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Originally Posted by MalevolentSasuke
[COLOR="DarkGreen"]True, that theory of evolution can be tested, but how? Looking at old rocks and using a variety of flawed Radiometric Dating methods? Sure, adaptation can be observed, mutations have been seen by many people and documented; but true Darwinian Theory cannot be observed because no one could possibly live that long (not to mention travel back in time).
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The theory of evolution can be tested in all of its forms. Do you know what the scientific method is?
Let us take abiogenesis for example... We have simulated in labs the formation of amino acids from non organic material. They then form together in a non random pattern (the way in which their very structure demands that they form in order to survive). From there, they have been witnessed to accumulate into simple proteins. Give or take a few BILLION years of accumulative changes and there's life. That's just one area of the theory of evolution.
Now let us test the theory that a divine being made us... Oh wait. Hmm... We can't. There is no way to observe God and there is a reason why religion is called FAITH.
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Omnipotence: Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
Now that we've got a definition, mind explain these "flaws" you mentioned? I'm curious.
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Certainly. The existance of free will and omnipotence (both things that the Judeo-Christian faith teach that we have) are mutually exclusive. If he knows our decisions ahead of time then they are predetermined and we don't have "free will."
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Same could be said for good and evil from a Chrisitan perspective, it all depends on how you look at it.
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See my posts in another thread on good and evil. They did not exist in the universe until man defined them. Heat and cold, light and darkness did.
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Well, I'd obviously like to have a better understanding of where you're coming from, so I'll debate you and hopefully learn something.
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I was asking what the thread is supposed to be a debate about. Evolution? God? Don't we already have threads for those?
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OMG....this is the most amazing peice of information I have ever read, I myself believe in Darwin's Theory of Evolution, however this peice made me question that.......I'm gonna copy and save this, if it isn't too much trouble.....
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The theory of evolution is not mutually exclusive with God. I hate when people do that. I believe in both. In a way, I believe that we were intelligently designed, but we cannot teach that in a SCIENCE class. Why? Because it doesn't follow the scientific method, does not prove any piece of evolution incorrect (it only points out certain holes that are currently in evolution), and it is not a scientific theory by the definitions given to all of those words.