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The
Theory of Evolution DISPROVED |
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Most people today have
learned about the "theory of evolution" at some point during
their grade school years, and assume this theory is fact. Though most
people do not know the details behind this theory, who proposed it, and
what evidence the theory has been based on. |
Evolution is perhaps
badly taught in some schools. This is a comment on teaching, not
evolutionary theory. |
irrelevant |
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If anyone stops to take
a look at this so-called evidence, they will realize that much of it is
not evidence but simply a combination of assumptions and wishful
thinking. Below is some information we gathered from different sources
on the subject which we feel are true. |
Completely untrue. That
evolution occured is supported by a vast amount of evidence. A number of
inter-related theories give a detailed and robust account of how it
happened. |
FALSE |
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The Problem |
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Throughout the centuries
scientists have always argued where life on earth came from. "Creationists"
are people who believe we were created by God. |
But creationists are not
scientists. Why should their views on scientific matters be considered
relevant if they can offer nothing but unsubstantiated assertions? If
they have scientific evidence to offer, they can offer it in a
scientific context. |
irrelevant |
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People who do not
believe there is a God find the idea of life being created by a superior
being unthinkable. |
To an atheist, God is
irrelevant, not unthinkable. In any case, this has nothing to do with
the 'theory of evolution'. There are many evolutionary scientists who
believe in God. Belief in God has nothing to do with science. |
irrelevant |
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So these people have
been forced to try and think of other possible ways how life could exist
on earth in so many different forms (from a single cell all the way up
to complex life forms called Homo Sapiens or human beings). |
Many scientists believe
in God. Most of the world's Christians believe that evolution has
occured. They accept evolution because the evidence to support it is
overwhelming. It is the evidence of the natural world which forced
scientists to develop the theories which underpin geology, palaeontology
and biology. Many of them came from a background of deeply held
religious conviction. |
FALSE |
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The
Theory |
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In the 1800's scientists
normally examined rocks and fossils (or the "fossil record")
to determine what life forms existed during different periods in
history. At that time a several scientists had proposed different
theories of evolution which they felt could explain our existence. |
The theories were devised
to explain the evidence. This is the nature of science. |
irrelevant |
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Most notable among these
men was someone named Charles Darwin who, observing that in some cases
plants and animals showed an ascent of increasing complexity in strata
(layers of rock and dirt), proposed his own theory of evolution. |
Charles Darwin based his theory
of natural selection almost entirely on his observations of living plants
and animals. |
FALSE |
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Charles Darwin assumed
the forms higher in the strata physically evolved from the forms lower
in the strata. In other words, Darwin was saying that over many many
years, small living organisms must have evolved into more complex
creatures, which evolved into fish, which evolved into birds, which
eventually evolved into larger animals, then into people, all by
themselves. |
He proposed his theory of
evolution (which was already well-accepted) by natural selection (which
explains the process) |
FALSE |
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Charles Darwin then
devised a theory in 1859 which stated that there is always a "struggle
for existence" among living creatures and that only the fittest
survive. In addition he stated that nature, over long periods of time,
gradually selects and promotes features of increasing complexity and
usefulness for survival. He called this built in feature "natural
selection". |
Badly stated, but
basically true |
TRUE |
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Scientists who did not
believe in the creationist point of view (that we were created by God),
were quick to adopt this new "theory of evolution" (having
nothing else to go on at the time), and a battle between the "Creationists"
and "Evolutionists" was born. By the year 1900, this new
theory was well accepted by a large number of scientists and the battle
between both sides was still ongoing. |
Some scientists adopted
this view, others didn't. There was a great deal of argument, rival
theories were proposed. The battles were between different scientific
theories, not between scientists and creationists. |
FALSE |
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What the
Fossil Records Show |
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Throughout
the 1900's scientists continually studied the fossil records to try and
determine if the theory of evolution was really the "fact of
evolution". |
The facts are
not theories. A theory cannot become a fact. It can be supported by so
much evidence that it can be treated as a fact. Gravity is 'only a
theory'. That evolution has occured can be treated as fact because it is
as well supported as the theory of gravity. |
argument
from ignorance |
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If the theory of
evolution were fact, then the fossil records would clearly show the
gradual transformations over long periods of time that Darwin spoke of.
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It does. There are
numerous examples. Even a little research will show that this is the
case. |
argument from ignorance |
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But despite intense
research for over 150 years since the theory of evolution was proposed,
no instances of a transitional form have been found in the fossil
records. |
Many fossils representing
what to any reasonable person are 'transitional forms' have been found,
most famously Archaeopteryx. |
FALSE |
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What the fossil records
do show is each life form suddenly appearing, full blown, without any
apparent relationship to what went before it. |
Completely and utterly
untrue. Any basic textbook on palaeontology will show many examples of
progessive development. |
Bollocks! |
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Why evolutionists look
the other way and call this a lie is incredible. |
The call it a lie because
that's what it is. |
irrelevant |
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These few quotes on the
subject speak for themselves! |
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(quotations
on separate page) |
