that one guy..

We did not evolve from a current form of what we call monkeys. The current monkeys evolved from a common ancestor of ours billions of years ago.

The simple minded idea that we were at one time like a chimp who moved on to be human is not correct. The evolutionary split took place long before a chimp was a chimp and a human was a human.

I can see why so many refuse to accept evolution on that false assumption or definition. The mythic minded are so one dimensional in their thinking. Just as they accept the bible version of creation (??) they assume the scientific one is the same. Mythic evolution is very time limited and is void of any change, real evolution is all about time and change.

coolgranny

"Evolution is still a theory, not fact."

myths/religions are theory's

We have more proof of gravity than we do of supernatural beings.

But we do have proof that the bible was written by Romans 2,000 yrs ago to fool the Jews to worship Titus Caesar as their god.

http://www.caesarsmessiah.com/main.html

to order book, go to forum, topic "Selling the Book"

Need proof of evolution? check out the different kinds of dog breeds humanity has developed. These breeds on the most part were created by selective breeding of dogs by humans for thousands of years. Many other animals and even insects and plants have been bred using the THEORY of evolution to create new species / versions of the originals. Its all in the genes honey... the only real eternal life we have on this planet. or ever will.

Jesus was the first theoretical historical clone...

isn't imagination just wonderful.

just because it was imagined, does not make it real.

The bible was created as a tool using the ignorance and superstitions of the past people to control the minds and money of the people of the Age of Stupidity. Some see it as the joke it was intended, others still don't get it.

The gods did not create humanity, humanity created the gods.

millions of them.

Thats the joke.

If a god needs to punish or reward its believers to believe in it, then perhaps it is fear and greed that are what is really needed. The force of belief is proof it is not real.

Gravity does not need you to believe in it to exist, gods do.

The theory of gravity and the theory of gods have 2 very distinct origins. Gravity was not created by man or his gods, but the gods were/are.

After all gravity existed billions of years before humans existed and gods did not show up until humanity in its attempt to understand gravity created a god to create it.

So which came first, gravity or gods?

If god did then who / what created god? And why did the god wait so long ( billions of years) to show up during a time when the Roman's needed a way to control the Jews?

Why is the condemning slavery not one of the 10 commandments?

Because slavery was the the foundation of the militaristic tools of conquest of the Romans. It is also the foundation of the desert myths we have today.

Life is not a supernatural eternity test!

Aubrey,
If you believe in evolution, then you must believe we come from monkeys right?
Just one question......If we came from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys?

Evolution is a theory to try to explain something that makes "smart" scientists feel dumb.

Aubrey,

"..havn't you heard that a hundred years ago people were smaller? we are evolving into a taller species..."

Actually it has to do with better diets. The quickest proof is that in Japan, the generations born after WWIIand Korea showed an immediate increase in height due to the change in diet - today's children are significantly taller than their grandparents born in the 1940s.

Here in the US the same thing has happened. My family is a case in point. I was born in the early forties, and my sister six years later. Al though we are both taller than our parents, my sister is signifcantly taller than my mother as compared to my height over my father. The difference - my mother's war-time diet improved and she took vitamin pills during her second pregnancy.

One other point... Girls are physically maturing early at an alarming rate in the last twenty years. A friend has a teenage granddaughter who began having her period at the age of eight.
Just take a look at girls in junior high - they sure didn't look like that when I was their age. Scientists tell us it's because of the artificial hormones pumped into cows and chickens.

The above have nothing to do with evolution. You say "evolution is a gradual, very slow process." Well based on the theory of evolution that tiny changes took thousands or million of years, it's not likely that the general increase in height over just a 100 year period has anything to do with evolution but something as simple as a better diet and vitamin pills.

Ijoe said-----The bible was written by man...nuff said.
I respond-----True, but inspired by God the writting was...nuff said.

The General "Theory" of Relativity describes gravity as a theory.

Is gravity a theory?

Growing up around this area I don't remember coming across many adults who did not believe in the God of the bible. Now I tell lots of my Christian friends that if they want to see how many people there are here who are agnostic or atheist, just read the comment section of blogs or articles in VA.com that pertain to anything to do with God or religion. We have some here that will shake their fist at our Savior even after they realize He is alive and well right here on old planet Sodom, err earth.

The bible was written by man...nuff said.

Here we go again, more preaching in a NEWSpaper.

How is this news?

What is this guy writing about Jesus to the editor of a paper for?

Proselytizing and evangelicizing should not be letters to the editor.

I'm not a conspiracy freak but I would almost bet there are some preachers "suggesting" that letters to the editor would be a good way to "bring Jesus into people's lives".

Do they REALLY think they can convince someone to believe in their religion if they don't already believe in religion?

Come on Editor, enough with this stuff....it's stupid.

I understand the geology of the theory, but where are the links? If you want me to think LUCY, casual observation by a normal person says absolutely not. I also question the carbon dating as inconsistencies in the system creates error. All of the physical evidence is close, but it proves nothing because there are no links. I do however accept the fact that amphibians change from gilled to lung and air breathing animals. Simple physical changes are part of the development of the species not proof of evolution steps within the species.
If I could ever see the link between a jelly fish and trout or a reptile and a mammal, I would change my views. I don't count the platypus because there is only one of its kind. If someone would discover the DNA remnants of any species that ties directly into the next evolved species I would consider evolution possibly as God's plan. I would still give God the credit for the creation.

"Every day, hundreds of observations and experiments pour into the hopper of the scientific literature… and every fact that has something to do with evolution confirms its truth. Every fossil that we find, every DNA molecule that we sequence, every organ system that we dissect supports the idea that species evolved from common ancestors. Despite innumerable possible explanations that could prove evolution untrue, we don’t have a single one. We don’t find mammals in Precambrian rocks, humans in the same layers as dinosaurs, or any other fossils out of evolutionary order. DNA sequencing supports the evolutionary relationships of species originally deduced from the fossil record. And, as natural selection predicts, we find no species with adaptations that benefit only a different species. We do find dead genes and vestigial organs, incomprehensible under the idea of special creation. Despite a million chances to be wrong, evolution always comes up right. That is as close as we can get to a scientific fact." -- Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True.

Evolution is still a theory, not fact.

Evolution is a fact. How life began does not change the fact!And Markus what if you picked the wrong religion?

I think a lot of people confuse mutation or gene alteration with evolution. Like this new flu out there. It is a combination of swine, bird, and human flu. The DNA of this virus must be amazing to see. Both of my sons were able to practice gene alterations in high school biology. The experiment involved multi-celled organisms. Only God could create something from nothing, and that is the basis of faith.

Ignore Aubrey! His comments always are full of contempt for Christians. Just keep praying, I do.

Gohlke doesn't understand that Evolution and Christianity are not mutually exclusive. Quite a few Christian denominations believe that evolution is a scientific fact. Scientists accept evolution as a fact much in the same way as gravity is accepted as a fact.

Some people want Christianity to exclude evolution because they don't want to consider anything but a literal interpretation of the Bible. Accepting evolution creates cognitive dissonance for them.