Is this even right?

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Re: Is this even right?

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RickD wrote:
Beanybag wrote:
RickD wrote:I find some of this difficult to believe. Unless I'm completely mistaken, Darwinian Evolution says that life came about by purely natural means. Not supernatural(God). I have a hard time believing a Christian pastor wouldn't believe "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". That's the first verse of the bible.
Darwinian Evolution says that every living being evolved from a common ancestor, or a first living organism. It does not say anything as to where this organism came from.
Darwins book the Origin of Species doesn't specify where the initial ancestor of all living things came from, but that may be because of the prominent " anti anti-theism" sentiment of Darwins day. Anyone who does his research, will clearly see that Darwin was a materialist.
That doesn't matter, though. Scientists can keep personal biased beliefs to themselves when they make a theory. There was no mention of abiogenesis in the theory of evolution and it was because it didn't have the evidence to support it, no working model or theory, that's just science.
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Beany, while Darwin didn't write about origins in the origin of species, he did about his belief in other notes and letters. Darwin realized that the science of his day couldn't prove his beliefs about the origin of life, so he left it out of that book. But that doesn't mean his belief didn't influence what he wrote:
http://ts-si.org/biology/20816-mining-c ... in-of-life
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Re: Is this even right?

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What Darwinin evolution fails to address is WHY are living beings "able" ( to not use the term designed) to adapt and evolve to meet the demands of "natural selection" and "survival of the fittest".
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