re: Fossils in Greece Suggest Human Ancestors Evolved in Europe, Not Africa

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But I'm the simple minded idiot

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Yes.

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Partial fossils. One of them you posted which was supposedly some walking whale…we found a jaw bone and a couple of vertebrae. The rest is imagination..

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Have you seen skeletons of modern whales?

The same mankind that invented religion.

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he same mankind that invented religion.

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I'm with you on religion. Every religion is an invention of man, and therefore flawed and ultimately evil. But religion is not the same as a deep and abiding faith in God and His Son Jesus.

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Go on…

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It should tell you something that you believe that adapting or evolving thought processes based on constant testing and new data is bad, while never changing your opinion despite the data is good.

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What is your motivation biased towards?

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Truth.

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Can you honestly say that it has nothing to do with the implications of discovering that God does exist, and that Christianity is true? Can you honestly say that you are completely indifferent towards the claims of Christianity? That you have no internal desire for the Bible to be proven false?

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Are you kidding? That would be the greatest discovery of all time.

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Then why are we teaching that Darwinian evolution is an undisputed fact?

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The theory of evolution, as with all scientific theories, is not a "fact". Facts are facts. Theories are explanations for why and/or how the facts are facts. And to answer the question you meant to ask, the theory of evolution is undisputed because there are no competing theories. It sufficiently describes and explains the origin of species. Please note that the theory does not address abiogenesis.

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Maybe. But, this just kicks the can down the road a bit. Infinite regress is logically impossible, so those multiverses and bangs would still require a beginning- and an explanation thereof.

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To support the theory of evolution? No, that is not necessary. If every theory had to describe the origin of the universe then we wouldn't have theories at all.

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Where does information come from?

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I don't know. Maybe it always was? What does that matter here?

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Then why pretend to have all the answers?

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We don't. But what you are attacking here is a really fricking good answer to a specific question. It's near the top of the most strongly-supported theories that we have.

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Why even teach the origin theories?

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We teach the origin of species. AFAIK only religious institutions claim to have the answer to the origin of life. In actual education anything related to abiogenesis is a hypothesis.

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I don’t think so. The fossil record shows fully formed “kinds” and no transitional fossils that don’t require giant imaginary leaps in logic.

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Every living thing is a "kind" of something. And guess what, every living thing is also a "transitional" organism.

What the hell is a platypus about?

Fossilization is an extremely rare event, and we are likely to find only examples of species that were so well-adapted to their environment that their population became very, very large.

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Why is it important? What practical benefit is gained from the idea that humans evolved from monkeys?

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For one thing it's important to learn so that people stop saying that we "evolved from monkeys" or ask why there are still monkeys.

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What world of investigation has this knowledge opened up?

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It is likely that Darwin's work accelerated the discovery of DNA by illustrating the need for it. And it is hard to overstate how important the study of DNA has been in the fields of biology and medicine.

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Because materialism/naturalism dictates that all of our thoughts and emotions are merely chemical reactions that are exclusively the product of external stimuli.

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And what practical benefit do YOU gain by believing that your own free will is a gift from god rather than just a chemical illusion?

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Why do we have laws? Prisons? Police officers? Courts? Do you honestly believe that we would all behave the same way without them?

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Do we still have criminals? Yes. Would there still be good people without laws? Yes. What point do you think you are making?

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I can’t help but notice that you neglected to comment on the results of widespread acceptance of evolutionary theory. I take it as those consequences are acceptable, as long as it frees you from the acknowledgment of your rebellion against your Creator.

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Are you referring to this?

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The results are subjective truth, more genders than you can shake a stick at, a greatly diminished value of human life (your own and others)- from the womb to the tomb, and a level of greed, corruption, sexual immorality, and all other forms of sin that are rivaled only by the pre-flood days of Genesis.

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I think we should save this for another thread, but I would absolutely LOVE to study crime rates, corruption, "immorality" and other rates of sin around the world and examine the correlation with theism.

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Yet another intended consequence of the acceptance of evolutionary theory- “We’re no different than the other animals.” “Humans aren’t special.” This line of thinking, when coupled with the lack of fear of ultimate consequences- is exactly what empowers the worst behavior in people.

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Says who? You? Some of the most heinous shite in history was done in the name of god. If you need the fear of ultimate consequences in order to do right by your fellow man, that's on you bub. But by all means, do what you gotta do to refrain from murdering people.

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Belief in multiple universes is fairytale magic at this point in our understanding. True or false?
False.
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If false, show me the evidence we have so far for that theory.
We have solid evidence that at least one universe exists.

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What's funny? Or is it you just can't refute the logic?

If you show me one of something, it stands to reason that there could be more.

Is there a multiverse? I don't frickin' know. Maybe one day we can prove that there is or isn't, or maybe we will discover a process by which it could happen. Or maybe we'll never know.

Whatever the case, accepting the possibility that "there's more where that came from" is a far cry from believing in magic.

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Because you have no interest in increasing the knowledge of our origins. And what's worse, is that you would (if you could) prevent others from doing so.

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That’s a nice strawman you’ve got there.

But, your statement actually accurately describes the sad state of the scientific community today- in the way that Team Darwin ruthlessly crushes any and all challenges to the theory of evolution.

No, my friend, I am not opposed to science. “God did it” is not a conclusion- it’s a hypothesis. I believe He wants us to know what He’s done by His Word, and figure out how He did it by using the intelligence He gave us.

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That’s a nice strawman you’ve got there.

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It's no straw man. You literally asked what use it served.

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But, your statement actually accurately describes the sad state of the scientific community today- in the way that Team Darwin ruthlessly crushes any and all challenges to the theory of evolution.

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Eh. Do you really have any "challenges" to the theory?

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Sure. Tell me how life spontaneously erupts from non living matter, and when this phenomena has been documented, tested, and recreated.

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There’s never been a case where something non living produces something living. A lot of skeptics regarding abiogenesis