[LordKathen]

Originally posted by The Hierophant: Whew, you're right Moiraine, it was getting crowded in there! One thing I need to say about evolution is that it doesn't have a set plan or preocedure per se. It's all pretty much random, BUT it does tend to work toward eccentuating 'favourable' characteristics to suit a certain time and place. What worked well 2,000,000 years ago on the European continent may not work so well there now. Having said that, some species do not change all that drastically at all over millions of years (cockroaches and crocodiles come to mind), others change to the point where they become almost unrecognizable. If a change occurs, and it stands the test of time (a loooooong time), then it may just become a permanent variation of the species' genetic structure. Otherwise, life keeps plodding along, just like it always does. There is no law, no plan, no great advancement foward. Life just lives and dies, morphs and stabilizes, over and over and over again. All the while it changes the face of the planet, sucking up resources like a sponge and redistributing them in wierd and wonderful ways. No real 'point' to it or anything, it just happens. It's a giant, crazy, happy-go-lucky chemical reaction. Have fun! ps: The big conflict here seems to be between 'old earth' and 'young earth'. Creationists can't fathom the Earth being older than a few thousand years (a very human and natural approach I might add), whereas evolutionists are stubbornly unable to accept that the Earth is anything but billions of years old. All in all, there is absolutely nothing that can disprove the existance of the creator divinity, just as there is nothing that can actually prove it's existance either. All facts are based on faith in the senses, faith in reasoning, even faith in imagination. It's the need for faith that gives each of us in this debate a common bond.

[img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img] Excellent post man! Very eloquent. [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img]