Topic: Serious question about evolution
+Anonymous A — 13.6 years ago #18,395
If we evolved from chimps, why are there still chimps in the world? Why didn't they all just keep evolving and end up like us?
+Anonymous B — 13.6 years ago, 2 minutes later[T] [B] #224,171
divergent evolution
+Anonymous — 13.6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,172
Serious answer... We didn't evolve from chimps, we evolved from the ape family.
+Anonymous D — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,173
+Anonymous E — 13.6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,178
·Anonymous A (OP) — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,179
As I thought, nobody can answer this.
Looks like God wins again!
Looks like God wins again!
·Anonymous D — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,180
·Anonymous E — 13.6 years ago, 28 seconds later, 17 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,182
·Anonymous E — 13.6 years ago, 52 seconds later, 18 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,185
@224,179 (A)
Claim CC150:
If we are descended from apes, why are there still apes around?
Source:
Robinson, B. A, 2003. 17 indicators that evolution didn't happen (with rebuttals). http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_noway.htm#11
Response:
Humans and other apes are descended from a common ancestor whose population split to become two (and more) lineages. The question is rather like asking, "If many Americans and Australians are descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans around?" Creationists themselves recognize the invalidity of this claim (AIG n.d.).
Links:
Foley, Jim. 2002. Fossil hominids: Frequently asked questions http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/faqs.html#apes
References:
AIG, n.d. Arguments we think creationists should NOT use. http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/faq/dont_use.asp#apes
Further Reading:
Darwin, C., 1872. The Origin of Species, London: Senate, chap. 4. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/origin/chapter4.html
Claim CC150:
If we are descended from apes, why are there still apes around?
Source:
Robinson, B. A, 2003. 17 indicators that evolution didn't happen (with rebuttals). http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_noway.htm#11
Response:
Humans and other apes are descended from a common ancestor whose population split to become two (and more) lineages. The question is rather like asking, "If many Americans and Australians are descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans around?" Creationists themselves recognize the invalidity of this claim (AIG n.d.).
Links:
Foley, Jim. 2002. Fossil hominids: Frequently asked questions http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/faqs.html#apes
References:
AIG, n.d. Arguments we think creationists should NOT use. http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/faq/dont_use.asp#apes
Further Reading:
Darwin, C., 1872. The Origin of Species, London: Senate, chap. 4. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/origin/chapter4.html
·Anonymous A (OP) — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 20 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,189
@previous (E)
I cannot be bothered to read all of that. Explain the process to me now, quickly and simply, as if I were a smug 5-year-old belligerent creationist.
I cannot be bothered to read all of that. Explain the process to me now, quickly and simply, as if I were a smug 5-year-old belligerent creationist.
·Anonymous E — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,195
@previous (A)
Humans and other apes came from a common ancestor who slit into various lineages. . The question is rather like asking, "If many Americans and Australians are descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans around?"
Humans and other apes came from a common ancestor who slit into various lineages. . The question is rather like asking, "If many Americans and Australians are descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans around?"
+Anonymous F — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 23 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,200
@224,189 (A)
Discussing evolution with a creationist, is like discussing reproduction with an advocate of the stalk theory.
Discussing evolution with a creationist, is like discussing reproduction with an advocate of the stalk theory.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 13.6 years ago, 37 seconds later, 23 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,201
@224,195 (E)
But biologically, Yanks and Aussies have developed at the same rate, so the analogy doesn't help to explain the process.
But biologically, Yanks and Aussies have developed at the same rate, so the analogy doesn't help to explain the process.
·Anonymous E — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 25 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,207
+The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 13.6 years ago, 29 seconds later, 26 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,208
·Anonymous A (OP) — 13.6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,217
@previous (The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY)
> Your a fucking imbecile.
Autists, being hyper-literal, struggle to grasp sarcasm.
Still everyone is evading the question and failing to answer it clearly.
The Lord wins yet again.
> Your a fucking imbecile.
Autists, being hyper-literal, struggle to grasp sarcasm.
Still everyone is evading the question and failing to answer it clearly.
The Lord wins yet again.
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 31 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,222
·Anonymous A (OP) — 13.6 years ago, 1 minute later, 32 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #224,224
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 13.6 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #224,275
+Anonymous H — 13.6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #224,279
Syntax claims that he started evolution when he personally advised single-cell organisms to develop further.
·Anonymous D — 13.6 years ago, 39 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #224,309
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