I don't know, but I can be reasonably assured that if I left a sink full of dirty dishes in dish water for upwards of six months (or even 600 million years) the only thing it would spawn would be an unbearable stench.

The thought of a random pool of chemicals that can be found in a toy chemistry set producing anything relatively close to me in time is pretty far-fetched. And yes I do know that the argument is various amino acids and other compounds, but it is all chemistry after all if you take it to base components.

Either way, I do not think "life" has been created in any lab without some sort of outside contamination or influence as of yet. And I think that Darwin also shared those views as well. Just that years of misinterpretation has brought about the idea of absolute evolution. Which is quite different than Darwin's Theory of successful mutations of a species that produced reproducible offspring that dominated (or struck a balance) with competition is why we have a diverse catalog of flora and fauna.

Originally posted by danielsil18
I don't buy into the "We are accidents made by chance". I do however believe that there is some type of evolution.

Example:

If one day everyone decides to stay awake at night and sleep at day then Humans will adapt and have eyes like Owls. But I don't believe how scientists say that minerals "accidently" mixed each other and created a living thing with a soul (OBE), I think God did that.

I'm no expert, but I'm almost completely certain it doesn't work this way.

What created the big bang?

We might never know in this lifetime

The Big Bang was an event, not a thing. The "universe" is a thing, I suppose, and the big bang is the science of the infancy of it. What did the universe do when it was a baby? The big bang answers questions like this to varying degrees.

What caused the big bang? Nobody knows. Maybe if you become a scientist, you can hope to answer that one day -- even name the theory after yourself . What more motivation do you need to become a scientist than to name the birth of creation after yourself? (In actuality it would probably never be named after its discoverer, baring extraordinary circumstances)

6 out of 10 Americans is quite a worrying statistic for a well accepted theory. But you have to wonder where they get these numbers from. I remember seeing somewhere that 45% of british people believe in God. I found that number to be simply staggering. Nearly half? I can tell you that where I live there are very few religious people. I've never met any. Well none that I know of.

I don't ever remember learning about evolution in my school. I don't really remember learning anything now that I think about it. But evolution seems to be accepted by nearly everyone.

It might be nice to have some chistian fanatics running about the place so I could have a proper face to face debate with them. America, here I come.

Originally posted by System
It might be nice to have some chistian fanatics running about the place so I could have a proper face to face debate with them. America, here I come.

Debate never seems to work, because the anti-evolution position isn't based on facts or evidence, and therefore, can not be refuted with facts and evidence.

It's a bit like debating "apples and oranges." One side has a whole different set of criteria for what constitutes proof and sound logic.

Why is it always: Creationism Vs. Evolution?

The two are NOT mutually exclusive.

Example: If the creator wanted an oak tree, did he simply "poof", and there suddenly was a mature, beautiful, giant oak tree?

Or, did he plant an acorn?

Either way, it's his creation. Intelligent design.

You certainly can (simultaneously) believe both.

Kaytagg, you seem very convinced in your belief and that is great for you. This poll doesn't surprise me and despite what you think evolution in its entirety is not a fact. Having said that, I do believe evolution exists in some degrees.

I think part of the problem is its relationship to abiogenesis which should really be the main contender to creationism. It is possible for Creation(ism) to have happened and for evolution to have played the part following, but not by biblical time lines.

There now exists more than 2 explanations for our origins, and I expect that other explanations beyond these may gain some ground. There is no definitive absolute proof for any explanation/theory of creation and until then, no one should be ostracized for their personal belief.

What I've heard before is Creationists claiming God is responsible for everything because scientists can't explain it. Like the Big Bang for example. But there is nothing wrong with not knowing. We're still learning. Given enough time science can and will understand the universe.

To me it seems like Creationists are afraid of the unknown and make up wild stories to comfort themselves. Claiming God done something because we don't know what really happened is the easy way out. You don't need to put any thought into it.

I'm proud to say I don't know how the universe was created.

I believe in it. So let's find three others who do, and six that don't. Repeat that a few thousand times and we'll know for sure.

GAH!
no scientist claims evolution is random. or accidental.

there IS evidence for evolution. it is one of the best supported scientific theories.

Originally posted by poedxsoldiervet

Originally posted by yenko13
God made us -- creation -- we leard to adapt --- Evolution

What are the polls on that ??

Thats two of us.....Where ever there is creation there is a creator in some way, shape, or form.

youre assuming that there was creation.

theres stuff, but that doesnt prove it was created or designed. it just proves that it exists in the most common use of the word exists

Originally posted by ravenshadow13
I believe in it. So let's find three others who do, and six that don't. Repeat that a few thousand times and we'll know for sure.

I've actually been keeping count from the start

I don't know.
Did they ask every American? If not then the statistic, like all stats is silly.

[edit on 29-6-2009 by and14263]

Approximately 77% of Americans are Christian, then you have other religions which make up roughly 82% of America combined....According to the polls.

So I would say that most Americans believe in Creationism over evolution....that is according to these lame and inaccurate polls they always feel so compelled to flap their gums about.