A_Seagull wrote:The point about evolution is that it is the ONLY possibility currently available.
If you don't like it, it is probably because you don't understand it. Because it is a very beautiful and elegant theory.
And don't be deluded by the notion that it is 'only a theory'; just about everything that relates to the real world is 'only a theory'. It is just that some theories are better than others. And some theories, such as evolution, are so far ahead of the rest of the field that there are effectively no others in the race.
This. ^^^^ Absolutely.
I wasn't even going to look at replies I got so disgusted (not a personal attack) at the questioning of the "theory".
There are lots of things occurring in nature for which you can't see examples. God is one, for instance. Angels. Evolution. Beta particles. Big Bang. Soul. Salvation. Heaven. Hell.
I intentionally mixed scientific theories with religious metaphors there. Nobody can tell any other that the other's belief is false. One can only say for himself, "this is not something I believe in" and "this other thing is something I believe in" if there is no evidence of the believed object.
So let's not put ranks over whose belief is superior to the belief of whom.
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That said, believing in Beta particles could help create nuclear power plants, and atomic bombs, while believing in angels could not even help create a steam engine or even a lever. Believing in the preservation of energy helped create numerous simplifications in planning to build bridges, hydroelectric dams, heart rate monitors, stereophonic equipment. Believing in heaven did not help to even get rid of premature birth, pestilence, or matrimonial infidelity.
I am on the side of science and the reasoning it employs.
In my opinion, for myself, religions, and especially those that attack perfectly good theories only because it contradicts their most sacred beliefs, can only work against the betterment of mankind, and beside, they are stupid, they are advocated by people blinded by their beliefs, and they are disgustingly obnoxious in their righteousness. (Religions, not people.)
I am sorry, and I push this following only as my own personal opinion, without trying to influence anyone else to follow my lead, but I am extremely angry with people who advocate the "falsehood" of the evolutionary theory.