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If evolution is wrong... then why...?

Why is it that people who live near the equator are darker skinned, tall and thin?

Why are people who live in areas with far less sun are so white and generally shorter and chubby?

Why can horses and donkeys mate, but their offspring cant have children?

evolution explains all of this quite well.. being dark skinned tall and thin is selected for because of the high sun levels and heat (tall thin bodies can loose heat far better, and dark skin protects from sun damage)

being white and chubby is selected for by low sun level areas, vitamin D comes from the sun, and is essential to us, dark skinned individuals have major problems ever a generation or two when living in low light level environments.

horses and donkeys both descended from the same animal, they have deviated enough that they cannot interbreed very well, but not so much that they cannot breed at all.

so what, is this just a huge amazing coincidence?

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  • 5 years ago
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    Anyone with en elementary school level of scientific knowledge knows that biological evolution is one of the best understood natural processes in all of biological science. And the fact that this contradicts the biblical misinterpretations of some Protestants doesn't change the facts.

    Christian biologist

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    You are making a huge and unverified assumption.

    You LEAP to the point where there are people.

    Crick, nobel prize winner said it wasn't possible for ONE protein in a cell to

    form RANDOMLY....and so...why not go look at proteins, their structure,

    their stereochemistry. Find things out.

    There are various beliefs about how people got where, depending on belief,

    and

    I wasn't there, and I am here.

    What I believe won't be believed by a lot of others so I don't see the point

    of discussing it.

    I read the bible literally, so when it says Elohim, I read 'gods' and since

    there ARE a lot of gods, and a lot of people following them, I think that

    is what happened.

    But that is not shared by many.

    I see Genesis 1 and 2 as different.

  • DP.
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    The most educated evolutionary advocates don't make the most stupid arguments for their faith and proclaim it was evidence!

    The dark skin, white skin argument is about as dumb as it gets. It's easy to illustrate why it's not evidence of evolution but rather natural and social selection... but first try to understand the differences between dark and white skin, and their commoness. Dark skin or white skin they are still one kind - human! They are exactly the same in almost every regard except for skin thickness and colour. Weak minded evolutionists argue that dark skin people must have evolved in hot countries and white people in cloudy climates but frankly they are nuts! You see there's lots of evidence of white people in hot countries and dark people in cloudy climates. The thing is dark skin is better suited to hot climates and dark skinned people do better there, whilst white people struggle. This means that dark skin survive better, eat better, are healthier, etc than white skin in hot places. In addition in society people select mates that are strongest (i.e dark skinned in hot countries) and therefore, weak and unattractive die out. Don't believe me, take a trip to Africa and see what dark skinned African's think is attractive - white or dark!

    Most intelligent people accept the dark skin, white skin facts support natural and social selection!

    As for the dumb donkey argument, thanks for the laugh! I’m not convinced that a dumb donkey didn’t actually make that one up! The brutal reality is that donkeys and horses are the same kind. They are deviations of the same breed in much the same way that a poodle is related to Rottweiler. This is actually counter evidence for evolution because it shows that animals haven’t evolved. Donkeys are still a type of horse. I’m not sure I even agree with the idea that they can’t breed because there are claims that they have done so. Irrespective, how any sane mind would try to argue that the reason they can’t breed successfully is because they evolved from the same source is great evidence of the depths to which some evolutions stoop to make their argument.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    What If Evolution Is Wrong

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Trying to convince christians their religion is a hoax is a waste of time.

    Might as well try talking sense into my dog for all the good it'll do.

  • 5 years ago

    *insert nonsensical Bible verse here*

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    We get it.. microevolution is true

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago
  • 5 years ago

    because god created everything

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