Based on the evolution time line, it took a long time for one cell organisms to come about, a long time for multi cell, a long time for hugely complex organisms, and the same for us. most steps had hundreds of millions of years in between steps. Based on probability, even something unlikely can very likely occur if you have enough attempts. It just seems with all the time each step took that trial and error of nature finally took the next step and so on.

Robb: “I myself, believe that we are here by intelligent design. From basic life we have evolved into the creatures we are now. No we didn’t get here in 5 days, and no Adam wasn’t created and then Eve. THAT just doesn’t make sense. But to me at least, neither does the idea that we spontaneously combusted into life. So that’s my 2¢ worth ”

If you look at the timeline of evolution, you will see that it took a long time for each step of evolution to occur. I mean it took several hundred million years for the first one cell organism(more research will yield a more narrow figure of first life). However, perhaps we will find evidence of life that is dated drastically earlier than the oldest evidence of life currently collected and dated. Also, it took 1,000,000,000 years for one cell life to be accompanied by mult cellular life. Remember one cell organisms multiply very quickly so we are talking not a billion but probably trillions upon trillions of generation. So the macro evolution processes had a lot of time to get things right. Its trial and error. Also, we did not have any really complex life forms(like hundreds or thousands of cells etc) for several more hundred million years and it took hundreds of millions of years more till our oldest primate ancestors came around and then still millions of years more till we came. Why wait so long between steps? and why wait over 3 billion years between earth forming and the forming of the species created in his image? why wait well over what 2 billion years for one cell life to finally become the species that is the focus of gods so called guiding of evolution(homo sapian)? Also, why wait billions of years between the universe forming and the planet forming that will occupy his “children”(humans)?

It just seems so likely that the most plausible involvement of god is the big bang. Everything else took so long. there is no reason for god to wait; however, naturally all these things although highly improbable would based on probability occur with enough trial and error but would likely take an extremely long time(lot of trial and error) and hence we have the information I listed above.

Robert

Okay first of all John, there are evolutionists who unequivocally believe that there is no way God created man or anything else and that indeed, life was created spontaneously by chance with somehow inorganic molecules becoming organic through unknown processes. In Expelled, there is a scientist who said that life began on the backs of crystals. So yes, evolution does try to explain the “Origin of Species” as Darwin puts it.

Agree though, that Limbaugh should stick to what he knows (not Oxycontin) and stay away from matters for which he has no business offering opinions.

I myself, believe that we are here by intelligent design. From basic life we have evolved into the creatures we are now. No we didn’t get here in 5 days, and no Adam wasn’t created and then Eve. THAT just doesn’t make sense. But to me at least, neither does the idea that we spontaneously combusted into life. So that’s my 2¢ worth

I think the term “Darwinism” encompases all modern science now, from geology right through to astronomy (Young Earth Creationists are just as opposed to steller evolution as they are to biological evolution) so they probably view Einstien’s ideas as Darwinism as well.

As a Christian I am appalled at how widespread YECism is within the churches here in NI. I cannot understand why so many Christians so readily accept YECism and reject modern science.

Theories such as the “Big Bang” have been confirmed time and time again and the discovery of DNA has proven Darwin’s ideas to be correct, not wrong.

Now it may very well be that science in 100 years time may be completely different to what we know now (as it was 100 years ago) but I cannot possibly imagine either YECism or ID being accepted. How life arose in the first place is certainly something that scientists don’t know. However, I have no doubt that this mystery will be solved through scientific research, eventually.

SQ