What is your take on creationism/creationists?

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TX109 said:

headshot91 said:

LOL did you read the previous 5 posts by all those people? Evolution is not being debated amongst scientists. It is one of the most provable and important scientific theories that we have. There is no point questioning it.... Why don't you get that?

now, let's slow down, here. you could say that the theory of evolution has some merit... after all, it COULD explain the many traits that living things on our planet have. however, at this point, the only physical evidence we have is a collection of warped bone fragments and other small fossils. whos to say, for example, that lucy wasn't an extinct primate species, or even a regular human?

to clarify, i believe the universe is many billions of years old. similarly, if you asked me if i believed dinosaurs or trilobites existed, i would say, without a doubt, "yes".... because we have more complete fossil evidence. do i think the theory evolution could be true? sure. does that mean intelligent design is false? absolutely not.

i do believe that there is a higher being out there. i do not follow religion, however, because not only are there many ways to interpret sacred writings, there are a great number of deviations regarding theology from culture to culture. the only way to find out the truth will be to wait and see, i suppose. 

We have far more evidence than you seem to realise. It's not just a few warped bone fragments and fossils for one (we have a very large collection of fossils now). We have massive databases filled with DNA and protein sequences that show how related different organisms are. The genetic evidence we have is huge. We can trace similar proteins and DNA sequences among a range of organisms. It may suprise you to know a little under 50% of the genomic DNA sequences found in a banana are also present in us.

This isn't even including the massive amount of data we have on protein structures which add further proof with proteins with similar sequences and structures having very different roles and completely changing a cells metabolism. A few simple mutations and you have a completely different function. A collection of these leads to a different organism.

The theory of evolution has very much been re-emphasised since the advent of DNA sequencing technology.