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Originally Posted by Praksis
What the does religion have to do with it? I thought we were talking about a scientific theory (sorry, came into this late so if it actually started as a religious question, my appologies). If you believe evolution to be wrong because of religion (and only because of religion), then the discussion should end as I don't share your faith so we wouldn't be discussing based on the same assumptions. It would foolish of me to think I could argue against faith, I admire it but don't share it.
If there is a scientific alternative to evolution that's been presented then please share. I've never heard of or seen anything that can, so lacking anything better we go with what we can test against. Yes the theory of evolution still has some questions in it, but that would be comparable to gravity...we don't know what causes gravity, but that detail doesn't mean we should toss the entire theory. Keep exploring that question and when we have an answer incorporate it into the theory. If it really does breaks the theory, re-evaluate all the evidence and see what fits. The questions in evolution, while important, don't invalidate the entire theory because we don't know the specific details yet. When we do, maybe we will find evidence that something's been tweaking with us in a directed maner (I doubt this, though anything is possible) but until that evidence is found we go by what has been observed and can be tested for.
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Some believe that man is simply an accumulation of physical atoms,a material something, and a tangible body while some others believe that latent within him is a consciousness, a power, and a psychic nature which link him to all other members of the human family, and to a power outside himself which he must explain. The later believes in a "purpose" while the former believes that "things are what they seem and that it is not possible for men to get beyond the tangible".
They both can coexist and both are probably only a partial truth. This discussion has been going on since the beginning of man.