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(pr. def. beliving in something unprovable) Does anyone here really think aliens know about Darwins theory of the Origin of species?
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If they could pull off warp drives, the creation of synthetic life, and also advanced space travel, I'd say they probably have a good idea that life is changing and always has been. They might not call it "evolution", but they'd certainly have some sort of word for it.
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But it still doesn't answer where they came from now does it?
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No, and it's not supposed to. The Theory of Evolution simply states that life has changed over the aeons to survive the environment. Abiogenesis deals more with the origins of life.
Although, you still have a problem if you believe god created everything: where's the evidence for a god? Which god should we believe in?
If I believed the Bible as fact, then I would also have to believe that everything was created by a magical and invisible sky wizard just 6,000 years ago, man came from dust and woman from that man's rib, our species is filled with problems because a talking snake convinced the duo to eat from a cursed apple tree, and a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father came here to Earth to die for our sins.
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Kapt Z look out the window into space, the oceans, the land, your own body don't you ever wonder how it all came to be?
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We all do. But if we don't know (scientists and followers of science), we simply say, "
We don't know, and we're probably not going to find out any time soon". We don't shout,
"WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS! <INSERT NAME OF GOD/RELIGION HERE>
IS THE ONLY TRUE WAY TO GO! THE <INSERT RELIGIOUS TEXT/BELIEF HERE>
IS THE ONLY TRUE BOOK!"
Creationists are essentially trying to overrule what scientists have known for a century now with their own mythology and legends. That's all it comes down to. Hell, we built the modern polio vaccine using evolution and natural selection (along with their principles), but they still deny its existence.
If we start teaching Christian creation, then we had better start teaching Greek creation, Roman creation, Norse creation, Gaelic creation, Egyptian creation, Islamic creation, Jewish creation, Ancient Russian creation, Mayan creation, Aztec creation, Navajo creation, Iroquois creation, Inca creation, and even Easter Island creation.
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Myself I believe in the intelligent design of YHVH.
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I'll stick with Zeus and the Deities of Olympus, thank you. Though Odin and his friends aren't a bad lot to go with, either.
The thing I always liked more about the Greek gods than any other gods in today's religions is that they lived at a physical place. It was said if you went to the top of Mount Olympus, you could meet Zeus, Hera, Hermes, and all the others and actually see them. With the Christians, Jews, and Muslims, there god is just sort of... there. I mean, he's supposedly all around us, omnipotent and omniscient.