Why is it that evidence pointing toward evolution...?

Question

is taught and not the evidence that questions the validity of evolution. People say that religion is indoctrinated and maybe in some religions that is the case, but it seems the same can be said for evolution.

Answer 1

What evidence against evolution?

Answer 2

Evidence for evolution: ERVs, human chromosome 2, the nested hierarchy of species in all kingdoms of life, homology, genetics, observed occasions of speciation in the lab, and fossils, fossils, fossils.

Evidence for creationism: The first few sentences of a highly ambiguous legend found in a translation of a frequently redacted goatherder's almanac from before the discovery of ironworking.

Answer 3

Schools do teach that evolution still has some unanswered questions. But ID is NOT science, and does not undercut the basic principles of evolution. Educate yourself.

Answer 4

And what, exactly, is that evidence questioning the validity of evolution which you would like taught?

Yeah, I didn't think you could list anything.

Answer 5

They don't bother showing the fraudulent claims that were "unearthed" after some over-zealous evolutionist buried them in the first place!  

Here are some excerpts from an article, and I'm sorry I don't remember the source, but the article DOES cite IT'S sources, so I think it's still valid:

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In an attempt to further their careers and justify the claims that evolution is a legitimate theory, many scientists have fraudulently deceived the world by planting or reconstructing fossils which they would claim to be authentic finds. The most widely published evolution fraud was committed in China in 1999, and published in in the National Geographic

Piltdown man: Found in a gravel pit in Sussex England in 1912, this fossil was considered by some sources to be the second most important fossil proving the evolution of man—until it was found to be a complete forgery 41 years later. The skull was found to be of modern age. The fragments had been chemically stained to give the appearance of age, and the teeth had been filed down!

Nebraska man: A single tooth, discovered in Nebraska in 1922 grew an entire evolutionary link between man and monkey, until another identical tooth was found which was protruding from the jawbone of a wild pig.

Java man: Initially discovered by Dutchman Eugene Dubois in 1891, all that was found of this claimed originator of humans was a skullcap, three teeth and a femur. The femur was found 50 feet away from the original skullcap a full year later. For almost 30 years Dubois downplayed the Wadjak skulls (two undoubtedly human skulls found very close to his "missing link"). (source: Hank Hanegraaff, The Face That Demonstrates The Farce Of Evolution, [Word Publishing, Nashville, 1998], pp.50-52)

Orce man: Found in the southern Spanish town of Orce in 1982, and hailed as the oldest fossilized human remains ever found in Europe. One year later officials admitted the skull fragment was not human but probably came from a 4 month old donkey. Scientists had said the skull belonged to a 17 year old man who lived 900,000 to 1.6 million years ago, and even had very detail drawings done to represent what he would have looked like. (source: "Skull fragment may not be human", Knoxville News-Sentinel, 1983)

Neanderthal: Still synonymous with brutishness, the first Neanderthal remains were found in France in 1908. Considered to be ignorant, ape-like, stooped and knuckle-dragging, much of the evidence now suggests that Neanderthal was just as human as us, and his stooped appearance was because of arthritis and rickets. Neanderthals are now recognized as skilled hunters, believers in an after-life, and even skilled surgeons, as seen in one skeleton whose withered right arm had been amputated above the elbow. (source: "Upgrading Neanderthal Man", Time Magazine, May 17, 1971, Vol. 97, No. 20)

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Answer 6

Sorry about that, it must have been on oversight.

Allow me then to put forth, here and now, all the evidence that "questions the validity" of evolution, so that everyone may see it for themselves:

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Answer 7

Evolution is taught as a theory with demonstrable evidence, but of course open to revision as new facts are discovered.

Mind control cults cling to their dogma as the irrefutable WORD OF GAWD!  Believe as we say, do as we say or ROT IN h**l FOREVER!  Jebus loves you.

Answer 8

Because there isn't any evidence that questions the validity of evolution.

Answer 9

Because evolution is indisputable. It's been demonstrated in a laboratory, for (Odin)'s sake!

Answer 10

There is no evidence that points toward evolution. There are facts that are interpreted in two different and mutually exclusive ways: evolution and creation.

Answer 11

Millions have been brainwashed with the lies of the Theory of Evolution.

Answer 12

Because there's no other rational explanation. Even Intelligent Design agrees with the Evolution as far as the process is concerned. ID people just go a step further and claim that this process is controlled by someone.

Answer 13

Evolution = science

Religious dogma =/= science

Answer 14

Lying For Jeezus is always a bad idea:

    "For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the religious nature of ID [intelligent design] would be readily apparent to an objective observer, adult or child" (page 24)

    "A significant aspect of the IDM [intelligent design movement] is that despite Defendants’ protestations to the contrary, it describes ID as a religious argument. In that vein, the writings of leading ID proponents reveal that the designer postulated by their argument is the God of Christianity." (page 26)

    "The evidence at trial demonstrates that ID is nothing less than the progeny of creationism" (page 31)

    "The overwhelming evidence at trial established that ID is a religious view, a mere re-labeling of creationism, and not a scientific theory." (page 43)

    "Throughout the trial and in various submissions to the Court, Defendants vigorously argue that the reading of the statement is not “teaching” ID but instead is merely “making students aware of it.” In fact, one consistency among the Dover School Board members’ testimony, which was marked by selective memories and outright lies under oath, as will be discussed in more detail below, is that they did not think they needed to be knowledgeable about ID because it was not being taught to the students. We disagree." (footnote 7 on page 46)

(Notice that the judge pointed out that it was the *creationists* who LIED on the stand...)

    "After a searching review of the record and applicable caselaw, we find that while ID arguments may be true, a proposition on which the Court takes no position, ID is not science. We find that ID fails on three different levels, any one of which is sufficient to preclude a determination that ID is science. They are: (1) ID violates the centuries-old ground rules of science by invoking and permitting supernatural causation; (2) the argument of irreducible complexity, central to ID, employs the same flawed and illogical contrived dualism that doomed creation science in the 1980's; and (3) ID's negative attacks on evolution have been refuted by the scientific community." (page 64)

    "[T]he one textbook [Pandas] to which the Dover ID Policy directs students contains outdated concepts and flawed science, as recognized by even the defense experts in this case." (pages 86–87)

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The actual evidence all supports evolution. Deal with that truth.

Answer 15

because there is no valid evidence for creationism

Answer 16

The Bible has all the answers, but people don't buy it because they want proof, the Bible alone is proof and fact and everything!

Science has a lot of mistakes about it's evolution thesis, but scientists don't spill the beans of their failures, only their successes. That's why science seems to relevant because they only show the good side, like business - it seems all great but when you go undercover it's a nightmare.

It's because many people like to alter religion and corrupt the true way, so that's why religion often causes a lot of disruption and disputes due to these alterations and pagans. So people decided to use science since there's not many debates among it's different sub-categories. Science seriously, is 80% hypothesis (guesses) and 5% real stuff, 15% bull@#$%.

By bull@#$% is they invent really useless things like guns, military armada of weaponry and armory, torture devices.

Answer 17

Evolution is a science , the subject matter itself evolving as we learn more and more about our beginning , I do not understand you statement about the validity of evolution , who has every argued strongly or put up a strong enough scientific case against the the basic Darwinian theories , unless you take the gospels , but then again , they taught the earth was flat  

Answer 18

If there was any evidence undermining the validity of Evolution then Evolution would not be recognised as an accepted Scientific Theory.

A Scientific Theory must fit ALL KNOWN FACTS.  A single fact or established piece of evidence against it would cause it to collapse.  So far The Theory of Evolution has stood for 150 years and not only withstood every attempt to discredit it but has also been found to predict many new discoveries that were unknown to Darwin at the time, such as the mechanism of hereditary through genes, accumulated change through genetic drift, DNA and mutations. All of these discoveries has strengthened, reinforced and provided explanations for the underlying mechanism of Evolution.

Answer 19

Care to share some of this so-called 'evidence' that questions evolution?

And if it does exist, I guarantee you that evolutionary biologists are working to provide agreement between outstanding evidence, and the current theory. Whether that means modifying the theory or not remains to be seen.

P.S. You make an audacious claim that there is evidence that refutes evolution, and then you demand WE go look for it for YOU? That's not how it works, mate. The burden of proof is on you, and you alone.

Answer 20

What invalidates evolution?

I'm guessing you also think the heliocentric model is "indoctrination" from the point of view of the Ptolemaic system, huh?

Answer 21

>>>Why is it that evidence pointing toward evolution is taught and not the evidence that questions the validity of evolution.

Because there is no evidence that questions the validity of evolution.

We have been asking creationists, for years, for the evidence against evolution, and all we get are arguments from incredulity,(I can't believe that could happen, therefore, it didn't) or "The bible says goddidit".

>People say that religion is indoctrinated and maybe in some religions that is the case, but it seems the same can be said for evolution.

Deliberate, chosen, ignorance, is the one weapon that we cannot defeat, and I for one, am not even going to try.

Go get an education, then come back when you know enough to understand what is being said.

Answer 22

There's no "indoctrination". Science is based on EVIDENCE, that you can see, touch, feel measure deduce infer challenge and revise.

Religion is based on dogma, which has no evidence, which never changes, and which cannot be challenged without violence.

Big difference.

Evolution dares you to disprove it. You can't, because it's true.

Answer 23

Okay sparky, one more time. The theory of evolution is our current best explanation for the observed facts of evolution. Okay? That's how science works.

Answer 24

Because there is not any evidence that questions the validity of evolution.  There are just idiots like you who don't know what they talk, or write about.  Get psychiatric help.  You need it.

Answer 25

i think it is important that children are taught evolution in schools because it is all about science and gives the children a chance to learn what could of happened. i think creation should be taught at home because religious beliefs are personal and if children know about them they can make there own minds up about what they believe instead of it being pushed onto them

Answer 26

Evolution is taught in science classes because it is accepted as fact by the vast majority of the scientific community.

Answer 27

No... evolution has mountains of evidence and observations supporting it and if there were truly any credible evidence against it, evolution would have long since been reconsidered.

Creationism has an old book.

Kindly make an effort to learn the facts.

Answer 28

Care to post a legitimate scientific link so I can read some of that "evidence that questions the validity of evolution" for myself?

Answer 29

Evolution is a fact but it does not attempt to describe the creation of the universe or of the first life forms.

Answer 30

Because there is no evidence that questions evolution.

The flu shot you got last year is direct application of it.  Do you question the electricity that powers your computer, as well?

Answer 31

What evidence that invalidates?

The problem with religion is it behaves like it's perfect otherwise it thinks that its in league and direct communion with someone who is perfect. So it feels that it never has to change. That everybody else has to change. BUT IT'S NOT PERFECT.

Do you know who Galileo is? Do you know what happened in the crusades? "Conviction is a far greater enemy of truth than lies" because sometimes what you believe most fervently in, what you NEVER put into question, just ain't so. And that causes all the problems.

Please be more critical and use your brain.