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User:PhilipN/Essay:Questions to evolutionists (view source)
Revision as of 03:25, January 31, 2012
, 03:25, January 31, 2012→Question related to Evolution but not challenging the theory
===Question A: According to Evolution, degrading biodiversity does not matter===
===Question A: According to Evolution, degrading biodiversity does not matter===
According to evolutionists, there has already been many great extinction followed by explosion of diversity. If so, It does not really matter if we degrade biodiversity, it will be fixed by itself.
According to evolutionists, there has already been many great extinction followed by explosion of diversity. If so, It does not really matter if we degrade biodiversity, it will be fixed by itself.
::That couldn't be farther from the truth. Yes, mass extinction events have happened in the past, but almost every one of them wiped out everything larger than a squirrel. Not to mention that it took '''millions''' of years after each mass extinction for biodiversity to return to its pre-extinction levels. The current biodiversity crisis should be of concern to humans because (in addition to being larger than squirrels) we are losing potential sources of food and medicine with each species lost. Furthermore, as ecosystems are thrown into disarray, the loss of biodiversity is accelerating.
::The current mass extinction is the result of habitat destruction and over-exploitation of natural resources by humans. Ecosystems are fragile and delicate things; as humans, we depend on a balanced ecosystem for food (that cheeseburger had to graze on something), oxygen, and drinking water. If the damage to the Earth's biosphere throws the whole system out of balance, it could threaten our very survival as a species. --[[User:JHunter|JHunter]] 22:25, 30 January 2012 (EST)
===Question B: According to Evolution, a human is not more important than a cockroach===
===Question B: According to Evolution, a human is not more important than a cockroach===
===Question D: What do you find illogical with creationism ?===
===Question D: What do you find illogical with creationism ?===
::Creationism is not supported by empirical evidence (circumstantial appeals to "complexity" are not empirical evidence). It is the product of a dogmatic belief system based on iron age mythology; not systematic observation of the natural world. Mythology has no place in the laboratory or the science classroom. --[[User:JHunter|JHunter]] 22:25, 30 January 2012 (EST)
===Question E: What is the purpose of life ?===
===Question E: What is the purpose of life ?===
In the biochemical sense, the function of life is to perpetuate itself. Natural selection has refined DNA into a very potent machine for reproduction and survival. In the moral sense, this is a religious and philosophical question unrelated to how we developed over time. [[User:RachelW|RachelW]] 10:47, 30 January 2012 (EST)
In the biochemical sense, the function of life is to perpetuate itself. Natural selection has refined DNA into a very potent machine for reproduction and survival. In the moral sense, this is a religious and philosophical question unrelated to how we developed over time. [[User:RachelW|RachelW]] 10:47, 30 January 2012 (EST)
'''42'''--[[User:JHunter|JHunter]] 22:25, 30 January 2012 (EST)