The Blue Board

Modern science was begun by Christians. Science isn't evil and no one says it is. Science that attempts to force the raw data into their preconceived categories (ala atheistic evolutionism) is what's bad. What's the worst is that so many scientists keep peddling this crap even when they know the big holes that their flat earthed, outdated Darwinian non-sense, has in it.

What missing link? A half-human, half-monkey?

Because if you think that is part of evolution, I don't think you understand evolution.

Further, the idea that a "missing link" would solve anything is asinine. Think about it like this:

Primate ancestor --- missing link ---- human

Let's say we find the missing link (let's call him Jim), then we have this:

Primate ancestor --- Jim --- human

All good right? Except not at all, because you are going to say, "Hey, wait a minute! You need to find the missing link between Jim and the ancestor and Jim and the human!" And if/when we find that, you'd notice the two more "missing links" that are created.

It's a lazy argument that conveys little knowledge of evolution and demands an infinite sample of "missing links".

I don't believe it - I have data that says exactly that.

Further, increased religious fundamentalism correlated with decreased intelligence, so religious moderates are, in general, more intelligent that religious fundamentalists.

duuh...really?....whether you are created or a rock blew up and hailed monkeys down, humans and other life forms can and will evolve.

Every post that claims against evolution is a self-serving attempt to validate their belief because it is dependent on said belief. That bias is,has, and will be present in this thread.

Goodnews' snake-oil-salesman red herrings of flat-earth "science" etc.; muddying the conversation with the combination of the layman's and scientific definition of theory; muddying the conversation with this counter-"evidence" that doesn't exist etc. etc. etc.

I accept that living organisms can evolve or adapt to their surroundings. Why is it so hard to accept I believe in God? I accept you don't.

I would change his statement and rephrase it to say that there is a strong correlation between being educated and being agnostic or atheist.

And when I say educated, I am not just referring to anyone who graduated from high school or a college. Many religious schools turn a blind eye to certain subjects and brainwash you to believe a certain way.

When you are "truly" educated (actually study the evidence/take science classes/do the research/study all the facts), you begin to question these so called truths that were crammed into your head as a youngster, while your brain was still developing.

All i'm saying is why isn't there that definitive step? I mean, I am no expert and am not trying to be, but wouldn't there be that link that shows where it occurred?

And yea, I can see where someone would say that. I just have that one question and don't care about any others(Right now)

I don't know you OP, but I too am glad your sister is ok. Had to have been horrible getting the call...

Maybe it was god, Buddha, Allah, Shiva, zeus, Herra, seat belts, seat belt trolls, gremlins...I don't know. The big thing here is that she is ok.

Because that's not how evolutions works. It's not like a primate ancestor gave birth to a half-man, half-monkey, and those lived for a while, then the half-monkey, half-man gave birth to a human being.

Evolution is a slow, gradual process. The definitive evidence comes from how similar our genomes are to related species, but even more importantly, how they are slightly different.

The biggest thing for evolution are what is called 'silent mutations'. Silent mutations are changes to DNA that produce no change in the organism. There are only 2 ways this could happen:
1. Evolution - that is, change in a genome over time
2. A designer purposely placing them there in order to trick people into believing evolution.

Considering the christian god is so desperate for people to know him that he's willing to torture you eternally if you don't, I have a hard time believing number 2.

By the way, I know you said you aren't an expect. I'd recommend reading up on evolution. I realize the wiki link is obvious, but it's always a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

Yes. It covers the basics without getting too much into Cell Biology (which can get fairly complicated quickly). Further, the poster's questions about a missing link pretty much mean he doesn't understand the underlying mechanisms of evolution. Basic reading can be helpful.