Was evolution actually a product of an alien civilization out to create a new home for their race?
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interesting concept but nobody knows. i don't think so myself.
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It is theorized that there were actually a number of "lines" that evolved from the common evolutionary ancestor of man and ape, but that those lines ended for one reason or another.\n\nThe thing to keep in mind is this... adaptation is always a result of environmental pressures.  Something happened in the environment of our ancestors to cause intelligence and "big brains" to be selected above instinct and "small brains".  Remember, many species of small brained hominids existed unchanged for hundreds of thousands of years, and some still exist.\n\nThere are many theories as to what the "something" was that allowed our line to thrive, but it was probably a combination of events (changing climate, food supplies, etc) that together helped thinking hominids out compete our less intelligent cousins.\n\nIn actuality, there is no way to be sure.  It could have been something fantastically simple like one day one of ancestors threw a stick, and suddenly we had invented the "distance weapon."  This allowed members of our species to kill game at a distance, where our less intelligent neighbors could not, and hence we survived to populate the earth.  It really could have been that random and simple.  We just don't know for sure.
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yes I do. There is scientific evidence that we evolved from primates. I don't believe one man pointed his finger *boom* man was created. There was life before Christ, what makes anyone think it was Christ Himself that put the life here afterwords? \nBible thumpers are going to be all over me for this, but why should I believe a book? For all anyone knows, a really drunk author could have written the bible. I mean look at Scientology.. someone invented that religon. Completely made it up! And look at all of the followers. \nIf I was alive 2000 years ago and wrote a book about worshipping grasshoppers, would we all be praying to the 'almighty hopping insect'? \nSadly, no one will know if there is a God or not untill it is our time to go. \nI don't think we have to praise Him in order to go somewhere nice after death. As long as we are good people and live our life to the fullest, we will be happy in death.\n\nAnd 1 more thing: how come we can dig up fossils from dinosaurs (BC), but nothing to back up anything the bible says (AD)?
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yes from adam... duh.... they just evolved to have slightly different features to suit their environment....
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You've got a few misconceptions there.  I'm going to assume you are really asking a question and not just fishing for agreement, so I'll try and straighten them out.\n\nFirst of all, IF man evolved from other primates, it would be more proper to say that mankind arose from -A- primate.  To draw an analogy, if you build a house out of lumber from trees, it doesn't mean there are no trees left in the world... only the trees you used to make your house are gone.  So it is perfectly plausible for monkeys to still be around even though something else might have evolved from them.  Populations become isolated and develop different traits all the time - try comparing someone from China, Iceland, and Africa some time.\n\nSecondly, I don't suspect any evolutionist would say that man evolved from monkeys.  Instead they would suggest that they had a common ancestor, and both man AND monkeys are different from that ancestor, just in different ways.\n\nAnd last is the question of transition.  And transition implies you're going somewhere.  Since none of us know what life will be like a hundred million years from now, it may very well be appropriate to say that EVERYTHING now is in a state of transition from what it used to be from what it will be.  Looking for 'half-fins' and the like is a straw-man argument, though there is certainly no dearth of vestigal organs and DNA around in most species, if you only look for it.\n\nI respect your desire to dispute the validity of evolution.  Most true scientists WELCOME having their theories challenged - it can only make them stronger and get rid of bad ones.  But if you're going to tilt at a windmill, make sure your lance is pointed in the right direction!
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No. The whole thing is a myth. Not even an original one. they just copied off of earlier civilizations myths.
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Hi yes I believe in evolution, its the only feasable explanation of how we developed into what we look and act like today. See the links below for more information.
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Of course. It lead to genetic isolation, then evolution which gave us new species. Look at the ratities as an example.
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Yep. I totally agree that it is due to a misunderstanding of evolution.\n\nI once was told, as an example of why evolution was faulty, that "you cannot put a typewriter into a closet and open up the door a few days later and expect it to be a computer". I remember explaining the relationship between the computer and typewriter and that the ideas, concepts, etc that the technology did evolve, but that certain elements of the typewriter were carried over to the computer (like the keyboard and how it is styled). Then the person said the statement you mentioned "yes, but we couldn't have evolved from apes because apes are still around" to which I remember replying "so are typewriters and word processors. I still own atleast one besides my computer."
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maybe the origin of species has something
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Organic evolution is a change over time in the proportions of individual organisms differeing genetically in one or more traits.These changes transpire by the origin and subsequent alteration of the frequencies of genotypes from generation to generation within populations, by alteration of the proportions of genetically differentiated populations within a species, or by changes in the numbers of the species with different characteristics, thereby altering the frequency of one or more traits within a higher taxon.\nThe net result is descent with modification.  Intelligent Design proves nothing because it cannot be proven with experiments which form no educated predictions nor hypotheses. To prove there is a God one would look at E=mcsquared.  We know what c and E are but someone had to make or present the m. \nFossils are sufficient evidence in which some resemble ape like ancestors. Human and Chimp DNA are 99.4% identical in protein-coding segments and 98.4% identity overall. Realize that any human is related to any other human by 99.9%. Therefore in structural genes, we differ by only 0.5% from the chimp. If you want more ask, email me at rossman_2003@yahoo.com
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Yes.\n\nSome one had to actively create the universe, because a system left on its own would become more chaotic and that's not the case since we have evolution which is creating more order out of things.
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So, you have actually evolved your own God ? Nothing new, because most of the so-called religions were evolved in that way - by subtle schemers who decided to exploit the highly impressionable simpletons in their societies.
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Anything's possible. It has been theorized that humans were the slaves of an alien race and left to populate the earth. Plenty use Egyptian mythology to base their answer, and actually do so quite effectively. So sure, why not?
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No, but that would make a good Kilgore Trout SciFi book.\n\nWe obviously evolved here from primates.  And I don't think that what we came from would have been a goold solider in any world.
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Fine. I'll level with you.\n\nI believe evolution is possible. I think that certain organisms have developed over time to better their "fitness" (if you will). However, I am a Creationist and believe that God created the Earth and the creatures on it. Sorry if I find it hard to believe that a blob evolved into the life on the planet today.
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Evolution is a fact. People, plants, animals, weather, land masses and bodies of water all evolve. The word evolve means to develop or achieve gradually. However, the theory that evolution and the big bang are the origin of life is not a fact, only a theory. The beginning of life and matter is the one most significant and extraordinary event of all time, so how it happened is likely to be similarly extraordinary story. The Bible does not say "Thou shalt not evolve", nor does it say that "nothing ever develops and changes", in fact it calls us to evolve - spiritually, socially, and mentally. The Bible teaches us that there is only one thing that never changes - God. Why is it easier to believe that all of a sudden everything blew up and here we were - oops! No, things happen on purpose more often than they do by accident. Especially extraordinary things. They say that a bunch of monkeys could type the works of Shakepeare if given enough time... but wouldn't it be more efficient and infinitely quicker to let Shakepeare do it on purpose? And isn't one of the basic principles of nature efficiency? (i.e. the path of least resistance) So, no I don't think it's difficult to believe that an organized and developed being created an organized and developed universe. Also... as a Christian, I do not believe that we were created to assuage God's boredom. I believe we were created to love God - by our own free will rather than by force.