Evolution vs. Naked Ladies and Talking Snakes (PART 1 OF 2)
So I was reading the latest Time, and there was a huge article discussing the debate over the teaching of "intelligent design" in our schools. What has really made this a big "controversy" is the fact that Bush supports the teaching of both sides. So basically, they want to teach creationism without the word "God". Now, let's review the facts.
The theory of evolution states that humans share a common ancestry with chimpanzee's, not that we have evolved from them. So that immediately removes the half-assed argument "If we evolved from monkeys, why are they still here?" It has been seen through out the fossil record that organisms have have gradually been getting larger and more complex. In the precambrian era, we see only bacteria and small microbes. As we move along, we see species becoming more complex, until finally we've reached the zenith, start declining and BOOM!!!- we've reached rock bottom and the only thing we can focus on is Janet Jacksons tit for half a second.
Intelligent Design states that organisms are too complex to have developed through evolution alone, and that some intelligent higher-being must have been involved. Like I said, creationism without the word God. In fact, there is no actual "theory" for intelligent design. There is no real evidence for it either. Basically, science has come upon something that it can't prove fully so people said "fuck it, this must be God". That just goes to show you how lazy America has become.
Some people say that there is no evidence for evolution, and when I hear that I honestly wonder if these are the crack babies I've read so much about. Hell, some people believe in micro-evolution, but not macro-evolution. Well, the surprising thing is, if you take a bunch of small changes, it eventually makes a big change. That is called addition and was in fact taught to you in kindergarten. That same principle can be applied to the formation of the eye. One cell micro-evolves to become light sensitive, and the one next to it does the same. The next the you know, all the cells are sayin "might as well jump on the bandwagon", and bada-bing-bada-boom, you have the eye. Of course that bada-bing-bada-boom probably took a few million years, and many creationists don't even believe the earth is that old. On that, I'm not even going to comment.
The theory of evolution states that humans share a common ancestry with chimpanzee's, not that we have evolved from them. So that immediately removes the half-assed argument "If we evolved from monkeys, why are they still here?" It has been seen through out the fossil record that organisms have have gradually been getting larger and more complex. In the precambrian era, we see only bacteria and small microbes. As we move along, we see species becoming more complex, until finally we've reached the zenith, start declining and BOOM!!!- we've reached rock bottom and the only thing we can focus on is Janet Jacksons tit for half a second.
Intelligent Design states that organisms are too complex to have developed through evolution alone, and that some intelligent higher-being must have been involved. Like I said, creationism without the word God. In fact, there is no actual "theory" for intelligent design. There is no real evidence for it either. Basically, science has come upon something that it can't prove fully so people said "fuck it, this must be God". That just goes to show you how lazy America has become.
Some people say that there is no evidence for evolution, and when I hear that I honestly wonder if these are the crack babies I've read so much about. Hell, some people believe in micro-evolution, but not macro-evolution. Well, the surprising thing is, if you take a bunch of small changes, it eventually makes a big change. That is called addition and was in fact taught to you in kindergarten. That same principle can be applied to the formation of the eye. One cell micro-evolves to become light sensitive, and the one next to it does the same. The next the you know, all the cells are sayin "might as well jump on the bandwagon", and bada-bing-bada-boom, you have the eye. Of course that bada-bing-bada-boom probably took a few million years, and many creationists don't even believe the earth is that old. On that, I'm not even going to comment.
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