User:PhilipN/Essay:Questions to evolutionists - Revision history

JHunter: /* Question D: What do you find illogical with creationism ? */

2012-01-31T04:44:32Z

Question D: What do you find illogical with creationism ?

2012-01-31T04:43:38Z

Question D: What do you find illogical with creationism ?

2012-01-31T03:25:26Z

Question related to Evolution but not challenging the theory

2012-01-31T02:49:29Z

Question 9: Is Evolution unfalsifiable ?

2012-01-30T15:47:46Z

Question E: What is the purpose of life ?

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Question C: Is Evolution compatible with the Soul ?

2012-01-30T15:40:02Z

Question B: According to Evolution, a human is not more important than a cockroach

2012-01-30T15:34:41Z

Question 11: How would you explain self-destructive behavior ?

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Question 8: What is the evolutionary advantage of Art ?

2012-01-30T14:15:19Z

Question 7: Some great advantages are not very often seen

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 ===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 <s>iron age mythology</s> religious tradition; 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)
+::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 <s>iron age mythology</s> religious tradition; not systematic observation of the natural world.  <s>Mythology</s> Theology 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 ?===

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 ===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)
+::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 <s>iron age mythology</s> religious tradition; 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)
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 ===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.
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 ===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)

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	==Question 9: Is Evolution unfalsifiable ?==		==Question 9: Is Evolution unfalsifiable ?==
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		+	::A theory is falsifiable if it suggests testable (falsifiable) hypotheses. Evolution has suggested scores of testable hypotheses (e.g. the genetic homology between species) and every single one of them has been supported by subsequent experimental evidence. So, yes, evolution is falsifiable; it has been tested (and supported) time and again.
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		+	::Creationism, on the other hand, does not suggest any testable hypotheses. Creationism is unfalsifiable. --[[User:JHunter\|JHunter]] 21:49, 30 January 2012 (EST)

	==Question 10: Is Evolution exempt of the 2nd law of thermodynamics ?==		==Question 10: Is Evolution exempt of the 2nd law of thermodynamics ?==

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	===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)

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 ===Question C: Is Evolution compatible with the Soul ?===
 If yes, how did it begin ? Did homo habilis have a soul ?
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 ==Question 11: How would you explain self-destructive behavior ?==
 Smokers, drug addicts, alcohol drinkers should not survive and should not attract the opposite sex.
 ==Question related to Evolution but not challenging the theory==

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	==Question 8: What is the evolutionary advantage of Art ?==		==Question 8: What is the evolutionary advantage of Art ?==
		+	: Art is most likely an exaptation of the primate sense of shapes, and the ability to quickly pick out and identify shapes in patterns and images. This sense seems to be instinctual in pirmate species, and is the reason that humans see shapes in clouds and the surface of the Moon. Art was very likely a unifying force in early communities, where artists could use images to teach people about their history, how to hunt, which plants not to eat, and so on. What we call "cave art" may well have been vital information for our ancestors, as well as something nice to look at. [[User:RachelW\|RachelW]] 09:20, 30 January 2012 (EST)

	==Question 9: Is Evolution unfalsifiable ?==		==Question 9: Is Evolution unfalsifiable ?==

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 ==Question 7: Some great advantages are not very often seen==
 Why is that we do not see many big-brain species, it seems to be a pretty good strategy.
 ==Question 8: What is the evolutionary advantage of Art ?==