Is the evolution story really scientific?

[DonFerrari]

Jereel Hunter said:

Zappykins said:
Yes, there is a tremendous amount of evidence for evolution. Just look at DNA, the fins of the fish, are the same part of the DNA where we have hands, eyes are the same, brain, digestive system etc.

Just look at a human fetus, as they go through evolution in the womb, when they have eyes that migrate from the top of their head, how their tails get shorter till they are completely withing the body, and the development of legs, arms and hands. It's really clear and obvious.

I believe you are free to not believe if you so choose. But if one tries to teach one's faith as a science, then they are doing grave harm to the world. That's why we had a 'dark ages' and why the USA is currently way behind certain kind of sciences right now. Many people are suffering and could be treated for things like blindness and diabetes if the USA has not been blocked by certain religious groups. Not everyone can afford to travel abroad fro treatments.

Faith is a choice to have beliefs without any evidence. That's fine, it comforts many people when they lose a loved one and in other situations. Science is the not the enemy, ignorance is.

Ignorance is always the enemy. But the idea that science and faith must be at odds, or that faith must be blind, are both wrong. (By the way, you may want to read up a little on the 'dark ages' instead of letting hollywood shape your idea of them. While it's easier to picture this as a time of unmatched barbarism, while the unwashes masses languished in ignorance, actual history doesn't support that. In fact, while people like to paint religion as holding back scientific progress, history actually shows monks creating the early libraries, and the Catholic church starting most of the universities during this period.)

As for a fetus, in the womb they don't go through 'evolution'. They grow. If they were evolving, we couldn't be sure a human was going to be the finished product.

As for DNA, similarities aren't proof of evolution. If you look at a painter's various paintings, you can tell if they did or didn't do one. Why? Because they leave many unique traces that indicate it was them. similarities in organisms can just as easily point to the same designer as they can to evolution. 

Many people rely on blind faith. You MUST believe, any questions show a lack of faith. This isn't supported by the Bible though. The apostles commended those who asked questions, and did research. The problem with blind faith is that when you believe without evidence, you can believe what's wrong. And then it is very at odds with science. (i.e. some fundamentalist christians believe the earth was created in 6 literal days, instead of the genesis account's days representing different periods of time) Blind faith says "6 days, that's what it says, no questions asked." Looking into it deeper, it's clearly not a literal 6 days, but rather a much greater period of time. 

In short, faith is a choice, yes, but not a choice you make 'without evidence'.

He wasn't saying fetus evolve on womb... just that the changes while growing shows similarities to simpler animals and that would be evidence of evolution.

About the dark age comment on library... the libraries were a lot older than catholic ones... and their veto on cientific knowledge isn't a lie... they may have done universities and libraries, but their dogmas limited and directioned what could be studied.