You just stated evolution is also origins. I read one person made this claim and it's a new one. You make it sound as if it's a consensus. I think if you toned down your attack and expanded on your thoughts it could make an interesting discussion
. On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > > Why would you need to be a biologist to accept that all life may have > > evolved from a single cell? > > > > I think that the mistake that people often make in these sorts of > discussions is attempting to explain the theory to someone who doesn't WANT > to believe it. The real point is that there are several proposed hypothesis > on how life came to be on this planet. Some are scientific and some are > mythology. > > Of all of these, currently there is one hypothesis (evolution) which when > challenged stands out several orders of magnitude above the others in > validity. This doesn't mean it's a complete or perfect explanation, but > that does not diminish it's standing as the single most validated > hypothesis. By far. By light years. > > Also, generally speaking, scientists will look at evidence contrary to > their theory and get excited. They will formulate tests to further explore > the evidence and will share it and be interested in getting to the bottom > of the truth. This process is what has led to the theory of evolution. > > Contrast that to mythologies and superstitions, and though there is > sometimes an interest in discovering the truth, there is also a deep fear > that the truth will invalidate long held beliefs. There is secrecy and > denial. Fanatic believers of mythologies will attack the messenger instead > of working to validate or invalidate the message. > > There really is very little that will sway someone indoctrinated into the > belief system of a given mythology. Especially if they are still embedded > in the reinforcement worshiping mechanisms developed centuries ago to keep > those beliefs in line. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369150 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
