Originally posted by UM_Gazz
I believe that science offers the best explanation for our human existence in this world. The theory of Creation seems to be a matter of faith.
We as humans, who have such amazing abilities, talents and knowledge of our own world, and can look at our massive universe to solve even more
mysteries. You are looking at a screen created by humans.. Connected to a computer, accessed the internet.. And are able to comprehend what you are
reading now. Think of all the things you can do.. Imagine all of the possibilities and ponder your own existence. We can fly! Explore space! And
create technologies that can be far more advanced than our ancestors could have ever dreamed! However they did, for it was their imagination, skills
and Brain Power that helped us get to where we are today... Right?
Science tells us that we evolved from primitive apes starting some 2 Million years ago. Biblical creation tells us we were created by a super being or
God some 10,000 years ago. What does logic tell YOU?
How is it that we can communicate as we do? Why are we able to understand our human condition, life, death, and all between? Why to we have such a
strong desire to learn more?
Are we human or are we animals? .. Or perhaps something else?
Were we created, or did we create the theory of creation because we were confused and unable to explain our own existence?
No other animal on this planet can do the things we can
?
Chimps use tools, many animals have a primitive
sort of language, and lots of animals 'play' and seem to genuinely experience a
joi de
vive. And famously chimps and other primates will savagely murder one another, even have near genocidal wars with other 'tribes' over not very
much. Interstingly, its been observed that some chimps have a ritualistic tribal dance, with members of a group dancing, with footsteps in rythm (not
simply walking along), and often this occurs around a large pole/tree, which is all very similar to the ancient tribal dances that are out there.
THere's nothing like humans, but then again, there's nothin quite like chimps, reptiles, dogs, etc either. The differences between man and animal
are
largely a difference of degree, not a difference of type.
What if they found a way to combine some of their own genetic material with that of primitive mankind, and were successful?
I'd think that there'd be evidence for it, and also it seems extremely unlikely that aliens from another planet, assuming that they exist and come
here, will have a genetics that can 'match' with that of genetics on earth. They'd have to use DNA, which is not a given, and they'd also have to
have the same genetic code (the code is what codon (a set of three a, c, g, etc) 'means' what amino acid, and thus permits proteins to be built).
Even given that tho, I'd think that we'd find evidence for non-terrestrial genes in man. Chimps and man share a lot of genetic information, and the
stuff thats different doesn't bear evidence of being of alien manufacture.
This doesn't mean that these things didn't happen, but we have to be very careful about saying that they did when we don't have eivdence for it.
? Could they have been feeding us technologies through time? Seeing how we learn from it?
Human technology seems to have progressed rather normally, sometimes quickly, undoubtedly, but there aren't, so far as I know, any 'gaps' that
would indicate outside influence was needed.
mizar
We are lucky our oldest ancestors were not over run by other species
Every living species is equally lucky, by definition. None of the species alive today have any 'extinctions' in their lines.
Humanity is just almost too perfect
Humans seem pretty darned imperfect. They loose vision, grow cancer, their skin gets all wrinkly, they die, they get sick easily, they have vestigial
organs, etc etc. Don't seem anything close to perfect. They're not very different, anatomically, from chimps.
Why were we so lucky to gain a larger brain?
Why do you consider it 'lucky'? Most people appreciate having a brain, but the animals that have underdeveloped brains aren't terribly off.
why did primitive man have such a big brain and thinking capacity if it was never to be used;
Primitive man used his brain every bit as much as modern man.
But science tells us that it is simply something that had to happen.
Science does not say this. Things ended up happenign the way they did, it wasn't destined. Selection pressures for walking up-right and having a
larger brain were applied to the primitive ancestors of man. Thats about it.
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