Guest sanctification Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 You'll have to forgive me all, since I haven't read Genesis all that carefully regarding the matter I am about to bring up.... Where did all the people that Cain ran with, come from?? Is it possible that God's idea of man is an ape-man created in his image? Another words, can't evolution happened as God's means of inhabiting the earth? Why can't australopithecus afarensis be our ancestor in evolution yet not be what God considers human? Be patient with me. I am a paleoanthopologist self-educated, actually obsessed at one time, and through my disillusion with the theory's imperfections, I sought out God and became a Christian. Since I became a believer I haven't been back yet to think about this in God's p.o.v. Sanc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sanctification Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 << You know, what's always amazed me is how artists can come up with an accurate depiction of any animal simply be looking at its skeleton? Duh... There is, in my opinion, no way to accurately render the flesh, muscle tone, hair or the lack thereof, by simply viewing a skeleton. >> Icpguy said this above. I am not sure this is the case. Yes, it is true, that skin/hair coloration cannot be determined. But by looking at nesting or death sites, we can determine whether or not the species was a social animal or not, and if it was social it would not be so zany to assume that at least one gender of the species was attractively arranged for the sake of breeding, as we find in animals today. We can get an idea of the animal's muscle distribution and therefore its fleshly dimensions, by looking at the skeleton alone. Did you know that forensic anthropologists do it all the time for the FBI missing persons and have you seen the similarity of their results with the people's actual photos? For instance an animal with a broad, thick scapula suggests that the shoulders were heavily muscled because the bone provides the place for the muscles to be anchored to the frame. However I agree when I see TLC specials on the dinosaurs and they are speckled and make sounds like elephants or lions, and I raise an eyebrow because I know they are just doing what they want to do with those aspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sanctification Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Natural selection has been proven. Evolution has not. Natural selection says that through time certain genes will be favored because of environmental factors so that the overall pool of genes will have changed distribution. Is this what you mean by microevolution? In England, before the industrial revolution there was a single species of moth, and within the gene pool there were variations of light-colored ones and dark-colored ones. The light colored ones were more common in the gene pool, but after the revolution began, the light colored ones became rare and the dark became dominant. Same species, naturally selected. The burning of coal turned the barks of trees dark and so it was easier for the dark ones to avoid being eaten. Before that the opposite was true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mscoville Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Yo Cerran! So are you going to take a stab at where sin came from? ~ Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerran Posted April 21, 2004 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 335 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/13/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/27/1975 Share Posted April 21, 2004 The same place it always has of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mscoville Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 So your answer is from man, after we evolved from the lower life forms. When was that? How exactly did we cause death to exist if that is the case? How was the creation "good" if there had been millions of years of death? ~ Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mscoville Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Cerran, Forgot to say I'm still your bro, bro. Ha. I like the Indian that has appeared on your posts of late. Are you from OHIO? ~ M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 21, 2004 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 19 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/02/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted April 21, 2004 In my opinion: Evolution IS Creation. The only question is the timescale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerran Posted April 21, 2004 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 335 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/13/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/27/1975 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I used to Live in Cleveland, now I live in Idaho, but I'm still an Indians fan. Much to the chagrin of my Mariners Fans friends I might add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehut Posted April 21, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 3,216 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 43 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/24/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/16/1962 Share Posted April 21, 2004 You'll have to forgive me all, since I haven't read Genesis all that carefully regarding the matter I am about to bring up.... Is it possible that God's idea of man is an ape-man created in his image? What you're describing here, sounds sort of like "theistic evolution". Basically, this is a compromise way of reconciling the two. But as for me, I'd rather believe the Bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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