Evolution Is Only A Theory
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- / sciencereason ... Evolution Is Only A Theory - Richard Dawkins @ Pop!Tech (Part 3).
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Richard Dawkins believes sciences ability to admit ignorance is one of its greatest strengths. On the flip side, he proposes that faith remains arrogant and all too certain of its validity without any rational set of proofs.
Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He was voted Britain's leading public intellectual by readers of Prospect magazine and was named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" for 2007.
Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book "The Selfish Gene", which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term "meme". He is a prominent critic of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book "The Blind Watchmaker", he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics.
Dawkins is an atheist, secular humanist, sceptic, scientific rationalist, and supporter of the Brights movement. In his 2006 book "The God Delusion", he contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that faith qualifies as a delusion − as a fixed false belief.
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One of the things I teach is the theory of music. I'm just waiting for the day a student says to me, "Huh, music is just a theory, it's never been proved." Biology teachers have all the fun.
fck :D
i wanted to give you some, cause you begged for it.
but my college major was music and i cant find a point to attack on musical theory :D
That, (music theory) my friend, is truly a gift from God.
@@swoopdog54 Prove it
It's kinda true like I feel like some of the rules are arbitrary
@MarchAwc, I realize this is an old comment, but I had to respond.
If you are teaching in the US or UK school system, your theory is limited to Western music with an occasional deviation into music from other parts of the world. That statement is based on my senior's AP music theory classwork. Indian music (where I come from) has an entirely different set of rules, most of which comes across as being weird to the average westerner, if not entirely alien. What I am trying to say is you are comparing apples and oranges. Music theory is not the on the same playing field as a scientific theory. There's nothing to prove or disprove in music.
Music is by far the most subjective of art forms; what seems perfect to you, will be completely dissonant and jarring to another. And, both opinions are perfectly correct.
I personally love the "Evolution is just a theory" line because it tells me that whoever is saying it probably never even took high school science and learned the difference between the layman definition of "theory" and the scientific definition.
Guru VII gravity is a law
how is gravity a theory?
but you can demonstrate gravity right now if you want i mean all things go down
i mean on planets
ok so you can prove gravity through mathmatics
"Knowing when you're wrong and even being pleased to be disproved"
I had to write it down.
Yes, but when your mistake affects millions of people this is bad. This is different.
@@alexanderstephen1567 "Affects millions of people"? Were you referring to a Scientific mistake or the religious fairytales that believers use to justify brutally killing others in the name of their "loving and merciful" God's?
Why are Evolutionists so vehemently and dogmatically opposed to being proved wrong about Evolution then?
@@lightbeforethetunnel projecting your own worldview into others can lead you to false assumptions. There is nothing dogmatical in evolution and in people who accept it.
If you can prove that evolution is wrong I would be grateful to you. Can you do it?
@genki sudo They don't consider scientism to be faith.
Scientism includes (but is not limited to) *excessive deference to the unverifiable claims of scientists and the uncritical eagerness to accept anything described as scientific*
A more straight forward way of saying that - scientism means blind faith in the current consensus of academia like a religious text.
Dawkins is a Scientism Fundamentalist who not only blindly believes whatever his books with SCIENCE on the cover say, but he dogmatically defend those beliefs.
And the funniest part is Dawkins (and other atheists) believe they have HIGHER scientific literacy for memorization and regurgitation in the claims of others. In reality, that's dogmatism... which is completely antithetical to science, so it tells you how low their scientific literacy *actually is*
I would give anything to be able to spend just 1 hour with Dawkins, I would pick at his brain and listen as closely as I could to everything he has to say. Such a brilliant mind.
What do you think you could learn in one hour that could not be learned from all his books and peer reviewed papers. Education cannot be passed by being in someone's presence.
1 hour would only be tolerable if his head was at −130 °C.
I would give almost anything not to spend 1 hour with Dawkins, I have much more important things to do.
Kidney? 😅
If you're still interested in Richard's work, I would highly recommend watching the cosmic skeptic podcast episode with Dawkins. It was civil, but also challenged his views.
Science is evidence without certainty.
Religion is certainty without evidence.
+Luckystrike actually i prefer, 'Ignorance is certainty without evidence'.
+David Perry Religion and ignorance are the same thing in many regards.
Clever.
It's just so ironic that the more intelligent a person is, the less certain he is about many things. While something as deliberately inept as religion claims to know everything.
Dunning-Kruger.
Warhammer Workshop Don't you mean evolution?
Religion has the perfect business model - sell an invisible product , and nobody can ever come back for a refund .
Ross F
--- It's MUCH better than that. People keep buying your product and they try to convince friends and family to become lifetime serial purchasers of it too.
Number Six Yes ,and even more important to their survival.... all income is TAX FREE ! !
Ross F Allso in some business models, you get killed for cancelling the product. By law. So even if you dont want it anymore, the people around you will punish you for trying to cancel. So you are stuck with a shitty product for the rest of your life. Kinda sucks.
And this is exactly why i find it suspicious ,seems more like a financial institution than a spiritual one
Yeah our god is all powerful, buuuuut... he needs ur donations so give us ur money
I had the same situation as this. once a gentleman told me the same sentence "EVOLUTION JUST A THEORY" . It's so depressing to hear such words while thinking how beautifully this theory described everything with proof.
But, I got a chance to reply to him "CREATIONISM JUST A STORY"
It doesn’t describe shit lol
@@zainerest Such descriptions are not for idiots.
@@archive2500 is it described this beautifully?
m.ruclips.net/video/jlmgFFBBopM/видео.html
Evolution not just a theory, the biggest lie perpetrated on all of humanity.
Creationism, just a story. Actually history. Grace
@@johnglad5 yeah, it's history with out evidence 😂😂
Oh. My.
So, in my Islam textbook, there is an entire chapter dedicated to "debunking" atheism and one of this is "evolution is just a theory".
The funniest part, it said micro-evolution is real, but macro-evolution isn't, that's only a theory.
Well, if micro evolution happens, what kind of changes can occur over the course of billions of years? A lot of changes. Huge ones.
"Believing in micro evolution but not macro evolution is believing in an inch, but not a foot."
Another hilarious part. We are being taught evolution as a scientific theory and explained it in detail, in my Biology class (International Edexcel Advanced level, a syllabus from the UK). Essentially, school tells me "evolution is real! Here is proof and explanation!" and "evolution is not real! God is!" in the same breath.
I can imagine my classmates' cognitive dissonance already. Unlike me, they hadn't been wavered from faith by the fact that our Islam teacher defended Mohammed for having sex with a 9 year old girl. It's their own fault in this case. I won't tolerate anyone or anything that defends pedоphilia.
Lars's Wig they believe that adam and eve story is real and noah has built the ark seriously they are totally brainwashed i live in iraq and i have always been told that Muhammad is the perfect human but i never was taught that he was a slave trader and a pedophile heck i havent even been taught what evolution is they cant teach you about evolution because believing that evolution is true means that the religion will be torn apart
@@labrat585 The question everybody should ask. Why would God choose an illiterate camel merchant who wasn't a great scholar, a king or even somebody known for his virtuous life to become his selected prophet? The Middle East was full of great scholars, mathematicians and astronomers at this time but God decided it was far better to make contact with a minor camel merchant who was far from a perfect human being.
And let's for the sake of believing the fact God chose an illiterate person (plenty of those back then I imagine) simply because that somebody could have had plausible deniability because he simply recited what he had heard (God must also have made his mind have superhuman memory too) and therefore couldn't have invented them on his own, why not simply skip that entire part of reciting for somebody else to write it down and just create the Quran in its entirety in several large scrolls and tell Muhammad to tell people to read (those few who could) these "words directly from God" and "given by God in finished form" (much like the stone tablets God gave to Moses which were written and finished for him to show his people) and then everybody would instantly realize those were "God's scrolls".
God:"I have some words to you Muhammed which is the exact words you will tell all people because they are holy and totally true."
Muhammed:"Great, tell them to me in all their entirety and I shall remember them exactly to the letter and go and find somebody to write them down for me and then I shall claim I have the very words of God written down."
God."Stop fooling around, why would I the creator of everything you see need you to perform this daunting task? I'll tell them to you but you shall also get these scrolls where everything I said is already written down exactly as I said them. Surely you don't think I'd trust a mere human to get everything I said completely right from their memory?"
Muhammed."But if I'm your prophet and therefore need to say them first so that I can prove I didn't just make them up and have them written down myself."
God:"You are indeed my prophet and therefore you shall bring forth these written words which I God wrote down for you on these scrolls for you to spread to everybody. Everybody in your hometown already knows you're illiterate so what do you have to prove to them? They also know that you went into the desert all by yourself so who could you possibly find out there in the middle of nowhere who would have written this down for you or for you to have stolen these scrolls - which don't have any monetary value to you as a mere camel merchant?
Muhammed."But isn't it better if I just recite your words out of my own memory to somebody who can write and *then* claim these written scrolls are your words?"
God:"I'm not in the mood for jokes. I already told you you can recite my words all you want but to spread my words faster I have already prepared these special scrolls for you and the minute somebody reads them they'll immediately know these words could only have come from God so they won't believe you, a mere camel merchant, either wrote them down himself, or had hired somebody to write them down for you which is equally bad, even if you try to claim that they were from yourself.
Muhammed."So you simply chose me to be your messenger?"
God."Precisely. I chose you because you're a nobody who can't read or write himself just because you're a simpleton yourself. This is my great plan. They will ALL know these brilliant words couldn't possibly have come from your stupid and ignorant head so then they will also ALL know they therefore can't have been made up by you but are mine."
Muhammed:"Ah yes, what was I thinking. I apologize oh humble lord. I'm a mere human and want some time in the spotlight or my moment of glory."
God:"When you show the people my holy scrolls you will go down in history as the man who was chosen by God to spread his divine scrolls, isn't that enough?"
Muhammed:"Ah yes, it is a great privilege but I only will have one set of scrolls."
God:"No problem. As soon as you give my holy scrolls to somebody who can read I shall conjure up a new set of scrolls for you to give somebody else who can read. In fact I want you to deliver these scrolls to a thousand important people in your society and particularly scholars. And this too will be the best evidence of the scrolls being from me because book printing won't be invented for another 700 years so how can you Muhammed have a thousand identical sets of holy scrolls who all look exactly the same unless those scrolls come from God?? This way my words will spread far faster too."
Muhammed:"But what if they still doubt me and think I made the words up?"
God:"I wouldn't worry about that oh you simple-minded human. These words are highly complex and a work of utterly superior genius. Even though they are so highly complex ordinary people will instantly understand their genius because that is what simple, uneducated people always do. God's words are far beyond their own capabilities to create but they will still understand it perfectly."
Muhammed:"But if it's so complex won't people misunderstand it and interpret it wrong?"
God:"Well, that's not my fault it's theirs. If they can't make sense of the complex texts or read them wrong and therefore don't act in accordance to them that will be their fault. The text is perfect the people can't just understand it's perfection so whatever they do wrong can't be the fault of the scripture."
Muhammed:"I may be a mere camel merchant but I thought you just say that everybody would instantly understand the complexities of the scrolls and thus immediately conclude these are the words of God? How can they claim to understand it and its genius if they misunderstand it and do wrong?"
God:"Well, I have thought about this and already have a solution. I shall require a special class of scroll experts become something called mullahs and they will always understand the complex text perfectly whereas regular people will just have to listen to the mullahs and their wisdom."
Muhammed."Why not create something which is brilliant but still easy to understand? YOU if anybody have the ability to explain even the most complex things in simple terms for mere, uneducated humans. In fact it would be far better if you made the text simple, full of basic wisdom, grandeur and simple rules of life. This way nobody can risk making the mistake of misunderstanding your text and do something bad..."
God:"Ok fine. We'll do it your way then. Don't want free scrolls conjured up with my exact words written down? Then go and recite them instead to whoever you come across who can write them down first. Do it the hard way. Do you want glory? Ok, rather than making it easy for you by providing everybody free scrolls of God's words I'll let you go out on a long war where you have to fight the infidels of the surrounding cities and history will record you as a warlord instead who took slaves, took little girls as wives and spread the faith by sword.
Muhammed:"Oh thank you my dear lord."
God:"Yeah, yeah, Just go out and do your thing. I knew I shouldn't have picked an illiterate camel merchant to be my messenger but now when I have revealed myself to you I can't just wipe your memory clean and find somebody better suited to spread my words. I'll have to make do with you."
(and this is why everybody with a shred of common sense doesn't believe in any of those ancient stories today).
@@yewisemountaingoat528 Nice, well said. Made me laugh
@@yewisemountaingoat528 Actually, i converted to islam once. I went to a weekly islamic class, too. Once, one of the "brother" held a speech about why the quran is so perfect. He pointed out that one word was written one way on this page and with some extra letter on another. His explanation was that the word with the extra letter referred to the same kind of thing , but it was bigger, thus the word was also bigger. He strengthened their imaam so much, it's actually sickening. How does it make sense that allah made some words with an extra letter and explained it to an illiterate person, but still we know exactly what extra letter was included in what specific part of the word?
I used to be very accepting of all muslims and found them interesting and... yes, I converted to islam for a few years. Now, I am against islam as a whole. I hate that religion and what it does to people.
On a side-note: That incident was not what made me leave and hate islam. I can live with none-sense teachings. It does not need to make much sense. I don't need to actually believe and have imaam and all that. If it makes me a better person, it's a good thing. And that's where islam does the opposite of what I expected. Allah and mohammed are the most despicable creatures I can think of. Hitler, Kim Yong Un... Darth Vader... Shaytan... all of them have better morals than allah and mohammed!
It's funny how religious people always need physical evidence for each and every step of evolution. Ah, but when it comes to God all they need is faith.
Do you want to know what the average theists knowledge of evolution consists of? I will tell you. It consists of one week of study in high school, in the 9th grade, during a single semester, as part of a Biology class, taught by a teacher who likely didn't understand it either.
I think you nailed it.
Molecular clock analysis only looks at the non-coding parts of DNA, the parts of the DNA that don't actually make proteins and thus don't have an impact on the organism. Assuming the rate of mutation is relatively stable, we can estimate a rough time for when the organism's last common ancestor diverged. Now, mutation rates are definitely not entirely stable, but they're constant enough to get a rough estimate.
And humans have about 3,026,520,672 noncoding base pairs, so 7,500 isn't that big of a difference.
Christian Schiller
In population genetics, fixation is the change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) in a given population to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
Fixation is the measure of the molecular clock. 7500 bases changing in the fixed genome would be astounding. The evolutionists would be blowing trumpets from the rooftops.
@@Mdebacle I don't really think you know what you're talking about. Each generation there will be mutations, which usually occur at a steady rate. By comparing the noncoding genomes of two individuals you can make a rough estimate at when their last common ancestor lived. It is standard practice to double-check the number by cross-checking with other members of each population, but you never look at either population as a whole, only the individual's genomes and the mutations in their ancestry.
Fixation is also accounted for because we only look at the noncoding parts of the genome, the parts of the genome that have no actual effect on the organism and thus aren't affected by natural selection.
Again, 7500 may seem like a big number, but not compared to 3,026,520,672.
@@somedude140
Let us go 19 minutes into the CARTA Neanderthal video, where the high priests of Darwinism tell us they have found the bases where Neanderthal matches chimpanzee and humans are different.
ruclips.net/video/PGS7unca-ZQ/видео.html
A) Supposedly "40,000" year old NM fossil still has chimp-like stuff from its "800,000" year old ancestors.
B) These are the changes that occurred "recently, very recently" in the human genome.
What they have unwittingly discovered was that Neanderthal (and Denisovan and the other ape-men) were not human ancestors. They were the result of human-ape hybridization, probably in Genesis 6::12.
The color of Richard Dawkins jacket evolved from the drape behind him
lol
Excellent observation!
Gettin to the real stuff here
I literally laughed out loud! Good job hahaha
XD i agree
Only a theory? Do you know what it takes to reach the level of Theory?
It's a proven scientific theory with multiple working models and a hearty amount of factual evidence
Me: Evolution is only a theory.
Dawkins: So, you've chosen death?
What?
"the germ theory of disease"
"Music theory"
"Theory of general relativity"
"Cell theory"
"Quantum theory"
"Game theory"
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After all it's just a theory right?
Ricahrd P'Brien exactly
Yes..
Ask Hiroshima and Nagasaki about Nuclear theory 😳
there is a theory called fart theory. and it has two versions. should check that too
version1 fart theory: fart because of the buildup of gas in our bodies
version2 fart theory: satan laughing through the butt.
Yes you are correct at the end. They explain and predict well. Yet no theory is ever can be complete.
I did this a similar thing to the guy in the first story when I was twelve.
I decided either the bible could be objectively proven or I was done with religion.
Without truly understanding the significance of what I was asking, I asked an elder to prove the bible without using the bible. He said he couldn't because... and I have no idea what he said because I switched off because I felt that using the source of the claim as proof of the claim was idiotic.
I never went back... one of the few good decisions I've made in life.
You sound deep bah ha ha ha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊
Here's proof the dead sea scrolls
The Bible is a collection of books spanning over 4000 years. It is a library, not a book. To ask (or expect) one answer to prove all of that is pretty silly to be honest. Many historians have discovered many parts of the Bible to be true.
It too bad that you sought objective proof, and the the elder had no answer.
@@Peter-kl8jg What parts? The world wide flood? Noahs ark? God creating the universe?.
I theorized that my wife was beautiful but after we were divorced it was disproven.
xD
This sort of discussion calls to mind one of my favorite bits by Emily Dickinson: "Faith is a fine invention/When gentlemen can see/But microscopes are prudent/In an emergency."
Scientists actually have better understandings on evolution than gravity. So, anyone who doubts Evolution as a theory will hopefully just float away from here to space with their stupidity.
+Neil Mitchell This is true actually. There are a lot more questions about all of the forces involved with gravity. Evolution is much simpler and easier for us to look in to.
u r literally too dumb to insult. go back to watching x-factor.
Neil Mitchell Or... just maybe... you have no idea what you're talking about and we do? Evolution is really one of the most understood things in science...
What people of your "level" will never understand(maybe in yr next life) is that all science is just theory. Now try to stay with me 'cos this gets tricky -the idea in your head about some thing, any thing, is just that-an idea in your head. Nothing more(though u people think these "ideas" are facts). The idea in yr head is a tiny, partial, fragmented and false idea of reality that u mistake for some ultimate reality(that does not exist-even Einstein said this, but hey I'm sure u guys are smarter than Einstein)lol. Really try to understand this and u may learn something truly valuable about yourself.
"What people of your "level" will never understand(maybe in yr next life) is that all science is just theory" - And what is a scientific theory?
[A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that is acquired through the scientific method and repeatedly tested and confirmed through observation and experimentation.]
2 seconds on google will tell you that. People on your "level" can't even FUCKING GOOGLE!
"the idea in your head about some thing, any thing, is just that-an idea in your head." - That is not the definition of scientific theory... why is that hard for you to understand?
"Really try to understand this and u may learn something truly valuable about yourself." - You definitely should try to understand simple science definitions so you don't look fucking stupid. You are aware that some words have multiple meanings right? Like if I said "I rocked in my chair for a few minutes" that doesn't mean I turned into a rock, it means I have a chair that moves in a rocking motion. So why is it that you can't understand that theory also has multiple definitions and that science is literally ONLY REFERRING TO ONE OF THOSE EVER!? Answer that simple question.
Gravity is just a theory as well. Guess it means it's not true
Don't forget Nuclear Theory, Theory of relativity, the theory of earth revolving around the sun, the theory that the earth is spherical. All just theories.
+Jared Johnson Gravity is a Fact. Fact become a Law
+dhana rizky " Fact become a Law"
--- The scientific community is unaware of that. You should publish.
+Jared Johnson Gravity is not a theory. Its a law. Law of Gravity.
+Shohorab Ahamed Theory.
"infected with deep faith"
Loved that choice of words!
As if Richard Dawkins has not been infected by his faith... hmmmm.
@@world2urnin lol. U seem infected. How can an atheist be infected by faith.
Getting sent to Sunday School at a young age had the opposite effect on me - more like a vaccination.
@Fabian K Much of the “science” claimed by Dawkins and others remains unproven. Truth does not require boisterous propositions nor name calling. I suggest a close look at the approach of this preacher... it rings of Hans Christian Anderson tale of The Emperors New Clothes.
its odd to see people say "evolution is a theory" when we have more evidence for evolution then we do for gravity
i think its time that we teach people the difference between the laymans definition of theory and the scientific definition of theory and that it should be taught as early as 6th grade because at that level most children are able to understand definitions and we can expand on the complexity and nuance of said definition as they get older and in doing so we should be able to curb religious delusion
start architecting this new curriculum at once
@@gungeternal4119 only if i am fiscally backed with enough support to build the new systems
@maso0140 seriously watch this
ruclips.net/video/OlDJ7WEw1aI/видео.html&ab_channel=AronRa
and
ruclips.net/video/NS62TkYOVGQ/видео.html&ab_channel=AronRa
... and look at the fossil record as it shows that not only humans have evolved from apes but that every animal has evolved and is still evolving
evolution is not an instant thing its a series of changes over time and the amount of change is based on environmental factors
the amount of time usually is several hundred if not several thousand generations to even see a notable change ... they have been able to observe evolution in lab settings with short lived animals like fruit flies and single cells
we have more evidence for evolution then we do for that of gravity
@@Ponlets you itself is a evidence of evolution
@@CallistO789 you misunderstood me
I agree with evolution and you should click "read more"
The sad thing is too many Theists can't distinguish Theory from Speculation.
The sad thing is that most atheists think evolution is as true as 2+2=4.
Because its supported by mountains of evidence.
WyreWizard No it isn't. That is a lie. There are only 2 sources of theoretical evidence: Fossils and their location. That is it. There is ZERO empirical evidence for evolution, and that is the only evidence that really matters.
I won't reply to anymore of your ignorant jibberish, you creationist. So don't bother wasting anymore of your keystrokes.
WyreWizard It looks like I won this argument little boy. And you call yourself a wizard? Evolution is just a theory, with no empirical evidence. And FYI, I am a Taoist, which is technically an atheist.
yes evolution is a theory...its a scientific theory. you can always tell that someone isn't educated when they have no idea what a scientific theory is. There is nothing wrong with not knowing something but purposely not wanting to understand a simple definition says a lot about that person. 3 year olds can learn what words mean. Its amazing how many adults refuse to open a book...other than the Bible.
spaveevo
Most don't really read all of the bible either
Lara Bee
I agree... I am in a very small debate on Twitter with someone about this definition...i honestly feel sorry for him....nah...it is frustrating though
@Chinese Gods chosen people Jesus Christ is Shang Di We found the missing link 50 years ago... And several links between them... And natural selection doesn't work like that... You really have no idea the sear mass of the evidence that says you're wrong.
spaveevo yeah. It's a lot of brainwashing. It was shoved down my throat my entire life, and I was never put in a position to question what I was taught until I was in college. When I was in college, people made fun of me all of the time for arguing the creationist standpoint.
It took me a long time to let go of what I was brainwashed to believe, and start looking into actual science.
I feel bad for people that follow creationism. Most of them have just been brainwashed, and they need a little sympathy and understanding.
Every electrician or electrical engineer I have ever known, at some point in their education, took a class called "Electrical Theory". Every single concept presented in the class and from the text is a scientific fact. Proven, tested, replicated. A theory in the scientific fields is the highest graduation of an idea.
Yup, and it's the greatest criticism of Science by God botherers, as Dawkins says. Mass ignorance has been a problem for thousands of years and it will be a problem fir thousands more.
The whole premise of this video is wrong. Evolution is not a theory like electricity or magnetism; it is a pagan belief that matter, when left alone, will become a power pole and the technician who climbs it. For example, did birds evolve from dinosaurs? What an absurdity, yet naturalists will go on record to say that, somehow, scales evolved into feathers.
Evolution has gutted our society. We have gone from 'love your neighbor' to Darwin's law of the jungle. We have gone from women walking safely at night in the park to mass shootings so commonplace, they hardly make the news anymore.
You cannot say that I did not warn you. God will judge the world in righteousness. Heaven is real, but so is hell and all liars will have their place in the lake of fire. I do not know what a 'lake of fire' is, but I am eternally grateful I will never find out! Christ died on a Cross so that you may know the goodness of God. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
IDEAS are not only scientific ideas.There are other ideas that can be accepted.
@@irenehartlmayr8369 Do you agree that there could be brilliant scientists who are Hindus, Muslims, Christians, or atheist? What you believe about the origin of life has absolutely zero to do with your science. However, people are so dishonest! Is it not true that every person has lied? We are a race of liars!
For example, Darwin read a book by Lyell, a man who was bent on 'removing Moses from science.' Lyell hated the king, but it is not good for your health to undermine the king! Instead, he sought to undermine God, thereby deposing the king. It worked! People bought his 'Principles of Geology,' including the young scientist by the name of Charles Darwin. Charles was bitter at God because of the painful death of his daughter. Both he and Lyell were atheists. Are you saying their atheism did not hinder impartial discovery? I submit to you that Lyell, a lawyer, was similar to any dishonest defense attorney making a case for his client.
Know that, if you die in amorality, you will spend eternity without God. Since God is love, eternity without Him is hell by definition. Yet, Jesus died on a Cross so that we may know Him. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@irenehartlmayr8369that need to be scientifically accepted by an literate mind
I love that you pointed out that you are starting with two anecdotes. I’m religious and wish more spiritual teachers would explain they are starting with an anecdote.
This is great! I think one point a lot of people miss about science is that the aim of experimentation is to disprove a hypothesis or theory, whereas arguments in favor of faith aim to prove it, apparently assuming that it's already correct. This is what annoys me about faith.
Experimentation is open to any result. Equally to prove and disprove. But you will actually be "famous" is you can change the direction of a theory in a major way. Like when Einstein came up with E=MC2. Experimentation would also be to do another round of testing the Higgs boson. It already got sigma 5, but confirming that result again would also be good science, especially if it was doen in another collider or by another method.
Faith is really: I do not understand the world, so I just listen to what others says, and embraces what makes me feel satisfied.
What is worrysome about faith and religions, is that it opens up a can of worms with other equally stupid ideas.
Like strapping a suicide belt on you and blow yourself and others to "Heaven", or ending up like Q-anon og current day GOP where reallity is severely distorted.
@@la7dfa science is seemingly more about faith than it appears tho, I mean the masses think they understand science, but most people just have faith in scientists, not knowledge of science.
@@FrenchFryKayak If people do not have the will to read science reports, then they simply have to trust the majority of leading scientists and solid theories. The problem is when people starts cherrypicking propaganda from news with a huge bias, like "FOX NEWS" who have clearly lied for decades about climate science. And now they have been lying about Covid-19 vaccines etc. And they do not cover the insurrection in USA, but rather if Hunter Biden farted one morning.
@@la7dfa yeah I've never been a fan of either party or media source from either side. I lean right simply because I believe in having certain freedoms that the left doesnt seem to value much anymore (they used to). For me the vaccine argument is about my freedom to chose and consent how I medicate myself, the covid shot is not the point, the point is I won't be coerced or forced to take something I dont want or need.
@@FrenchFryKayak The good thing about democracy is the option to choose what side you want. Listen to reason in politics, never to those willing to lie about obvious stuff like climate, because you can easily find the neutral truth if you want.
But vaccination is helping to protect our hospital capacity, the elderly, those with reduced health and those who need life important surgery for other diseases and organ failiures.
In many ways not taking the Covid-19 vaccine is unpatriotic and just like someone driving drunk, it can kill innocents.
We were extremely lucky the Omicrom variant popped up, and now perhaps will end the worst part of the pandemic.
But it may come back in more deadly variants later, unless we can develop even better vaccines and distribute them to the 3rd world too.
Religion is toxic. Knowledge is power.
But I like religion, it's not that bad.
Guru Mage Good for you. But it is bad, and phony. Do a little research please. What could it hurt? Surely god would prefer lightness to dark, knowledge to ignorance, fact to fiction. Cheers
EattherichBuddy But if I'm wrong I'll go to hell.
Guru Mage Nonsense. Hell is made up. Just like the rest of it. Cheers
EattherichBuddy What do you think happens after death?
Tim Minchin said it best,
'"“But evolution is only a theory!” Which is true. I mean, it is only a theory, it’s good that they say that. I think, it gives you hope, doesn’t it? That… that maybe they feel the same way about the theory of gravity, and they might just float the fuck away.'
where did the Supreme Being come from? who or what created it?
@AllSeeingEye ofGod these ideas are an Interesse ting thought experiment but they're easily challenged.
The unmoved mover is based on the idea that every existing thing has a cause. It then says that if each thing has a cause, then there must be a first cause, an "unmoved mover" which itself isn't motivated by a cause but simply existing on its own. This unmoved mover is what's interpreted as God, but that's simply an intuition. The process doesn't offer any kind of proof, simply a "logical" process. However, the unmoved mover might very well be something else than the God you're referring to. It could be the universe itself. It could be some thing that has disappeared since. There is no necessity for it to be All knowing, all powerful, or even aware of humans. AND, the reasoning itself might be flawed. The idea that everything has a cause isn't proven and is itself an intuition.
The second idea you mention is self referring and I didn't delve deep into it because it honestly seems based on belief more than anything else.
It's interesting talking to someone who actually tries to defend their position on religion though, and I enjoyed reading into what you had to offer.
I'm not challenging your beliefs. They're fine as long as you're not pushing them onto others! Peace be with you
@AllSeeingEye ofGod I'm sorry for wasting your time. I don't seek God. I don't need God. Love is fine on its own, and I think I'm nailing morality even without the threat, or oversight, of a God. Please understand that some people just don't need a religion or any sort of belief system in order to embrace their lives!
@AllSeeingEye ofGod love isn't just about romantic relationships and having children. Love the world, love the people around you, love for love's sake. Incidentally, I think that's the message that a controversial jewish carpenter was trying to spread a couple millenia ago
@AllSeeingEye ofGod " Here are 2 Theories on The Supreme-Being a.k.a. The Unmoved Mover, which are Convergent... "
Those are at best, hypotheses. They are not theories.
it's weird having 10+ year old videos pop up on my youtube, it makes me feel old
Or young?
Amen!! One of my friends has spent her life researching one type of long extinct ancient sea mollusc and how they spread from ocean to ocean hundreds of millions of years ago.
Evolution is a huge subject with thousands of peer reviewed papers. If you judge a scientific theory by the amount of research done, and how much supports it and how little questions it, then evolution is arguably one of our best supported scientific theories.
Evolution is a fact although you can argue some THEORIES about evolution are wrong!
@@hannahjames3180 Evolution is not a fact, according to science. The principle that underpins science is that we cannot establish facts, only theories, because science always takes into consideration that there might be an experiment in the future that will contradict the current best theory. The only "facts" in science are the results of repeatable experiments, which I guess are the axioms of the scientific method.
One of the greatest thinkers on Earth showing courage in exposing the stupidity of blind faith religion. Right now my God is the Holy Trinity of Science, Maths and Engineering. Having read the Bible and much of the Koran, I completely reject all faith based religions known to me - since they have filled the Earth with so much suffering, death and misery.
Atheism has blood on its hand too.
Eddie Boggs not nearly as much as religion, and before you mention hitler and Stalin, hitler was a Roman Catholic, and in fact it was the Catholics that believed Jews were the problem. They blamed the Jews for Jesus death and that’s where it all began. What do you think have hitler the idea that Jews were the problem? Roman Catholics. A lot of people don’t like to admit that. And Stalin might have enforced atheism but he didn’t kill for atheism. He killed all the intelligent people actually. If you were smart and read books he would order you to be killed because he was afraid of people becoming smart and revolting against him. That’s also part of the reason he hated religion, because if your religion taught you that you should value freedom then he saw it as a threat, which is why he preferred atheism. Actually we have seen this many times throughout Russian history. Overall, not once was there a time where a leader ordered the deaths of theists in the name of atheism. So I beg to differ. Now religion on the other hand has killed more people the both world wars combined. The crusades made ww2 look like a child’s playground. And all of that was in the name of Christianity. Not to mention religion has caused more wars then any other topic known to man.
Oh dear Richard Dawkins is a terrible thinker and an ideologue.
“One of the greatest thinkers on earth”
I think the the bereaved families of those who died under the Nazis eugenics policy would beg to differ!
“It’s one thing to deplore eugenics on ideological, political, moral grounds. It’s quite another to conclude that it wouldn’t work in practice. Of course it would. It works for cows, horses, pigs, dogs & roses. Why on earth wouldn’t it work for humans? Facts ignore ideology” (Richard Dawkins).
Dawkins is a very influential public intellectual with a very naive approach to philosophy, theology and ethics which is why the atheist Greg Epstein, an ethicist and humanist chaplain at Harvard, had no choice but to publicly criticise Dawkins . According to Epstein it’s...
“So unacceptable for Richard Dawkins to tweet about eugenics without clearly condemning it. Dawkins is ‘supposedly’ one of our exemplars of humanism and science outreach. Yet today he’s given every manner of passive and active bigot an opening to ‘consider’ persecution on steroids.”
All the best to you and your family and keep safe during this Corona virus crisis ❤️
We will win yet
Well said!! the confirmation/attrition bias on here beggars belief.
Apparently Kurt changed his name after rejecting science. He became Kurt unwise.
you don't fall into any conclusions dude who is wise who is not we all gonna find out one day.
@@MRakshay-fb2mu here, take some punctuation. You can use it on the next inane post you make. ,,,,
@asura no, close minded is telling me what i think with no inference to anything on the subject
@asura there is no evidence to suggest either way. It is likely nothing happens but with no evidence of anything you can only be agnostic
@asura what you need to see already exists, what you're asking for cannot exist unless you're able to live for a few billion years. You also haven't seen a ghost, you just think you have because you couldn't explain it. I saw a UFO many years ago, but i chalked it down to something I couldn't explain and that someone else with more information could. I didn't jump to aliens no matter how cool that would be.
A faith is not immune to criticism. That's my criticism of this day.
After growing up in church, I have learned to appreciate the moralistic views the bible has taught me; how to respect other people, to not repay evil-for-evil, to criticize my own actions before criticizing others, to not let the sun go down while i'm still angry. These concepts have really matured me as human being. The one thing I do regret though, is believing all the other bullshit that came with these morals. I used to tithe 10% of my money from the 5th grade all the way through 11th. Money that I could have spent on cool ass lego sets...wasted to fictional stories
+Soren G I did read the bible, thoroughly, and not to mention many times... Its so complex and jumbled, its almost like some uneducated men just all put their own hallucinations into one book. Religion is to keep the poor from overthrowing the rich
+Andrew W You're pissed cause you are low on Lego.. looool.
+Andrew W Tithing 10% was for the ANCIENT Israelites. People often blame God and/or the Bible, when it is wrong teaching that corrupted their faith.
+Andrew W
That's what it does. It wrongs you out to dry and hollows you out. The price for peace of mind based on deception.
+Andrew W The problem is 1. you can get these morals from moral philosospy and from atheistic means which were created before the so-called morals of the Bible (such as from the Chinese, before even the Greeks, let alone the desert dwellers whom wrote the Bible), 2. simply from yourself over time (if you're a moral human being in the 21st century) and or 3. simply from atheistic/secular society and your parents etc. No Bible nor religion is needed. The kindest humans I care to mention were/are all atheists, some of them also happen to be some of the most brave and moral humans in noted history.
Therefore it means nothing at all to credit such morals to the church and in fact, it only subtracts from the morality itself and also hides away the true amorality and evil of the church.
Holy crap a LOT of people really don't know what a theory is. Its sad, and frustrating how little so many of understand about science and how it works. Truly sad.
I think I understand what a theory is. A theory is a hypothesis that is proposed by a scientist based on observations. A scientific theory must be subject to the possibility of disproof. If it cannot be disproved, it is not theory but a dogma. In the 150+ years since Darwin proposed his theory of evolution, the fossil record has failed miserably to confirm its truth. Ask any evolutionist the question "Can you show, from the fossil record, a clear and undisputed line of evolutionary forms that leads from one type of organism to a different type" and they will be unable to oblige. Evolution remains a theory and is, as yet, completely unproven. It has therefore become a dogma.
I can very easily show you many lines... actually... pick any one. Whale evolution is extremely well represented in the fossil record. But you won't accept it so it's pointless for me to try. Good day. And you still don't really understand what a theory is.
You see, the problem is... I will show you one line of evolution and you will say "so where is the transition between A and B?" and I will show you one, C, and you will say "but where are the transitions between A and C?" and I will show you D, and you will cry "But where are the transitions between C and D?". And THAT shows that you do not understand the theory of evolution. There really are two sides to this debate... those who deny evolution and those who understand it.
jeans1515 Your position appears to be undermined by those who are experts in the field.
The lack of transitional forms in the fossil record was realized by evolutionary whale experts like the late E.J. Slijper: ‘We do not possess a single fossil of the transitional forms between the aforementioned land animals [i.e., carnivores and ungulates] and the whales.’ (E.J. Slijper, Dolphins and Whales (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1962), p. 17)
You are no doubt referring to this series in your claim of whale evolution:
• Mesonychid (55 million years ago)
• Ambulocetus (50 million years ago)
• Rodhocetus (46 million years ago)
• Basilosaurus (40 million years ago)
In evolution text books, these creatures are drawn at the same size to give the illusion of an evolutionary pathway. In fact Mesonychids varied in size between 1 and 2 metres long. Ambulocetus was about 2 metres long. Rodhocetus was about 3 metres long and Basilosaurus was about 21 metres long. So we are led to understand that this creature, 10 times longer than its ancestors, was a direct descendent? This seems a little deceptive on the part of the evolutionist authors.
You may wish to consider the following opinions in relation to this.
The evolutionary biologist Annalisa Berta commented on the single known Ambulocetus fossil:
"Since the pelvic girdle is not preserved, there is no direct evidence in Ambulocetus for a connection between the hind limbs and the axial skeleton. This hinders interpretations of locomotion in this animal, since many of the muscles that support and move the hind limb originate on the pelvis." (J.G.M. Thewissen, S.T. Hussain, and M. Arif, Fossil Evidence for the Origin of Aquatic Locomotion in Archeocete Whales, Science 263(5144):210-212, 14 January 1994. Perspective by A. Berta, What is a Whale?, same issue, p. 180-181. )
Barbara Stahl, a vertebrate paleontologist and evolutionist, points out:
"The serpentine form of the body and the peculiar shape of the cheek teeth make it plain that these archaeocetes [like Basilosaurus] could not possibly have been the ancestor of modern whales."
Stahl points out the following regarding the skull structure in both types:
"… shows a strange modification not present, even in a rudimentary way, in Basilosaurus and its relatives: in conjunction with the backward migration of the nostrils on the dorsal surface of the head, the nasal bones have been reduced and carried upwards and the premaxillary and maxillary elements have expanded to the rear to cover the original braincase roof." (B.J. Stahl, Vertebrate History: Problems in Evolution (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974), p. 489 )
jeans1515 A scientific theory is a series of statements about the causal elements for observed phenomena. A critical component of a scientific theory is that it provides explanations and predictions that can be tested.
The predictions of evolution can NEVER be tested and it is therefore not a scientific theory but a dogma.
The alternative to science is not even a serviceable theory, let alone a con- structive paradigm from which one can build a thriving human civilisation.
Fantastic speech! Already ten years old but still haven't seen much better since.
I studied music theory in college, but I have faith that music exists lol
That makes no sense; we all KNOW music exists because we all hear it everyday
That was a joke. Evolution exists as well.
+Tyrantax good if we don't listen to music we don't believe in exist it but finally the music exist
Hossam Eldeeb
that's definitely absolutely right
tyrantax are you believe in god?
I'll take a theory over a fairy tale any day.
+Open-minded Skeptic
I wouldn't.
If I want to read some fantasy or fairy tales, I'd rather not have my brain crunch theories. Waste? Maybe, but I'd rather waste some time and not burn out my interest in science than... well... burn out my interest in science.
OzixiThrill My curiosity as to what this mysterious reality is we all inhabit has never wavered. So I can't really relate to the idea of burning out on curiosity. But, to each his own. All the best!
yup..theory over a fairy tale..
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Amine ya rab You MUST be a troll lmfao.
If only you were smart enough to know that a "theory" in science is the title for some idea which is the most reliable and TRUE source. A theory in science is something which supersedes all scriptures, postulates, laws, etc It is something of the highest degree possible
Science is rigor and a scientific theory is one which rigorously accounts for the actual measured data. A scientific theory can still be unwarranted, as is the case always at the cutting edge where data is scarce.
It’s fucked up when a guy can create a religion that’s based on bullshit, no proof, affects people’s lives and mental health and really is harmful. But that religion can carry on and not be required to be transparent. Because you can’t question someone’s faith.
I’m talking about Joseph smith.
Done being polite.
Creationists who say that evolution is “just a theory” never seem to complain about the theories of gravity!
I like Tim Minchin's response to that. "You kinda hope they'll feel the same way about gravity and just float the fuck away."
charcharmunr You evolutionists have such a limited set of arguments. Gravity can be observed to be true, based on rational observation. Evolution can never be observed to be true because the time scales involved are too long for observations to be meaningful.
stevew1904 So what? Nobody's ever observed anything being created, and we have much greater reason to think things evolved from simpler life-forms, based on extrapolation from observation of speciation and adaptation (or as creationists like to spin it, macro and micro-evolution.)
stevew1904 What are you talking about? Evolution can happen overnight. Why do you think you need a different flu shot every year?
Josefine Nilsson I have no problem whatsoever with flu viruses mutating into different forms. But the evolution of a new flu virus doesn't produce any new kind of life. It's still a flu virus. Do you have any examples of one form of life being observed as evolving into another form of life?
the Bible is just a book if evolution is just a theory
+The Myths Of Science Christians in their entirety claim it is the actual word of a God and evolution is JUST a theory. With that said my previous statement still stands.
+The Myths Of Science it makes sense you are only reading it out of context. you know how Christians like to say "well evolution is JUST a theory" my comment is my common response to such a phrase being uttered.
+The Myths Of Science In the sense that 2+2 is just 4 or a scientific theory is just an explanation of all the related facts.
The Myths Of Science
Well actually I did. What did you not understand?
The Myths Of Science
Cars are just vehicles. Do you get it now or are you still getting 3 when adding 2 and 2?
Maybe it is because you edited the point out of the second part, so here it is again.
" _a scientific theory_ *is just* _an explanation of all the related facts_."
Gravity isn't a law nor a theory, it's a phenomenon. General relativity is the theory (the best we have) to explain the phenomenon, what it is and how it behaves. Same applies to evolution, it's a well known phenomenon, the fact that some people cluelessly claim that "you can't prove evolution" doesn't make it less real or proven. There's obviously still a lot to learn, and we might witness a drastic change of paradygm in biology to explain all the phenomenons (or not, who knows), but we will not discover that we were dead wrong and that evolution isn't real, the same way that we will not discover that the sun, the plants, gravity or electromagnetism aren't real.
Gravity is the fact. The theory scientifically explains why such thing is a fact. In this case, the gravity. Gravity is a fact because of the theoru of general relativity.
I’m not afraid to live in this world as long as science prevails
XD
There's a shocking amount of science illiterates leaving comments here.
nah. theres way more on other videos ive been to.
under this one, the sane people vastly outnumber the idiots.
rare, but uplifting :D
Actually this is the most sensible comment section i have ever seen in youtube
I don't mean to shock anyone "I come in peace!"
Being scientifically illiterate by choice as when in school what was taught in books one year where shown to be wrong and outdated the next and so forth.
Therefore than remembering information that will soon be outdated I opted for being only in the now, which has helped in not having to remember out dated information.
I do however get amazing amounts of amusement from educated people that have the talent to talk eloquently about anything and or nothing.
@@starshipdjs7524 Can you give an example of something they taught you at school and was outdated in a year?
@@Cruz8R The amount of moons in our solar system
so if science is all just a theory then religion is just an opinion
faith is belief without evidence or pretending to know sthings u dont know
wade2bosh Type this in in you tube the mysterious case of donald decker the video last 5:57 the channel is paranormal junkie. I have faith in that case the evidence was shown that case is super scary
Corry Burton the scientific method is literally based on repeatable experimentation. If it didn’t depend on the past, you by definition couldn’t repeat an experiment. If you limit scientific knowledge to now, then it’s impossible to know anything because now is always a fleeting moment. And it’s impossible to gain scientific knowledge because you can’t verify anything because only one experiment you conduct at a time can possibly be now. Science is entirely concerned with taking past observations and making future predictions. The accuracy of those future predictions is how you judge the accuracy of your model of describing the past. Your statement is not meaningfully distinct from advocating hard solipsism. Of course real science is concerned with both the past and future.
Faith is a feeling more than just facts and logic, its spiritual
I love the warm fuzzy story of the old cellular biologists. Science is the best
There are two kinds of people in the world. People who want to know how things work, in whatever direction that leads, even if they don’t like what they find out, and others who will only except things that make them feel comfortable in the opinion they already have
And people who dont know if we are living in a simulation. You know, how art imitates life?
@@privateprivate1865 and that the simulation was put in place by magic dragons
Wanna know what's also just as much of a theory?
The atom theory.
+MegaKosan
--- The evidence supporting the evolutionary synthesis is MUCH more diverse and extensive than is the evidence supporting atomic theory. Only a fool would accept atomic theory and reject evolutionary theory.
Number Six Exactly.
+MegaKosan
---It's sad that the gist of our comments will sail right over the heads of the creationists who read them.
Number Six Well, some of them do have a point in their lives when they finally listen.
+Number Six
Sad is there's nothing to reply to... what have you put forth number 6? I can't find much of anything to reply to. I look down and there's #6 nipping at my heel. Over my head? Are you kidding? Again, tell me about the beneficial genetic mutation or the fossilized organism transitioning into something else you are keeping all to yourself. You can't do it.
I hate it when people say "it's just a theory". If you had a shred of scientific jargon knowledge, you would know that a scientific theory is the explanation for why things happen based on proven facts. It's not even close to a hypothesis :3
Faith, in the past, has defended itself by killing nonbelievers.
Relativity is only a theory too.... A theory that a damn lot of practical stuff is based on.
Which was amply demonstrated twice at the end of WWII in Japan.
@@thenaturalmidsouth9536 When it was demonstrated as a practical matter,it no longer remained a theory....it became a fact.....
If the "scientific" theory is ever proven......still waiting after all the hot yak from the "science illuminati" over these last 170 years.....it will become a fact......otherwise,it remains in the realm of theory,and if you promote that as fact,it is nothing more than junk science....
@@michaelwinter7136 So sez Alex Jones of the GQP.
@@thenaturalmidsouth9536 Don't know what that's supposed to mean but,if it's an insult,it basically let's me know you're incapable of defending what you claim to believe in....
...but thats just a theory, a SCIENTIFIC THEORY!
"only a theory" i die a little inside every time some ignorant delusionist uses that sentence, putting aside the confusion between the different uses of "theory", there is such a huge wealth of evidence which supports evolution, evolution is a solid fact,
it is as certain as gravity.
why do you say supports ''theory'',rather than confirms it?
flyingtoohigh I didn't say it, I wrote it.
Being a grammar Nazi is fun!
Raptor Jesus You didn't write it, you typed it!
Angelo LOL!
Evolution is theory and gravity is law end of discussion
"You can't teach music theory, it's just a theory! It's never been proven!" - Son of Aronra
lmao
Tears come to my eyes when I hear the story of the old scientist thanking his young fellow for having proven him wrong for 15 years. I love that story.
Knock knock. Who's there? Jesus. Jesus who? Jesus Christ let me in. Why should I let you in? I want to save you. Save me from what? Save you from what I will do if you don't let me in.
That is not what Christianity is, D.S. (lying preachers notwithstanding). What the Bible says (I will let you decide if it is true or not) is that God intends to create a new Heaven and a new Earth. Right now he is selecting people to populate the new Earth. They will be disease-free and will live forever (i.e. will be given eternal life). -He is not going to do anything to people who "don't let Jesus in."- Thankfully, the Bible does not say anything whatsoever about torturing "sinners" in a fiery hell.
@@IsaacNussbaum
What a load of nonsense !
Too bad you chose not to be more precise in your post, Myles. I don't have the slightest idea just exactly what it is you think is "nonsense." Is it Christianity? If so, lots of people would agree with you. Is it just the notion of a new heaven and a new earth? Are you saying that the Bible teaches something different than that? Or are you saying that the no-fiery-hell part is nonsense? Do you want people to be roasted over an open flame for all eternity? Maybe some people can read your mind. I can't.
@@IsaacNussbaum
The creation of a new Heaven and a new Earth ! Such unfounded beliefs suggest delusion.
@@myleslawless6594 You might be right, Myles. Digital Screams' post showed that he did not understand his subject at all and I was just trying to help him out as to what the Bible actually says as opposed to what he thought it said. I left it up to him to decide if those teachings are true or not.
Atomic theory is only a theory. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_theory
1991stratplus i cant see any atoms, and atoms are not attached to each other so everything would collabs
You can trust the mystery of the universe without the 'faith' of organized religion. Science is always at the edge of the unknown, so faith is actually part of science, sensing reality in the vast unknown.
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." So said Albert Einstein
Is that an appeal to authority or are you a proud descendant of that particular patent clerk?
That well demonstrates that even the smartest people can be wrong about some things.
Sunlight is only a theory, too!
That, and gravity, germs, time, etc....
jb111082 Okay smarty pants...who told you?
+terry z
Well he is right.
Funny it's actually not it's something that's there with proof because everyone one see it but hey I didn't know that we had time machines and could travel back in time to study evolution haha funny how it works
Funny as in ha ha? One does not need a time machine to study evolution.
The stories of those 2 scientists, so different, stick in my mind so well from The God Delusion. Can there be a more perfect illustration of the difference between science and faith?
Yet you have many scientists who posit that we could be living in a simulation.
Uh ok... a simulation created by a more intelligent form. geez
Yes, a simple metaphysical distinction;
Belief is of two kinds, justified (knowledge) and unjustified (faith).
I've read some of the Bible and I don't see any conflict between it and Science. The early books of the Bible are more allegorical rather than factual, but the more recent books are based on reality. When you understand the Bible is meant to be instruction from God on how to live, rather than an explanation of how the Universe works, you should be able to practice Science without any concern. Just know that believers will test Science the same as Aetheists will test believers. Believers have a right to expect sound Science also.
As a religious person, i too think this is a tragic story.
As a person who has faith, i wish to uphold it as something that is allowed to be criticised.
Come on man. Geez
Exactly the right approach!
Man people are rude in these comments, how hard is it to simply respect each other's beliefs
@May Ling Guess what, these people in the comments spread nothing more than hate
Moral codes pre-date any religion .
peter strand Yes, religions are more like the systematisation of moral codes - whether we view them as moral or immoral.
Wrong. You're completely ignorant of history.
@ady nails Dolphins are rapist kidnappers...try again.
@ady nails and apparently none of you have ever heard Pascal's Wager.
Wow!
You changed my world view; not by giving me a new insight,
but by giving me a tool with which to challenge others'. (And my own!)
I was one of those that never dared challenge other's religious views exactly as you said.
Never again!
The reason I don't criticise faith is because I'm scared of getting my head cut off.
Doubt or using it can be a powerful option especially where logic is being applied as a weapon.
The last universal ancestor (LUA), also called the last universal common ancestor (LUCA), cenancestor, or progenote, is the most recent organism from which all organisms now living on Earth have common descent
I am a Christian and a scientist, and I have something to say to any Christians out there:
Great faith does not mean great refusal to learn, it does not mean great arrogance.
atheists have nothing to do with science, not believing GOD is not science.
Atheist scientists exist, did you know ? Or scientists who don't care about any of these denominations.
+Benuryu Being a Christian does influence your scientific views. Science should not influence your views on God, but more often than not Christians tend to fight science because their views on God do influence their views on science.
+Jeeves Merari So your point about how bad science in the West is contains nothing about science. Ok
Belief in Evolution made them not sure of their gender. Evolution is forced even in India but no body believes it luckily
Religions people deserve oscar for their acting.
Most aren't acting. Most really are clueless.
My philosophy and logic professor was brilliant and totally predicted this development of our culture. He told us despite what P.C. police say that tolerance is a terrible thing for any democracy. We need the ability to question, criticize and discuss
Don't question orders. Obey the master. Submit or die. Big brother knows best (better than you and certainly better than that bugger trying you tempt you to question the master's orders.
We've seen it before and know where it leads and despite the murder of 6 million people we're right back where we started.
"Evolution is only a theory, therefore we can conclude that God is real. A talking snake really lived on earth. Pigs really became possessed. Animals did walk side by side into a large boat. Humans can really rise from the dead after several days. Lions will not harm you if you pray, nor will fires burn you." - The backward logic of theists.
paul tooker Riiiiiiight.... Miracles of that magnitude happened so often and yet are now nowhere to be seen. Now, the miracles are subjective - 'I've been cured of cancer because I prayed.' Where are the talking snakes? Speaking of neighbors, you're no Christian... Ever heard of 'love thy neighbor?'
When someone tells me that "Evolution is just a theory". I reply with "Yeah, but the Bible is just a bunch of fables", followed by me telling them the difference between a theory and a scientific theory.
What a stupid comment - Even if it's a scientific theory, it's still a theory ! It's why we have scientific theory and scientific fact ! Basically, both are like the difference between theory and fact !
@@eu29lex16 OMFG. Just look up "scientific theory" Wikipedia. It's right there on the internet, same thing you used to get to this video. I guess atomic theory is just a theory and we just lucked our way into nuclear bombs and power. Or that germ theory of disease is just a theory and we blindly wash our hands for no reason.
@@theace8502 What a brainless goofbrain.
Theories are theories and facts are facts , you goof.Its why they same different names, use your brain for 5 small seconds in your wasteful life.
A theory is an idea/explanation on how something works and the facts are the PROOF required to support the theory.
Without PROOF the theory is speculation but even speculation can make sense and be true.
Does your little head understand this much ? Or is the explanation too complicated for you ?
The word theory is often used to mean conjecture. Schools need to explain the meaning of that word when applied to science: scientific theories are formed out of *proven* conjectures.
"Proven" isn't used to describe scientific propositions but I get and agree with your point.
The only thing that persons of "faith" have is "a book says a thing".
Evolution is an observable and easily verifiable fact.
The Theory of Evolution is science's best explanation for how that real world fact works.
Just like Gravity is a fact and the Theory of Gravity is science's best explanation for how it works.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
+Jerry VanNuys Gravity is not fact, desity is the reason why were on the ground, the theory of gravity hasn't even been proven you haven't found Gavitons, so yeah it's just a theory/hypothesis that has not been proven.
I think he was talking about Newtons theory, not gravitons.
Emenz "Gravity is not fact, desity is the reason why were on the ground, the theory of gravity hasn't even been proven you haven't found Gavitons, so yeah it's just a theory/hypothesis that has not been proven."
--- (1) "desity" [sic] is the relationship between an object's mass and it's volume - not a quantification of it's gravitational attraction.
--- (2) Science doesn't deal in "proofs".
--- (3) General Relativity (gravity theory) doesn't describe "gavitons" [sic].
--- (4) "just a theory"??? You must be an American.
+Number Six first there are no gravitational attractions.
second, I know science doesn't deal with proof but you don't even have evidence for gravity, the only thing we have as evidence is density.
third, i use gravitons to show that its a theory aswell Dark matter and Dark energy.
forth, I know what's the difference between a theory and a scientific theory, Gravity is a theory not a scientific theory, also I'm British not American
+Emenz "I know science doesn't deal with proof"
--- I doubt that. No one attempt to persuade others by pretending to be ignorant.
" its a theory aswell Dark matter and Dark energy."
--- Neither "dark matter" or "dark energy" are scientific theories. Will your next post say, "I know dark matter and dark energy aren't actually scientific theories"?
"Gravity is a theory not a scientific theory,"
--- The theory of general relativity (gravity theory) is indeed a scientific theory. As you did with "proof" I'm sure you'll soon claim that you "knew that".
"also I'm British not American"
--- Alas, I had hoped that it was but one English speaking country that was failing to educate it's people in the sciences.
Evolution is not a theory, but a historical fact about which there are theories to explain it.
Theory...NOT...PROOF.
+atletico exactly
***** I am a moron yet you don't know the difference in theory and fact. I'l just let that sink in a bit...
***** I don't give a fuck what it means in science. I live in the real world.
Yes as do we all ,evolution applys to the real world you and everyone else lives in.
eg. what were writing on now is an example of lution.
“I reject the theory of gravity” said no theist ever whilst stood on a cliff top.
@@GrowYourOwnGYO whooosh
His statement about how faith "shouldnt be criticized" wasnt the best way to get his point across. If he says "it's about time we start" he has ignored the thousand years or martyrs, crusades, and segrations...
Well done Richard for exposing the truth. Our World would be a better, happier place without faith based religion. Like so many other victims, it ruined more than half of my life - until I became smart enough to realise the truth.
Not true, faithless societies have done more damage to society than Judeo/Christian faith based ones have: Communist Russia, Nazi Germany and communist Romania to name a few.
"Smart enough" 😂 Try harder. Believing that everything is from nothing, uncaused and randomly, is not called "intelligence", is "stupidity", and requires to "BELIEVE" not to KNOW or SEE.
Evolution does not require belief. It is unaffected by belief or the lack thereof. It does not even require our personal existence, much less personal belief. It simply is. You are aware of it or you are not. It exists regardless.
In your sick mind..
@3:33 "My dear fellow, I wish to thank you, I have been wrong these 15 years"
Captures the spirit of science at it's best.
I listen to dawkins like a sassy black pentecostal woman listening to a sermon about the love of jesus; just closing my eyes, shaking and nodding my head with approval, like, "MMM! Amen!"
"Only a theory!" This has often annoyed and amused me, when stated by an evangelist! Proudly destroying the validity of a Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, yet blissfully unaware that his precious Creation Theory is based solely on MYTH!
Oh, you're talking about God again are you?
And that is why Richard Dawkins is brilliant, ladies and gentlemen.
faith is the willingness to believe what you know ain't so
Theory in science, sums up every detail about of a particular topic while Law is just a 1 to 3 line summary of the Theory.
Hypothesis are guesses in science based on observations then these are Experimented. If the hypothesis passes then that hypothesis becomes a Theory after some more correction to it. And then to sum everything up a Law is created.
So sad reading the comments. Some of you seriously should go watch a video on evolution or read about it. I'm not saying this out of spite or anything. Most of you criticising it clearly don't even understand the absolute foundational elements of it.
There's plenty of stuff here on youtube. Just watch it. Don't pretend you watched it then try debating someone on the subject and falling flat as soon as you start the conversation. If you don't know, find out. If you don't care to know or can't find the answer, say you don't know. There's nothing wrong with saying you don't know.
It's not like people have to choose between believing a god exists and accepting evolution as fact, because it is and we have evidence to demonstrate that. Evolution claims nothing about God, at all. Personally I'm an atheist but the thought that there is a God of some kind that created the universe is not disproven by evolution it's just that it conflicts with the Genesis part of the Bible and the biblical creation story. Yea, the theory of evolution by natural selection does indeed contradicts the creation story in the Bible but unless you're the type of Christian that believes the Bible in every aspect to be taken LITERALLY (like Noah's ark, Adam and Eve, Jonah and the whale, tower of Babel, etc. and other utterly ridiculous impossible myths in the Bible) than there's no problem believing in the two. I guarantee every Christian, even the super literal fundamentalists don't carry out and abide by every single 613 commandments given in the Bible so therefore they obviously don't take every single thing in it seriously so why deny evolution when there is more evidence to support it than there is to support gravity and make a fool of yourself by saying you don't think it's true and also that geologists are wrong because the earth is around 6000 years old. It's insane. It's stupid. Also the majority of people have not even the most basic knowledge on how evolution actually works and yet the ones who deny it have very strong opinions against it! How can one have strong opinions against something they don't even slightly understand?!?
All Genesis :1 says, the Universe has a beginning and things developed. If a person takes Evolution Theory literally then you need to prove Randomness is the operating principle behind nature.
+Mark Wise "All Genesis :1 says, the Universe has a beginning and things developed. "
---- You need a new Bible! Genesis 1 says a LOT more than that.
"If a person takes Evolution Theory literally then you need to prove Randomness is the operating principle behind nature."
--- You need a new biology textbook. Two of the three components of evolution, sexual selection and natural selection, are anything but random.
Number Six
Gen.1 is not literal
Adaptation is not random and is repeatable.
Evolution is random and not repeatable.
+Mark Wise "Adaptation is not random and is repeatable."
--- What the heck is "adaptation"? (Please define it the way the scientific community does.)
A string of adaptations is in a generic sense is evolution.
"Evolution Theory" is about patterns, is there cause and effect ?
Example:
If a mutation does not "try" to benefit an organism and a organism does not "try" to benefit a mutation. What is the mechanism of change?
Randomness.
Can't you just imagine a prosecuting attorney, in his summation in a murder trial, exhorting the jury to return a guilty verdict because he "believes the defendant to be guilty"?
Evolution theory admits its frail fractured gnosis in conceding that humans did NOT evolve from chimpanzees ' it's an insidious false manipulation from Dawky' also the old testament is considered a reliable historical document from historians and anthropologists ' it's on Google ' here Dawky criticises solid documentation and scripture ' he also has no idea about the metaphysical at all '
if evolution is only a theory, why are we still evolving?
@@spirkes4248 actually, I have. My comment was against someone else's comment. I know that we are still evolving and have been evolving for over 10,000 years.
Evolution is a fact.
It's like the world is backwards, people ridicule me for NOT believing in some supernatural being that exits outside space time! Or they think your crazy for doubting something written in a 2000 year old book of fairy tails. Although I never made a secret of my lack of belief, when one day my mother asks, you're not an atheist are you? When I said yes, I got the feeling she'd rather I was gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's not something parents like hearing.
I must admit I was mistaken with my understanding of that " theory" means in scientific parlance terms.
"I thank God for my atheist friends. They keep me from cheating." -Jean LaCroix, Christian philosopher
Well, evolution is only a theory, but ID. Isn't even close to being one, so point is..?
Ok everyone, stop using GPS and planes guys, gravity and relativity are just theories
GPS doesn't need space, it's an updated LORAN System
That story brought tears to my eyes.
I would never dare to criticize someone else's faith. I do, however, make sure to find myself as far away as possible from those people.
You NEED to criticize the faiths of those worshiping false gods. They will burn in hell forever if no one straightens them out.
@@numbersix9477 Nice. But see, if they're not up to the task of seeing the holes in their own beliefs, I most certainly wont achieve much either. And, to be honest, I am scared of stupidity.
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When did I say individuals should be criticized?
@@juanpennisi1202
I was being lazy. I failed to preface my statement with, "The following statement is in no way an endorsement of any particular god or set of gods. Some gods are great, some are not so great, some are stinkers and a few are figments of imagination (hence "false"). I do not, nor will I ever, endorse any particular god or gods. I do not, nor will I ever, recommend criticizing faith in real gods. I ONLY recommend criticizing belief in FALSE gods."
I hope that clears things up.
@@juanpennisi1202 This notion going around that is politically incorrect to criticize anyone's faith is bullshit. It's a view that is pushed by people who know their faith is indefensible. They think that if they can prevent people questioning ANY religion they can keep their own from being questioned. Meanwhile it is ONLY through question and debate that they got their head into religion in the first place. You can't afterwards remove debate from the equation just because they are already convinced that they are right.