Is evolution a lie

Answer 1

Of course not. Evolution is not a lie but a well supported theory. Some people believe it's a lie because it conflicts with their religious beliefs. However, being unable to provide any valid alternatives or evidence their arguments are not compelling. Two points I'd like to make. Most religious people who try to disprove this widely accepted theory, which forms the basis of Biology, don't understand it. Evolution simply states that species can change over time. We have examples of evolution within our own recorded history. Different breeds of dogs, medicinal and edible plants are all examples of evolution. Evolution is a change in genome frequencies over time. Another example: Consider a population of moths, some are black and most are white because they have different genetic material. During the industrial revolution the trees the moths live on were partially covered with soot. Therefore the black ones avoided predation as they were camouflaged when they sat on the trees whereas white ones where clearly visible therefore were eaten more often by birds. Black moths had a high fitness (reproductions over a life time) in this environment and therefore more black moths were able to transfer the black alleles. The next population is going to be mostly black due to the increase in black genes transferred. This is an example of evolution as black allele frequencies increase and white allele frequencies decrease. This has all been observed and recorded. Ultimately it was noted that the predominantly black moth population now in this new environment and with different environmental pressures developed into a population that couldn't breed with their old half white half black ancestors. This constitutes a species; a population that cannot interbreed. This is a witnessed and recorded example. It is a fact. You can also look to the many different colored goldfish you buy. Some of these diverged from the same goldfish ancestor. Therefore evolution is not a lie those that do not accept it do not understand it because they consider that it suggests that God did not create organisms which on the contrary, it does not oppose.

As for the genetic drift argument below, a gene typically contains a thousand base pairs. Frequently these will be missing or reversed--EVERY single individual contains such mutations. These errors usually have no effect--they are benign. Sometimes they are beneficial, although usually they are detrimental. When they cause harm, the individual with those defective genes tend to be less capable of breeding, and passing on the harmful mutation. Sometimes, however, even a defective gene may spread through a population. One excellent example is the gene responsible for producing the protein that synthesizes ascorbic acid (vitamin C). This gene broke in early old world (African) primates. New world (South American) primates, which diverged before the gene broke, have a functioning copy. Our gene, inherited from the old world monkeys, is broken in the same manner. Creationists might want to ask themselves why God would break a gene in humans the same way it was broken in monkeys, if not to serve as evidence for common ancestry. No other mammal (except a species of fruit bat and hamsters) have a broken GULO gene. And in fruit bats and hamsters the gene is not broken the way it is in old world primates (apes and humans).

"Man to dung beetle" is typical of creationist misunderstanding of evolution. This needs no further elaboration.

The creationist then resorts to mathematical chicanery to illustrate a point about DNA replication, suggesting it takes a second for each link in a strand to form. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) lays this idea to rest. Although it takes 20 minutes to amplify any DNA primer or set of primers, the power of exponential growth results in millions and billions of copies over a period of a single day. The drawback is that all of these are subject to random mutation. The advantage is that environmental selection is minimized, so the copies are static. An altered environment is the engine that propels evolutionary change.

You can use the same creationist DNA argument on a rock. A rock contains billions of atoms, each of which occupies a particular location. The odds against any specific rock are infinestismal, yet rocks are commonplace. Granted, "non living" arragements are more common that arrangements of atoms capable of self reproduction. Still, every bacterium is unique, and there are uncountable numbers of those. The biosphere is rife with various arrangements of successful replicators. Randomness factors in to EACH replication, as any given chromosome in an organism is likely to contain at least one errant base pair. Gene duplications, insertions, and deletions introduce thousands of base pair changes all at once, whereas polyploidy introduces millions of them.

Absolutely evolution IS a lie. Evolutionists cloak their lies by discussing natural selection and mutation and passing them off as evolution. Natural selection and mutation happen every day-no one would deny that. However, true Darwinian evolution has NEVER happened and will NEVER happen. I challenge any and all evolutionists to show real scientific evidence of even one animal EVOLVING into another animal (cat to dog, lizard to bird, ape to man, man to dung beetle....you get the idea). C'mon....all I need is just one. Good luck. Additions to answer two: Here are some stats (ie real data) you should look into in order to make an informed decision: There are approximately 50,000 genes in the human body. A single gene is made up of hundreds of thousands of chemical bases arranged in a very specific order. If even one of these chemical bases was missing or was placed in a different spot in the order, humans would be anything from a puddle of goo to who knows what. Knowing this, consider the statistical probability of getting these chemical bases of these genes in exactly the order that they need to be to create us. Consider the following exercise: 1. Take 3 numbered blocks, put them in a box and shake them up. There are six possible combinations of these three numbers. The probability of pulling the blocks out in order is 1 chance in 6. 2. Next add two more numbered blocks to make a total of 5. Now there are 120 possible combinations. The probability of pulling the blocks in orderhas increased to 1 in 120. 3. Next we'll add 4 more numbered blocks to make 10 total. Now the probability has increased to 1 in 3.5 million. If someone were to pull one block every 15 seconds, the probability of pulling the blocks in order would happen once every 18 months. 4. Next lets double the quantity of numbered blocks to a total of 20. If you could pull all 20 blocks out in just one second and repeat this every second, the probability of pulling the blocks out in order would occur once every 77 billion years (keep in mind that evolutionists maintain that the age of the universe is only about 10 billion years). This little numbers game is nothing compared to the complexity of even the simplest bits of matter. For example, the chance of forming a two-thousand atom protein molecule as something like one in 10 to the three hundred and twenty-first power (that's 10 followed by 320 zeros). Again, just as a reminder, there are 50,000 genes in the human body made up of hundreds of thousands of chemical bases each that must be arranged exactly the way that they are to make you. In the grand perspective of things, if you consider all plant and animal life on the planet and the specific order required to make all of them, there is no possibility of random chance evolution. Thank God for statistics.

Answer 2

No. Evolution is fact because it is based on hard, concrete, visible evidence that can be backed up. People who don't believe Evolution is fact usually don't understand it.

If an individual acknowledges that genetic traits can be carried on to the offspring (also another fact backed up by proof), then they automatically have agreed that evolution is a fact. Evolution is simply the passing down of genes from parent to offspring on a larger/global time scale, with environmental effects increasing the survival chances for living things that display the most favorable traits.

Evolution is not accepted by many Creationist theories, especially as it regards the unknown processes that created the first lifeforms on Earth.