We have proof of evolution, but I don't think that's the whole story. It's hard to believe that everything came from absolutely nothing - but if there is a creator, the question is who created him/it? Perhaps evolution only kicked in after original creation - and perhaps the creator is eternal, although eternity is a difficult concept.
jenstar>/b> is right. People 'believe in' creation because there is nothing to support it except belief - it is a personal decision to accept something that has no rational basis.
One doesn't 'believe in' evolution any more than one 'believes in' electricity, heavier-than-air flying machines, penicillin or pictures by radio. It does not need blind faith, just reason.
I think naomi has widened the question. I don't think any evolutionist believes that life came from nothing. The best bet is that very primitive life came from the coming together of the necessary chemicals. As soon as it could reproduce, later complex life arose automatically and inevitably due to the evolutionary process.
You know me Chakka - I always widen the question. If we're talking about life on earth, then it's feasible that it evolved from a combination of the necessary chemicals. However, if we're talking about the creation of the universe, we have to ask where those chemicals came from. We can go back as far as we like, but in the end (or in the beginning(?)), there is no answer, because nothing comes from nothing.
(ps How are you getting on with the quiz? I have 15 to get - and still no calf!!).
Yes,naomi but the question was about evolution, not the origin of all things.
Er.. I think I've got about 25 to go yet, but it's early days. I like to take my time and enjoy it. I hope you took my advice about No. 26: ignore the satchel.
ne2... we are still evolving. You can see this in a very simple way if you compare the average height of humans beings over the last few hundred years.We are (on average) much taller now than we were in the Tudor times.(ever been in an old Tudor house...you have to duck under the doors).Evolution doesnt occur in a matter of days.
and we didnt evolve from apes either, that is a myth perpetrated by creationists.Humans and apes had a common ancestor but man did not evolve from apes
Maybe our cosmic ancestors had a packet of mixed human seeds and sprinkled them on the Earth, added water, some fertiliser and TLC. the rest is history.