Creationists, How is there no evidence of evolution?

Question

I've seen allot of creationists in this section saying that there is no "real" evidence of evolution. What is "real" evidence? Are the fossils of monkey creatures that share human DNA not "real" evidence? Do you think someone just sat down and said "let's make up this crazy lie about evolution" and then created un-real evidence to support the evolution theory?
Also, please don't say evolution is just a THEORY. If you think about it, the belief that a deity created the world is a theory to. Actually, it's even less than a theory considering that there's no evidence supporting it. So, how is there no "real" evidence supporting evolution?

Answer 1

The creationist authors they rely on for all their information say that there is no evidence, so they simply repeat what they've been told.



The leading creationists know that. They've discovered that they can get away with outrageous lies because their intended audience never does any independent fact checking.

Answer 2

No the fossil record doesn't support macro-evolution, you will not find a single scientist that says there is enough evidence in the fossil record to support this. Someone posted a link 2 days ago about the supposed missing link where the scientist analyzing the fossil said that they hoped this fossil would provide enough evidence to show macro evolution. Why? Because they don't have a chain of fossils that actually show macro evolution. Micro evolution on the other hand fits with creationism. That would be why viruses develop into different strains or why a lizard changes its skin tones over generations. This shows there can be adaptations in what was created, not that entirely new kingdoms of beings can morph from single celled bacterium over eons.

Answer 3

Sharing of DNA is meaningless. We share 50% of our DNA make up with bananas, does that make bananas 50% human?

DNA is simply the building blocks of life.

A house is made from wood, bricks, mortar and glass, a prison is made of wood, bricks, mortar and glass, as is a hospital, does that mean they are all related in some way?

This just shows the knowledge of God, being able to use the basic building blocks of life to create an enormous variety of life.



Our view of the universe / life is complete - God created everything.

Science doesn't even begin to say where life originated - Abiogenesis? Pasteur has proved this is not possible. Life floated in from space on an asteroid? How did that life originate? Oh get real, you have taken creation but without God.

The mass of the universe with it's trillions of stars exploding out of nothing? Oh get real, you have taken creation but without God.

Evolution? There is not enough time, evolutionists say that life on earth has only existed for a few hundred million years, considering dinosaurs only "evolved" two hundred and fifty million years ago, there was insufficient time to go from a single self dividing cell to complex animals. Get real.



Science, is that which can be observed, recorded and duplicated, it describes a process, neither the big bang or evolution can be thus deemed science.

Answer 4

There are no transitional life forms to support the theory that one kind of animal will eventually mutate into another kind of animal. We have never directly observed such a process, and have no support for it in the fossil record, a fact Darwin himself conceded. Thus, it is not scientific; it is not observable, testable and provable....it is a belief system.



Fossils of monkey creatures sharing DNA with humans is evidence, but it is not conclusive proof. Finding red blood cells in dinosaur fossils that should have been completely gone millions of years ago did little to make scientists recant on their belief that dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago, because doing so would contradict their belief system. All of the failed attempts to make evolution happen in the lab (such as with fruit flies) have also done little to dissuade people that have an evolutinary belief system from their faith.



The fact that there are several things about our universe that were chronicled in the Bible thousands of years (yes, thousands) before science discovered it also does little to change people's belief systems. Surely that is evidence of the Bible being an accurate book, is it not?

Answer 5

no the fossil of a monkey is not evidence



just as science said that dinosaurs evolved into birds is proof of evolution



yet recent finds prove the theory wrong





these theories contradict what science says



Theropod Dinosaurs Evolved Into Birds? Not Likely, Says Study

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_articles/theropod_dinosaurs_evolved_birds_not_likely_says_study





some species of dinosaurs never even existed but were made up.





A Third of Dinosaur Species Never Existed?

Many dinosaurs may be facing a new kind of extinction—a controversial theory suggests as many as a third of all known dinosaur species never existed in the first place.



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091009-dinosaur-species-never-existed.html





just because some one says this is evolution does not mean it actual is



evolution has to be observed and it can not be observed

we only have men claiming its proof but what they claim is often over turned and found to be false.

many ape fossils have been faked and are found to be scams as lucy and pilthdown man and other such fossils.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3285163.stm



Do you think someone just sat down and said "let's make up this crazy lie about evolution" and then created un-real evidence to support the evolution theory?



yes that is exactly what they do

they want evolution to be true so they fake fossils and call them, ape men when they are not.



there is no evidence dinosaurs evolved into birds but yet they say it did.



the age of the earth has no evidence either but it does not stop them from making a assumption based on no evidence.



http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html

So far scientists have not found a way to determine the exact age of the Earth directly from Earth rocks because Earth's oldest rocks have been recycled and destroyed by the process of plate tectonics. If there are any of Earth's primordial rocks left in their original state, they have not yet been found. Nevertheless, scientists have been able to determine the probable age of the Solar System and to calculate an age for the Earth by assuming that the Earth and the rest of the solid bodies in the Solar System formed at the same time and are, therefore, of the same age.





a assumption with no evidence is a guess, not facts observed, not a scientific theory

Answer 6

I am personally not a creationist (I would find that beyond difficult, considering I'm majoring in biology and thus have to take classes in all the sciences) but I do know some.

They tend to say that it is just a theory and that there's no proof. However, they can't actually cite any discrepancies in the science that they are trying to debunk.

For example, they tend not to know how genetic techniques are used, experimental methods etc. Literally, there is no way to refute the evidence logically if they understood all the work and regulations in science.

Mostly, I've found people just don't want to believe that we share most (96% with primates, for example) of our genetic makeup with "animals." They also tend to overlook the fact that humans ARE animals.

So, sorry I'm not a creationist to answer this but this is what I have heard from people who DO claim there is no evidence of evolution. They just kind of claim that and can't back up their own claims. At least science can back up evolution.

Amazingly, I have met a few biology majors who are religious and entertain the concept of creationism. They generally say, though, that they believe in evolution, but just like the idea of creationism with their faith (and don't REALLY believe in it).

Answer 7

Heliocentricity is a theory.

Gravity is a theory.

Evolution is a theory.



Please do not put creationism in the same category as gravity and the fact that the earth revolves around the sun. It's ridiculous. Theories ARE legitimate and based on evidence and scientific research. Even if you are a theist, I don't understand how you could just skim over something that's just a theory when the force that keeps our earth moving around our sun is still called a theory.

Answer 8

Their "real evidence" are things such as Crocoduck Fossils, Dogs giving birth to Cats and Monkeys giving birth to Humans. With such catastrophic cognitive dysfunction one cannot expect them to know evidence even when presented.

Answer 9

The belief that a Deity created the world is NOT a scientific theory, since scientific theories require overwhelming amounts of evidence.

Answer 10

There is evidence. But since this conflicts with there beliefs, they must claim it to be false, or admit that their beliefs are flawed. Of course they can't do the latter...that would be like...I don't know, actually thinking or something. I'm not trying to be rude, just being honest. I take every ones beliefs into consideration. I would never dismiss anything before I actually thought it through. Some people just don't do that. And its sad.

Answer 11

They stick their fingers in their ears.



"Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon — it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory." - Scott D. Weitzenhoffer



Steve Jones, the award-winning geneticist and author, argued that suggesting that creationism and evolution be given equal weight in education was “rather like starting genetics lectures by discussing the theory that babies are brought by storks”. Panda's thumb

Answer 12

Like this...:



http://www.cslacker.com/images/file/mediums/creationists.jpg

Answer 13

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has evidence. Insensibly, one begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts"



Creationists made their theories about God and design before they examined any evidence, so they started to torture and punish scientists who disagreed with them, but now that they can no longer do that, so they twist the facts and dismiss them in order to save their rotten mythology.

Answer 14

Is it honestly anymore silly that they believe that fossils are satanic hoaxes compared to hindus thinking everything is a god?

Answer 15

think about what you said, nothing shares human dna, they might be close on a percentage scale, but nothing shares human dna

Answer 16

All creationists have already ascended unto heaven to be with Jesus, so your question won't get any genuine answers.

Answer 17

That's easy, just shut your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears and go "LA LA, LA LA LA, no evidence! LA LA LA..."

Answer 18

Because when you deny something is real it must be fake. Wait, that makes no sense.

Answer 19

You will have eternity to think about your beliefs.

Answer 20

They keep looking for the crocoduck and there isnt one

Answer 21

what "evidence" there is can be constructed to point to many things from creation to evolution, but the lynch pin of evoution , speciation, has never been proved, and will never be proved, because it doesn't happen



Improvement within a species, IE Natural selction is supportable in both creation and evolution.



Evoultion is the desperate failed attempt to explain the creation without the Creator and those agenda driven "scientists" have simply abandoned the chain of evidence and have called it a fact because they WANT it to be a fact