Ezekiel

The geologic column is said to tell how old an object is by how low on the geologic column the object is. Each layer is said to represent several million years. But some petrified trees have been found going through many, many of these layers.

The problem this poses is that for a tree to be petrified while standing upright, it would have to have stood upright for several million years. (Can trees do that?) This possibly jeopardizes the geologic column and most of the evidence of evolution. How has this specific topic been explained away?

I believe this topic, like most others, has received attention from the scientific community and has been explained. I ask this question because I wish to know that explanation. Thank you. Please cite sources.

I would like to hear of some non-theoretical real life examples of beneficial mutations (in multicellular animals) and how they were beneficial.

Please give sources to back up your answers.

I'm looking for serious thoughts about this. If scientists found extremely solid proof against evolution, would they be likely to attempt to tell everybody? Would their proof be accepted?

It's a rhetorical question. It may never happen, but I would like thoughts on if it did.

Creationists: Why might the venus fly trap be a problem for the theory of evolution?

Evolutionists: Explain why you believe the creationist argument doesn't work in this instance.

I would like to know because I had never heard this argument before.

It seems to have features of mammals and reptiles. How is this believed to have happened?

I ask because I don't know.

To my understanding, it is believed by many scientists that time and space were originally compressed very tightly and eventually expanded exponentially.

So I'm wandering how space expanded. If there was no space outside of the compressed space, what did space expand into?

Please help me understand this concept better.

I have looked through the Y/A community guidelines and this rule has evaded me.

Verification?

Direct link?

Division is more convenient than sexual reproduction. It doesn't call for two seperate entities being together. So at first glance, it seems that natural selection would favor division. I would like to know how the scientific community thinks the modern reproductive system evolved.

Detailed answers and explanations please.

Division is more convenient than sexual reproduction. It doesn't call for two seperate entities being together. So at first glance, it seems that natural selection would favor division. I would like to know how the scientific community thinks the modern reproductive system evolved.

Please make sure your answers have detailed explanations.

(I am posting this question in both the science section and the religion section because this question has relevance in both sections and because the variety of answers will be greater)

What scientific advancements could we not have without the theory of evolution?

Detailed answers and explanations please.

What scientific advances would we not have gained without it?

Detailed answers and explanations please.

I'm saying if you took all the text in the Bible and stored it on a computer, how much space would it take in bytes/kilobytes/Gigabytes...

An good estimation would be fine.

To my understanding, it is believed that after Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened, his story was kept alive through oral tradition for a good time and after a while, it was written onto paper.

What years is it supposed that the buddha lived?

Around what time were the books on his life written?

After death, would you rather:

1. Live in cycles of 10,000 years in Hell then 10 years with God repeted forever

OR

2. Stop existing completely.

There is no option #3 in this question. Please choose from the options given

This is simply a question to get people thinking.

Atheists: Please don't answer. We already know what you're going to say.

Is having blind faith in what a scientist says any worse than having blind faith in what a church pastor says?

How is blindly believing a science book any better than blindly believing the Bible?

What is the silver disk-headband thing stereotypical doctors wear on their heads? What is it for? What is it called?

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If you believe time started at the Big Bang, (as many scientists believe) Why do you suppose it all happened? How is this any less rediculous than the belief that God started it?

Weather you're religious or atheist, you all do it. Why?

On my computer, I have a regular account and an admin account. I had a complex password for the admin account and then changed it a few weeks later.

My computer had a problem, so I used system restore. I did not know it would restore the old password... which I no longer have. I can only remember a few letters of the password. Without it, I can't do much anything.

What are my options?