If evolution is fact.....

[sherminator]

Do you think that god evolves as well (obv assuming there is one)

[zzxxee]

if the theory of evolution is to be believed and we all evolved from monkeys why do we still have monkeys why havent they evolved ????

[society]

"Do you think that god evolves as well"

yer, like a revolving door.

[McMouse]

God doesn't exist therefore cannot evolve. However, many people have a belief in a god and I'm sure that belief will evolve over time.

[Davethedog]

zzxxee ever read anything about evoloution? No thought not.

[zzxxee]

yes ive heard of darwin have studied him for my social science diploma also john bowlby i could go on maybe sherminater assuming there is a god he/she evolves as it could be the highest spirit with the gift of manifistation

[jno]

God has changed a bit: he was a crabby old git in the Old Testament, demanding an eye for an eye, calling for genocide against anyone who made war on the Israelites and so on. In the New Testament he's a much more loving figure, with his son poliltely suggesting that only those without sin should cast the first stone. Parenthood sometimes softens people.

zzxxee, monkeys have evolved, same as we have, but in different directions. (They're not actually our ancestors, more like our cousins.)

[Davethedog]

If you "studied" Darwin then why do you have to ask why we are who we are and Monkeys are who they are?

Darwin explains it wit natural selection or were you off that day.

[zzxxee]

i was just interested in others opinions thats all it is not by opinion just a question

[Old_Geezer]

The whole concept of evolution involves creating multiple slightly different versions of the original "blueprint" and getting rid of those that are not so good, and keeping those that are better suited as the next blueprint.

As such evolution can be applied to species which recreate themselves by different generations over time, but should not be used to describe a changing individual.

So unless you are proposing there are numerous Gods continually being created, and the worst Gods going out of existence, then no, God doesn't evolve.

[carrust]

I once worked with a born again Christian, & when I challenged him with the evolution theory, & where do fossils come from. He said. "God put them there." It seems to me that religion also breeds stupidity

[jno]

carrust, no, people can be stupid without religion. Plenty of Christians would answer your question differently.

[Old_Geezer]

"if the theory of evolution is to be believed and we all evolved from monkeys why do we still have monkeys why havent they evolved ????"

I really do try to be polite on forums, but why do folk continuously ask this ridiculous question again and again and again when the answer is so self evident ?

a) We have *NOT* all evolved from monkeys. All species have evolved from an earlier form, than scientists have chosen to name something else. Consequently both humans and monkeys have evolved from a common ape ancestor.

b) One can refer to a species that has not changed over a long time because they are such a good fit to their surroundings, as having not evolved, although it is not strictly true to say so. Consequently is it perfectly possible for one species to evolve from another whilst the original species still appears to exist.

All that is required is for the original population to split into two where the two groups can no longer meet up and breed. Then if one group stays in the environment where they are unlikely to change, and another moves to one where they are ill suited and driven to change over the generations in order to survive, then you can end up with a new species whilst the old one still seems to be around.

Now can we stop seeing this daft question asked any more ?

[jno]

Old-Geezer, it's not self-evident at all; it took humans untold millennia to discover it. Please be patient with those who'd still like it spelt out for them.

[flobadob]

Two completely different questions there.

[McMouse]

The question is about evolution of god.

[Davethedog]

As has been answered a single entity cannot evolve it can only mature.

Carrust remember the world is only 6,000 years old so anything can't be explained in that time must be the work of "god".

Carbon dating must be down to god to find his little presents etc etc etc

[Old_Geezer]

I disagree. Prior to the theory one had nothing to go on so it would not be self evident.

But now the change & select process has been described. Anyone who knows enough to pose the question must be able to answer it themselves, just by considering the most basic descriptions of evolution. But this crops up in every thread on evolution made as if it is somehow amusing.

Maybe I over-react a bit but I'm getting rather cheesed off with it. There are more difficult questions that can be posed.