No Conclusive Evidence Of Evolution of Adam

by Suraj DaCosta
(India)

I have been reading this site briefly,but so far I have not come across any conclusive evidence of evolution of Adam.I would be very grateful if you could guide me to give me concrete evidence that human beings came from animals.(not guesses or assumptions).Somehow I don't feel convinced the Christs descendants came from annimals.I am very eager to know the Truth as for me I feel that it contradicts with the Bible when God says"Let us make man in our own image".Secondly,when God formed the man from the dust of the ground an breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,and the man became a living soul'.I have read Genesis and somehow I felt that there was creation before which was destroyed for whatever reason as per God because it makes me think that when God says "now the earth was formless and empty,darkness was over the surface of the deep".How can God create heavens and earth imperfect?If I could assume that fossils are found more than 10,000 years old then why can't we put this in the original creation where it gives flow of the Bible when there is no conclusive evidence of Evolution by Observation.Moreover I read a Passage in Peter 2 :But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire".

Though I am very immature in my understanding given my poor educational background,would appreciate if you could tell me in which way I failed to understand the above and why it cannot be taken literally at the same time to consider Evolution which is highly debatable amongst scientist who have not come to a conclusion the way Gallileo proved.Eagerly awaiting your kind response.
Many Thanks
God bless you and your Family
Suraj DaCosta

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Apr 01, 2013
BIBLICAL ADAM IS REAL!
by: JOAOZINHO da S. F. A. MARTINS

Instead of objectively considering what those scientists at the Discovery Institute have to state and which has been accepted even by atheistic philosophers like Thomas Nagel, you seem to be joining hands with those "who are passionately opposed to a critical analysis of Darwinian evolution,and would blacklist those scientists and teachers who dare voice their Darwin-skepticism."

We should be happy to note that "With atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel's rejection
of the materialist worldview in Mind & Cosmos,
we are witnessing the weakening of the illusion that all intellectually responsible opinion
needs to meekly bow before Darwinian theory.
It is our hope that Nagel's defection from Darwinism is the beginning of a new era in academia, where free thinking and open criticism is respected and encouraged" [Read objectively: http://support.discovery.org/site/R?i=l4ulmiWu95nRjQDkwF-w4A]

I HOPE N PRAY THOMAS NAGEL WILL BE CONVERTED TO TRUE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIKE PAUL BOLDLY PREACH THE TRUE GOSPEL TO SAVE A REAL FALLEN ADAM
AND NOT TO SAVE A MYTHICAL ADAM OF THEISTIC EVOLUTIONISTS WHO IS A PRODUCT OF 'CREATION n EVOLUTION' AND ABOUT WHOM CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES AND EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE IGNORANT OF!

Mar 31, 2013
no proof, but close to it
by: Thomas Robertson

I think you might find that most Evolutionists are agnostics, meaning that we don't know anything.
But before you call us a bunch of dummies, let me explain:

■ The fossil record implies, but doesn't prove, Evolutionary theory.

How do we know that the dinosaurs went extinct before man evolved?
We don't, really, but paleontologists say that they have hauled in:

0 Mesozoic cavemen
2100 Mesozoic dinosaurs
4000 Cenozoic cavemen
0 Cenozoic dinosaurs

The age of the dinosaurs lasted about 160 million years.
The age of the cavemen lasted about 3 million years.

If humans and dinosaurs walked the earth together, then the tally should be something like:

3926 Mesozoic cavemen
2061 Mesozoic dinosaurs
74 Cenozoic cavemen
39 Cenozoic dinosaurs

That doesn't absolutely prove that there never were any Mesozoic cavemen or Cenozoic dinosaurs, but the chances are a trillion to one that there weren't.

■ Different branches of science arrive at identical answers.

Since Creationists scoff at the notion that a whale could be descended from a hippopotamus, let's talk about whales.

Paleontologists have found a series of fossils including the ambulocetus, the rodhocetus, the basilosaurus, and the zeuglodon.

Most organisms carry “vestigial organs,” or organs which they do not need but which their ancestors needed. Ostriches have claws on their wings, inherited from their reptilian past. Male humans, as well as males of other mammal species, carry nipples as heirlooms from a time before we separated into males and females. Likewise, whales carry leg bones, inherited from their days as land animals.

Embryology also strengthens the case. Watching a whale embryo develop is a veritable panorama of the whale’s terrestrial past. Whale embryos develop body hair, teeth, and olfactory lobes of the brain, which they later resorb. The nostrils begin in the usual place for mammals and migrate to where they are found as blowholes.

Biochemists have found DNA similarity between whales and land-dwelling ungulates, especially the hippopotamus. I have a list of studies on this subject, but reading that list might be Dullsville.

If scientists in one branch said whales were descended from a mongoose, scientists in another branch said they were descended from a cocker spaniel, and scientists in another branch said they were descended from a eucalyptus tree, I would say the whole thing is baloney.

Such is not the case, however. Rather, we see scientists in different disciplines, working independently of each other but arriving at the same answer.

■ There are still unfalsifiable hypotheses.

How do we know that Satan did not plant all this evidence to ensnare the unwary? I guess we don't.

How do we know that God didn't create Adam and Eve six thousand years ago with all these fossils already tucked away in the soil? I guess we don't.

Mar 29, 2013
Reference, but Closed Mind
by: Paul Pavao (webmaster)

Suraj, I can refer you to the link to the left on the evolution of man, but I can tell from your post that you're not going to pay any attention to the evidence. You're going to ask for "conclusive evidence," and then call any evidence you see less than conclusive. Meanwhile, you will take a stand on nothing but your own interpretation of Genesis one, which for some reason you consider more reliable than a very one-sided set of scientific evidence.

You can tell me if I've read your post wrong, but that's what I see in it.

The evidence for the evolution of man is covered pretty thoroughly in a general way with the "evolution of man" link to the left. There's plenty of links there for those that want more detailed information.

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