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Originally posted by AzCivic
but how does adaptation prove much else but natural selection and perhaps evolution? there's a whole mess of stuff that happened well before evolution was even close to being part of the picture.
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Like I said before; once a cell forms, evolution begins.
Every trait that anything has was or is a mutation of something else.
No, I cant tell you HOW it all started. But the bible isnt much better in the details.
Alright, we can argue about it forever. Neither of us will change our minds about what we believe in. People have tried doing that to me for years.
Ive read the bible, Ive gone to church...I gave it a shot, and in the end I decided, "No". To me, its just too easy of an out. Nothing is explained, it just 'is'...I cant have that.
All religious texts were written by man...and then they were again re-written by another man...and another, and another. Even if you say Moses and the commandments, he was up in that mountain for days; which is enough time to pound out some commandments.
If you havent at least picked up a recent, up-to-date book on scientific origins of life, youre not giving it a fair chance. Even if you read it as fiction, you might enjoy it.
Gotta remember, lots of religions were thought to be wrong when they first started. Scientific origins arent really that old...
I know I get up on my high horse on it sometimes, but I really am pretty open minded about it and will give it fair chance for discussion.