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Creationists, please dispute this...
I know I have posted this up before, but I put it up again because no one seemed to reply.
The argument is about how our bodies are self evidence of Evolution:
Here's the reasons why...
We get Goose Bumps, just like other animals when we and they are cold, frightened, angry or in awe.
Also, Humans have structures in their genetic make-up that were once used to produce enzymes to process vitamin C (it is called L-gulonolactone oxidase). Most other animals have this functioning DNA but at some point in our history, a mutation disabled the gene - whilst leaving remnants as junk DNA. This junk DNA indicates a common ancestry with other species on Earth.
We are also have auriculares muscles in our ears that are used by animals to swivel and manipulate their ears in order to focus their hearing, but humans still have these muscles that we would of once used for the very same reason, but now our ear muscles are feeble, and can only do a wiggle.
We also have a Plantaris Muscle that other animals use by gripping objects with their feet- which is something you could see apes doing using their feet and hands. Humans have this muscle to, but it is so underdeveloped that they are often taken out by doctors for other uses for reconstructing other parts of the body. This muscle is now so unimportant, that Evolution has made 9% of people so far to be born without it.
Aand also, early humans used to eat a lot of plants and they needed to eat them quickly enough to gain a sufficient amount of nutrition every day, for this reason, we had evolved extra teeth (Wisdom Teeth) to do so. But as Evolution made it's selections, our diet had changed, rendering these teeth useless.
Humans also used to have a third eye lid and another set of nostrils, but now there are only remnants left within the eye and nose. Our second pair of nostrils receded back inside the nose and our third transparent eyelids went quite small and non-working.
And also, we have a particular bone in the lower part of the human body called the "Coccyx," and the Coccyx was in fact, a remnant of what was once a human tail. Over time, and with evolution, we lost the need for a tail and had begun walking on ground instead of swinging through trees. But humans haven't lost the need of a Coccyx, because we know use it to support structure for various muscles to support a person when sitting or leaning back.
And lastly, the appendix- it has no use to modern humans and is often removed when it becomes infected, but in the past, it was evolved when we needed it to help procese the cellulose in our once, leaf-rich diet.
And one more thing, our little toe will actually vanish in the future, for future humans, as it has almost no use. It's already being evolved out of us right now. >_>
It is not that the appendix evolved but it is just an extra piece of intestine when its ends meet. (I am CLOSE to an evolutionary creationist). The reason why we have so many similarities between animals and us is because we need those similarities to survive.
Am I supposed to answer in a creationist possibility? Because if I was a creationist I would say that they mostly disappear in embryonic development but there was not enough time for all of them to disappear.
Like the nictitating membrane is it? Or how about vestigial tails, admittedly not many people have them, but it does occur, I've always asked that question about the tails to creationists, no answer has ever been given.
I also suppose that retroviral insertions we share with our primate cousins is also there to to help us survive.
It is pretty hard to answer when you are not a pure creationist, but evolution only makes sense and merges with the fact there are useless parts but is not top proof.
I will tell you when I have found a rebuttal. But so far all I found was that it is possible that all those extra parts were supposed to vanish in the mother's womb according to my research. and the appendix could have been used as a storage area for bacteria see: http://surgery.about.com/b/2008/06/23/why-do-we-have-an-appendix.htm
Don't forget the third eyelids, nostrils, shrinking little toes, plant-munching wisdom teeth, percentages rising for people being born without an extra set of ribs.
yes. evolution does not go against Adam And Eve. The Koran is not like the bible. we believe the Universe came to existence in six stages of time not six HUMAN days
This religion is kind of new to me. Please explain the Koran's explanation of creation. Did he zap everything into existence? Did he make man from dirt or something?
God Created Adam out of dirt, and then created Eve out of him. God wanted to test them, in heaven there was a tree, God told them not eat any apple from that tree. However Satan tempted them into eating it and as a punishment, God sent them to Earth. They then reproduced and their children were born and reproduced and so on. Here is the catch, when Allah said he created Adam out of dirt, it is possible that they evolved from microscopic life which lived in dirt. We are not sure, but maybe when he sent them to Earth, he planted their souls into the first homo-sapiens. that evolved from micro-organisms. It is almost a must for a Muslim to believe in evolution.
So they didn't evolve? And they were only one race, even though there are many races. Also, Eve was made from Adam, indicating some form of inferiority which seems slightly sexist.
Life first came from water, not dirt. And Eve came from the rib of Adam, so for some reason she wasn't made from the dirt.
It is not mentioned in detail how Eve came. There is a verse that says life came from water. Inferiority just means less than and women are not less than man. If she did not come from Adam then they are not really companions. And remember they were just souls and were created in heaven, so technically you can and cannot say they evolved because they their bodies evolved, their souls did not. I did not mean they evolved from dirt I mean the micro organisms lived in dirt.
And anyway, it says Adam was made from dirt- which is misleading.
Inferiority just means less than and women are not less than man.
Men are managers of the affairs of women because Allah has made the one superior to the other. Sura 4:34
The share of the male shall be twice that of a female . . . . Sura 4:11
And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not available, there should be one man and two women to bear witness so that if one of the women forgets (anything), the other may remind her. Sura 2:282
I heard the Prophet saying. "Evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house."
The Prophet said, "I looked at Paradise and found poor people forming the majority of its inhabitants; and I looked at Hell and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were women."
The Prophet said, "Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said, "Yes." He said,"This is because of the deficiency of a woman’s mind."
There is more to the verse someone asked the prophet why they were there and he said they were ungrateful and did all sorts of things. this is what 4:34 actually MEANS, Men are head of the household, because Allah hath made one transcend over the other, (they are physically capable of working harder), and because they spend this wealth (to support their women). So good women are dutiful they support each other in secret (their property and respect themselves) which Allah has guarded.
the verse they came from water "It is He Who has created man from water: then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things). (The Noble Quran, 25:54)"
"And God has created every animal from water: of them there are some that creep on their bellies; some that walk on two legs; and some that walk on four. God creates what He wills for verily God has power over all things. (The Noble Quran, 24:45)"
Do you know why the Koran is similar to the Bible and the Torah? It is because Islam teaches us that those books have a divine origin but was changed by man over the years.
Consider this, Muhammad was an Arab, the Arabs & Jews are noted for there rivalry, the name of Jesus (a Jew) is mentioned 25 times more than the name of Muhammad in the Quran.
At the time of Muhammad there were no bibles written in Arabic, so even if for the sake of the argument he could read he would not have access to the bible.
We have established therefore that certain Stories in the Quran are Indeed similar to ones in the bible, & that Muhammad could not have copied these from the bible, it would be an absurdity for any one who has studied this thoroughly to say the Quran plagiarized from the bible.
You can look that up.
The Koran is written in a very poetic way, not only the prophet was illiterate, he was definitely not known for his poetry, The Koran challenges everyone to come up with one chapter like the Koran, when no one was able to they called him a poet which as we know is unlikely if not impossible. While the Bible is written like a story book.
And suppose the Non-Muslim's claim that Muhammad knows Christians and used to visit them to hear biblical accounts, can he really be illiterate and make a whole chapter on the Virgin Mary just by memory?
Here is a Wikipedia file talking about Bible translations in Arabic while Mohammed lived in the 6th to 7th century.
Because that would mean that the females of a certain alien race would have to completely cover up in burqas, even though they would need the sun on them at all times to gain enough nutrients to survive...
It is in more than one site so I guess I can. But I don't think the print found in Texas was a human foot print. I am not referring to the one found in Texas. Research it yourself and tell me what you find.