at a predictable speed, depending upon the distance the band is drawn back. An automobile has many moving parts, all working in unison to perform the chore of transporting someone from one point to another point. An automobile is a complex piece of machinery. Sometimes, improvements are made to one or more component parts. A new set of spark plugs that are composed of a better alloy that can withstand heat better, for example, might replace the existing set. But the function of the automobile as a whole remains unchanged. A theory is like the automobile. Components of it can be changed or improved upon, without changing the overall truth of the theory as a whole. Some scientific theories include the theory of evolution, the theory of relativity, the atomic theory, and the quantum theory. All of these theories are well documented and proved beyond reasonable doubt. Yet scientists continue to tinker with the component hypotheses of each theory in an attempt to make them more elegant and concise, or to make them more all-encompassing. Theories can be tweaked, but they are seldom, if ever, entirely replaced. A theory is developed only through the scientific method, meaning it is the final result of a series of rigorous processes. Note that theories do not become laws. Scientific laws must exist prior to the start of using the scientific method because, as stated earlier, laws are the foundation for all science. Here is an oversimplified example of the development of a scientific theory:
You should also be aware that good science is being done in both evolutionist and creationist camps.
I'm sure we will never agree to who has debunked who, so I won't argue the point, except to note in the 150 years you mention, evolution is still a theory.
A theory is what one or more hypotheses become once they have been verified and accepted to be true. A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by detached groups of researchers. Unfortunately, even some scientists often use the term "theory" in a more colloquial sense, when they really mean to say "hypothesis." That makes its true meaning in science even more confusing to the general public.
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by camaro68ss
You might wanna read up before making wrong claims
LINK
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
Originally posted by john_bmth
There's more than enough evidence to establish a strong pattern and to date there is no evidence that falsifies evolution.
Actually, the entire theoretical structure of evolution breaks down when you consider a single class of evidence: polystrate tree trunks. In some places there are whole forests of them, all in their original positions relative to each other, and penetrating strata that are considered to cover millions of years. Oddly, the tops are no more weathered than the bottoms. If that is not good enough for you, I'll explain Polonium Haloes...
In the 1986 book It's a Young World After All, Paul Ackerman described a whale fossil found in Lompoc, California. He described the whale as being oriented vertically and passing through several layers of strata—a “polystrate” fossil. Paleontologists date fossils by the strata they are found in. If the whale were found to cross layers, it would mean that strata could not be dated, and paleontologists would be wrong about the dates of all their fossils. But Ackerman's description was wrong, and a creationist who visited the site agrees.
Creationist Andrew Snelling visited the site and admitted that the whale lies entirely within one layer of strata that was oriented diagonally. Geologic forces had upended the strata. However, some anti-evolutionists continue to repeat this story, reinforcing the idea that strata are always horizontal.
Anti-evolutionists also claim that some fossil trees pass through different layers, when, in fact, the trees were buried by river floods bearing large amounts of coarse sediment that covered the trees while they stood upright. In other somewhat similar circumstances where the trees are in sediments that are more fine-grained, the tops of the trees are missing because the fine sediment took a long time to settle, allowing decay of the exposed upper portions
Originally posted by camaro68ss
I guess they all went scrambling to there story of evolution books to combat our answers. Crickets….
In order for evolutionary theory to be correct, transitional species—partway between one true species and another which it is supposed to have evolved into—should have been found in massive numbers. But none have been found. Scientists are well-aware of this problem, and have a name for it. They call it "fossil gaps."
Modern men and women are only supposed to have existed on earth for the past 2 million years, and therefore should only be found in Quaternary strata.
Yet human fossils have been found in many different levels, and human footprints have been found in the Cambrian level. These facts totally violate evolutionary theory.—p. 47.
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Modern men and women are only supposed to have existed on earth for the past 2 million years, and therefore should only be found in Quaternary strata.
The oldest fossil remains of anatomically modern humans are the Omo remains that date to 195,000 years ago.
This is science vs. evolution—a Creation-Evolution Encyclopedia, brought to you by Creation Science Facts.
SOLAR COLLAPSE—Research studies indicate that our sun is gradually shrinking at a steady rate of seconds of arc per century. At its rate of shrinkage, as little as 50,000 years ago the sun would have been so large that our oceans would boil. But in far less a time than 50,000 years, life here would have ceased to exist. Recent studies have disclosed that neither the size of the sun, nor our distance from it, could be much greater or smaller—in order for life to be sustained on our planet.
In other words, the Sun's mass at the end of its lifetime is 99.966% of its current mass. See.. nothing to worry about!
The Sun is thought to have a remaining lifetime of about 5x10^9 years.
Originally posted by TheDebunkMachine
...peer edited source...
Originally posted by sirnex
I don't get it. Where is the proof that the universe is all knowing given that to know something the universe must be a living intelligent entity with the capacity to experience and reflect upon those experience in which to gain knowledge of all things.
Looks more like wordplay than proof.edit on 7-4-2011 by sirnex because: (no reason given)