observer Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Seems Chas was born 200 years ago, in an age where scientifically derived theories that contradicted religious belief, were considered heresy - it took him 18 years before he could pick up the courage to publish his theory. Seems however, that the fear of revolutionary or evolutionary ideas by vested intersts havn't entirely diminished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 I've heard that some people don't believe Sir David Attenborough and have made death threats against the great man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 A consequence of "care in the community" - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryLightweight Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Probably some fanatical religious group...the usual suspects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Best keep an eye on Goonerman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Can't remember what it was called but watched a recent TV programme re this topic, was ever so interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 So do you conlude we developed from a single cell amoeba, over billions of years of enviromental adaptation OR that Men were made out of clay, and woman was made out of the rib of a man?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Why not both? Why does everything have to fit into one tidy label? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Please explain how "both" can have any scientific viability - errm, evolution produces man, then along comes God and builds a copy out of clay - is that how it goes?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I vote for the amoeba and the ape. Â In fact some have still not fully evolved as can be seen by the attacks on Jimmy Lowes by some of the Wolves 'supporters' QED. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 The one in the middle looks like "a fan"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I go along with Mary. Of course it could be both or even multiple causes of progress and regression. Amoebas could have evolved slightly and then aliens from space came and colonized (Angels?). We don't know and anyone who has comprehended the complete universe and the complete history of this planet has an ego larger than human brains should be able to accommodate. Â I read Voyage of the Beagle at about the same age as Darwin when he made his five year survey of flora and fauna around the earth. Â As for debunking the Bible story of a talking snake and other 'myths' -- I find comfort in the fact that the writers of those stories at the time lacked the vocabulary we have today. When they say Jonah was swallowed by a great fish, they had no concept of cetaceans - warm blooded mammels in the sea. The biblical accounts of how our ancestors behave resonate with me as 99 and 44/100s per cent pure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Think the crackpots who believe in the biblical "creation" put the start at around 40,000 years ago; Darwin showed, and science has subsequently confirmed, that Earth is billions of years old, thus giving ample time for the survival of the fittest genes to evolve into us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 There are mathmaticians who doubt that time span was sufficient. Last night I happened to see AGAIN the history series on Chariots of the Gods, with alien beings interacting and (breeding?) with earth's leading primates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 That's just for those who can't accept that we are merely animals - just check the Town Centre on a Friday night if you don't believe me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Obs, at the end of Kirk Douglas film PATHS OF GLORY, he looks into a (what do they call beer halls in France) and sees drunken louts intimidating a helpless enemy girl and he would have thrown in with you. But then, the girl sings a little, weak tune and the swinish testosterone animals get little trickles of tears. Where did THAT come from? Huh? Can't answer, I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 The same "emotions" that cause some to invent a pallitable rationale for our existence - there is none - it's all just chance - like the big bang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 If you say so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 No - that's what scientific inquiry is telling us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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