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Beags wonders if Alan Shearer is set to replace Steve Kean in his latest Football League blog.
Last Updated: 26/09/12 12:00pm
Peter Beagrie is here every week on skysports.com answering YOUR Football League questions.
The former winger, who played over 770 games, representing clubs in all four tiers of the English footballing pyramid, including Manchester City, Everton, Bradford, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe, and Grimsby, forms part of the Sky Sports punditry team for all the big matches in the Championship, League One and League Two.
So if you have a poser for Peter, whether it's about your team, a player, match or incident that has caught your eye, or a wider point on the Football League, make sure you send it in.
Read below for this week's column where Beags gives his take on Steve Kean's future at Blackburn, Millwall's tough start and the standard of refereeing in the Football League...
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Hi Peter, I am a Blackburn fan and after the year we've had I couldn't have dreamt we'd be top after the first six games! I've seen so many teams in our position in previous seasons however throw away their leads; Cardiff, and Brighton to name a few. What do we have to do to sustain our charge and do you think Rovers will get promoted?Mike Whewell
BEAGS SAYS: Mike, if Blackburn Rovers do get promotion it will be a minor miracle. The negativity and vitriol towards the owners and the manager is massively counterproductive. I honestly feel that the manager's position is untenable as the club cannot afford the financial repercussions of 9,000-plus supporters staying away.
Steve Kean has managed, against all odds, to have a very good start and it was ironic that his unbeaten record should go against a Middlesbrough side without an away win. Jordan Rhodes is a great signing and guarantees goals but I feel he and Nuno Gomez will need another striker for help / competition. It seems a case of when, not if, the Venkys decide to relieve Steve of his duties. Then the stay-away fans will return.
There will be a whole host of possible suitors beating a path to the Ewood Park hot seat and may I suggest the favourite for that amazing opportunity, would be none other than Mr Alan Shearer...
Hi Peter, what do you make of the job Simon Grayson is doing at Huddersfield and how highly do you rate him compared to the other managers in the league? Did Leeds make a big mistake a few years ago? Cheers Pete Sullivan
BEAGS SAYS: Well Pete, fresh from watching the Terriers terrorise a usually brilliant Blackpool side I would say that Simon Grayson is doing a fantastic job so far. After finally ending Huddersfield's seasonal torment in the League One play-offs, Grayson has bought well and not compromised his attack-minded approach, which gained him many admirers at both his previous posts, Blackpool and Leeds.
The sale of the brilliant striker Jordan Rhodes was inevitable and suited all parties; it was a great fee and nobody can begrudge the young man, who served the club well and delivered a phenomenal goal return, a move to a club which by many were / are favourites for a swift return to the Premier League.
He has made three standout signings in Vaughan, Clayton and Norwood who between them should make up the shortfall in goals through Jordan's departure. Huddersfield have a great chance of a top-10 finish and with the promise of another acquisition, maybe Jermaine, an injury and suspension-free run up to Christmas, even a play-off place, wouldn't be beyond your wildest dreams.
Hi Peter, what can Millwall do to turn their fortunes around or have we just played the top four in the league and been found wanting? Thanks Paul Ingram
BEAGS SAYS: Listen Paul, my suggestion is that if half of the teams in the Championship had played five of the top nine in their opening seven games they may have had a similar points return. Take heart from the two wins, particularly the one against a very good Middlesbrough side and hope you can beat all the teams like Peterborough, who like yourselves don't possess massive budgets.
The loss of Spurs loanee Harry Kane was always going to be a blow, especially as he looked to be developing a good understanding with Andy Keogh, but keep your fingers crossed James Henry rediscovers the form and consistency of a couple of seasons ago and I think you should be ok! The Burnley and Bristol City games should give you more of an idea to where the squad / team is at and we must always remember that spirit, hard work and organisation can make up for other deficiencies. Those are all traits your team had in abundance at certain stages of last season.
I think the major problem was the inconsistency which at times did have mitigating circumstances such as injuries and suspensions. Unfortunately such problems hit the smaller squads harder. Keep the faith Paul.
Peter, I'm sorry to bring up standards of refereeing in the football league but I feel I must after witnessing what can only be described as an assault on two of our Bristol City players, Cole Skuse and Greg Cunningham. Both will now be out of action for two months at least. Do you feel refs should be made to come out and discuss calls they make if they got them wrong? What do you think of refereeing standards outside of the Premier League? I would also like to add fair play to Darren Ferguson for condemning the challenges. Nick Stone
BEAGS SAYS: It's a constant source of frustration the inconsistencies shown by even top referees. I would never question the integrity of any official so it is either down to a lack of understanding of the game and / or a poor positional sense when two similar incidents occur.
The great Jack Taylor once said to me it's not how close you are to a tackle it's the angle you view it from which enables you to come to more correct decisions than not! Position over proximity, his dulcet tones echoed and it makes total sense. Lest we forget when we follow a team we view contentious decisions through the colours of our team, usually from a raised vantage point. And when we watch it on TV we have 16+ cameras, different angles and super slow motions.
So no matter how difficult the job is for the man in the middle, he is only human. No matter how hard done by you or I, especially when I was playing, feel we have to overcome that sense of injustice and hope that, as the old cliché goes, it evens itself out through the course of a season.
I also, like you Nick, think it is really refreshing when a manager condemns tackles which put other player's safety in danger. Here's hoping you get a homer every week (only joking)!
Peter, I've been going to watch Tranmere since I was five and over the past 27 years I have only seen Tranmere promoted twice, both times under the excellent stewardship of the great Johnny King. I remember Tranmere beating Bolton at Wembley in the old division three play-offs, the signing of John Aldridge, the penalty shoot-out against Aston Villa in the League Cup semi and the League Cup Final defeat to Leicester back in 2000. My question is: do you think that Tranmere have enough in them this year to push for promotion and if so, what do they need to get there? Paul Roberts
BEAGS SAYS: I can tell you from the horse's mouth Paul, or rather Ronnie's! I had the pleasure of booking Ronnie for a League One double header we are screening in a couple of weeks' time and asked him this very question. His answer in a nutshell was that your first XI is as good as anyone's and would be a match for anyone's.
Testimony to that is the start you've had: scoring freely, dominating the majority of opponents and being miserly at the back. Obviously keeping your key players fit is any manager's concern and that was echoed by Ronnie. You have three of the top scorers in the division: young loanee Jake Cassidy is unplayable at the moment, the wonderfully named Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro is running riot and the old timer Robbo is the catalyst for everything. He possesses quick feet, skill, vision and two-footed distribution which should be on show in the Championship really.
So Paul just enjoy the return of one of Tranmere's great sons and rest assured it won't be through the lack of knowledge and know-how if you slip from the top but for a lack of options / alternatives and a wafer thin squad.
Make sure you check out this week's Sky Live Championship game as Nottingham Forest take on Derby (1.15pm, Sunday, Sky Sports 2 HD).


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Here's a guide to the best art and cultural events held in major cities across Europe in September.
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OPERA: The Vienna State Opera's season kicks off again in September and for those wishing to enjoy the warm weather, performances will also be shown live on a big screen in front of the opera. "Live Opera on the Square" runs through September 30 with works by Verdi, Bizet or Wagner -- including "La Traviata", "Carmen", "The Barber of Seville" and "Tosca" -- on the programme. Entrance is free of charge.
DIGITAL MEDIA/ART/MUSIC: The Ars Electronica Festival in Linz returns with the theme "Total Recall -- The Evolution of Memory", with exhibitions, performances and lectures looking at information storage and cultural memory from an artistic, scientific and philosophical point of view. The festival, with locations around the city, runs from September 5 to 9.
SCULPTURE: Vienna's Belvedere museum devotes an exhibition to the Austrian Bruno Gironcoli, one of the major exponents of contemporary sculpture, three years after his death. Until October 27.www.belvedere.at
MUSICAL: "Elisabeth," the biggest German-language musical hit ever based on the story of the Austrian Empress Sisi, returns to Vienna for its 20th anniversary with daily performances (except Mondays) at the Raimund Theater. The show, which retraces the life and tragic end of the iconic 19th century empress, was originally produced in 1992 and has since gone around the world, playing to some 8.5 million people as far as Japan and South Korea.
HISTORY: Belgium's port city of Antwerp unveils a new museum on September 28 dedicated to the Red Star Line, the shipping company that carried millions of European migrants across the Atlantic to a new life in the United States and Canada between 1973 and 1935. The museum will be housed in the company's old warehouses by the docks.
MUSIC: To mark the release by former British punk band The Clash of a box set of digitally remastered albums, a pop-up shop is opening in London selling Clash merchandise and featuring an exhibition of instruments, manuscripts and clothes the group wore on stage. From September 7–20 at 75 Berwick Street, London.
MUSIC: The world's largest music festival, the BBC Proms, enters its second month at London's Royal Albert Hall. At least one concert -- normally of classical music -- takes place every day with August highlights including acclaimed Wagnerian Donald Runnicles conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the 1861 Paris version of Wagner's "Tannhauser". Until September 7.
PHOTOGRAPHY/MUSIC: Late soul singer Amy Winehouse was a global star but she was also a sister and a daughter. A new exhibition curated by her brother Alex and sister-in-law Riva shines a light on her family life and Jewish roots. July 3 to September 15 at London's Jewish Museum.
EXHIBITION/ARCHEOLOGY: Items belonging to the residents of Pompeii who were trapped by Vesuvius's terrifying eruption in AD79 go on show in the British Museum's principal show of the year, "Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum". Through artefacts such as a carbonised wooden cradle, mosaics and artworks, the exhibition tells the story of the doomed cities. Until September 28.
MUSIC: The Copenhagen Blues Festival brings international blues artists as well as homegrown talent to clubs and venues across the city. The 13th edition of the festival will balance the old with the new as it explores different styles of the genre. September 25 to 29.
MUSIC: With its annual festival celebrating Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), the Lahti Symphony Orchestra wants to attract fans of Finland's most famous composer by offering "a memorable weekend in the company of his music". The festival takes place in Lahti, 100 kilometres north of Helsinki. September 5 to 8.
ART: "Keith Haring, The Political Line", an exhibition of Haring's drawings, paintings and sculptures at the Modern Art Museum in Paris, invites visitors to consider the political dimension of his work. The exhibition opened on April 18.
ART: The Louvre presents a major retrospective of the work of Giotto (1267-1337), the Tuscan artist who is widely seen as the master of pre-Renaissance Italian art. Runs from April 17.
ART: The Musee du Quai Branly presents, "The Philippines, Archipelago of Exchange", the first major show in France for two decades to put the spotlight on the art of the Philippines. The exhibition contains over 300 pieces from both public and private collections. From April 9.
ART: Paris's Musee d'Orsay hosts "The Angel of the Odd. Dark Romanticism from Goya to Max Ernst" exploring the dark side of Romanticism. The exhibition illustrates the many different expressions of Dark Romanticism, from Goya and Fussli to Ernst and the Expressionist films of the 1920s, through a selection of 200 works that includes paintings, graphic works and films. From March 5.
FESTIVAL: Leading industrial monuments in Germany's urban western Ruhr region provide the backdrop for contemporary artists at the Ruhrtriennale international arts festival, whose packed line-up this year includes Scottish video artist Douglas Gordon's industrial pantomime 'Silence, Exile, Deceit' at the Mischanlage coal mixing facility in Essen. Festival runs until October 6.
ART: To mark the centenary of her birth in Berlin, a major retrospective devoted to the diverse works of Swiss surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim explores her playful take on everyday materials at the Martin Gropius Bau in the German capital, running until December 1.
FILM/PHOTOGRAPHY: The east German city of Chemnitz, formally known as Karl Marx Stadt, pays tribute to internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. An itinerant iconoclast, the director made his name with Cannes entries such as "Certified Copy" starring Juliette Binoche, "Like Someone in Love" set in Japan, and the minimalist masterpiece and Palme d'Or winner "Taste of Cherry". The exhibition at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz focuses on such motion pictures but also his striking still photography and video experiments. Until September 22.
EXHIBITION: More than 150 pairs of shoes by international designers who think "outside the shoebox" to create experimental and imaginative footwear, exploring the mystical attraction of shoes, not just for women, at the "Stepping Into The Limelight" exhibition at the Grassi Museum in Leipzig until September 29.
ART: Bonn's Bundeskunsthalle examines the fascination through the ages with Egypt's most fabled queen in "Cleopatra. The Eternal Diva". The exhibition features sculptures from antiquity and European portrait painting through to Elizabeth Taylor's iconic big screen portrayal of Egypt's last female ruler and her use in contemporary advertising. To October 6.
EXHIBITION: Frankfurt's Jewish Museum shines a spotlight on anti-Semitic stereotypes, in particular those linked to wealth and greed. "Jews. Money. An Introduction" at the former Rothschild palace in Germany's banking capital examines the image of Jews and finance from the Middle Ages through the propaganda of the Nazis, "to reflect on the images that are still in our heads today". Until October 6.
ART: Multimedia artist Katharina Sieverding unveils her latest work, "Looking at the Sun at Midnight", comprised of visual data downloaded by NASA over a three-year period and accumulated to provide a dynamic depiction of the sun's surface. Drawing on Einstein's theory of relativity and age-old philosophical questions, the work, on display at Museum Schloss Moyland, wrestles with the passage of time and humans' role in the cosmos. Until November 24.
LITERATURE: The Reykjavik International Literary Festival is popular with both readers and authors for its relaxed, informal atmosphere. The programme includes readings, interviews and panel discussions with international and Icelandic writers. The exhibition that traditionally accompanies the festival will be a portrayal of life in Greenland in past times by one of its most popular artists, Nuka Godtfredsen. September 11 to 15.
ART: Celebrated mathematician and philosopher Archimedes is the focus of an exhibition at Rome's Capitoline Museums which explores the ancient Greek's inventions. It features examples of modern uses of some of his best known discoveries, as well as video installations and the chance for visitors to try out machines which owe their existence to his quirky contrivances. Until January 12, 2014.
VENICE: Biennale art festival with thousands of works by hundreds of artists on display in parks and palazzi, including installations by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei and the first-ever Vatican pavilion. The festival -- entitled "The Encyclopedic Palace" this year -- runs from June 1 until November 24 and is expecting 500,000 visitors.
OPERA: A performance of Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" opens the opera season at La Scala in Milan on December 7, with a 2012/2013 programme to celebrate the 200th anniversary from the birth of Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
The season also coincides with the 70th birthday of La Scala's Argentinian-Israeli musical director Daniel Barenboim.
MUSIC: Oslo's annual Ultima festival, which brands itself Scandinavia's largest contemporary music festival, offers 10 days of concerts, opera, puppet theatre and installations. Events are staged in large, established venues -- such as the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet and the Oslo Concert Hall -- as well as in small clubs, shops and industrial areas. September 5 to 14.
ART: "Munch 150", the largest ever exhibition of the paintings of Edvard Munch (1863-1944), is staged to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the artist universally famous for his masterpieces such as "The Cry." About 270 paintings and drawings will be presented to the public, at two different venues: The Oslo National Gallery for the period 1882-1903 and the Munch museum for the period 1904-1944. June 2 to October 13.
MUSIC: The world's most famous orchestras (Staatskapelle Berlin, London Philarmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam...) and conductors (Daniel Barenboim, Antonio Pappano, Mariss Jansons...) gather in Bucharest for the Enescu music festival. Banned by the Communist regime, the festival came back to life after the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989. It is now one of the most famous in Europe. Over 150 concerts and cultural events will take place between September 1-28.
BALLET: Russia's Bolshoi ballet opens a new season with a performance of "Swan Lake" in the Bolshoi Theatre on September 27. Artistic director Sergei Filin, who was injured in an acid attack, is expected to return to work.
OPERA/BALLET: The opera and ballet theatre in Perm in Russia's Urals premieres a new production of "The Indian Queen" by baroque English composer Henry Purcell in a new staging by American director Peter Sellars and conducted by Teodor Currentzis. On September 25.
On September 27 the Stanislavsky Musical Theatre in Moscow premieres a new production of "Tannhaeuser" by Richard Wagner as recognition of the great but controversial German composer slowly grows in Russia.
THEATRE: Belgrade International Theatre Festival runs from September 22 to October 1. For the 47th edition, a number of internationally-famed performance artists will take part, including Germany's Gob Squad, the Hungarian Proton Cinema, Slovenia's Mestno and the Czech theatre company Reduta.
FILM: The Festival de San Sebastian running from September 20–28 is the oldest and most prestigious event of its kind in the Spanish-speaking world. Spanish actress Carmen Maura is to receive a Donostia Award at the annual event as a tribute to her career. The festival closes with a premiere of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's latest film, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet.
ART: Madrid's Thyssen Bornemisza Museum hosts Spain's first show dedicated to Camille Pissarro, one of the pioneers of Impressionism, aiming to rescue him from the shadow of his famous friend Monet. The 70 works on display include breathtaking country landscapes such as "Field of Cabbages, Pontoise" from the museum's collection, as well as cityscapes from later in his career. June 4 to September 15.
ART: Madrid's Reina Sofia modern art museum hosts loans from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection focusing on the distinctive 1940-1970 period in Latin American Art. The Cisneros Foundation, a major resource of Latin American art, says it is also due to make a series of extended loans to the Spanish museum. Exhibition from January 23 to September 16.
ART: The Goeteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art looks at the relationship between playfulness and radical imagination and how they affect the artistic and political discourse. Exhibitions will be held at four different venues in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city. September 6 to November 17.
MUSIC: The world's first museum devoted to the Swedish pop legends ABBA opens on May 7. It features permanent exhibitions on the famous foursome and their influence, as well as on Swedish popular music more generally.
HISTORY: In "Images of Christina – Queen of Sweden, Queen of Rome", the Royal Armoury in Stockholm focuses on a 17th-century icon who challenged all the century's norms. Christina's abdication, her conversion to Catholicism and "male" behaviour is explored in images, books and on film. Until January 5, 2014.
INNOVATION: The "100 Innovations" exhibition at the National Museum of Science and Technology showcases the 100 top innovations of all time, as voted for by the Swedish people. Visitors can continue to vote at the museum and online to influence what is on display. Alongside familiar favourites are the next generation of innovations, some still on the drawing board, or little more than a smart idea jotted down on a crumpled napkin. Runs until 2015.
PHOTOGRAPHY: "Momentum", an exhibit of works produced by Spanish photographer Alejandro Guijarro over three years of visits to the world's leading institutions in the field of quantum mechanics -- including Oxford and Cambridge in Britain, Stanford in the United States and CERN in Switzerland -- attempts to bridge the worlds of science and arts. His large format images of blackboards filled with formulas and equations are presented almost as abstract paintings. Quai No1 in Vevey from September 4 to October 19.
ART: The Gianadda Foundation in the Alpine town of Martigny showcases works by Modigliani loaned by Paris's Pompidou Centre and collections in Switzerland. Under the title " Modigliani and the Paris School", the exhibition highlights the Italian painter's work between his arrival in the French capital at the age of 22 in 1906 until his death in 1920. It also focuses on his friendship with Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancus, and displays works by other Paris School artists including Chaim Soutine, Jules Pacsin, Marc Chagall, and Moise Kisling. Until November 21.
MUSEUMS: Museums and monuments across the Netherlands will throw open their doors to the public during the annual Heritage Days celebration in mid-September. Free entrance yearly attracts around 900,000 people to top-notch venues including Amsterdam's landmark Rijks and Van Gogh museums. On September 14 and 15. www.openmonumentendag.nl
ART: Two exhibitions explore how Dutch artist M.C.Escher's experience of Islamic art during two trips to Andalucia in 1922 and 1936 inspired his world-famous geometric designs of fish and birds. "Escher meets Islamic art" at the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam and "Escher & Schatten uit de Islam" at the Museum Escher, Den Haag run until November 3.
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ART: Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei co-curates the FUCK OFF 2 exhibition at the Groninger Museum in the northern Netherlands. Contemporary Chinese artists question the sociological, environmental, legal, and political climate in China today, in a sequel to a quickly censored exhibition held in Shanghai in 2000. To November 17. www.groningermuseum.n
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Evolution: "just a theory". Scientific caution is sometimes confusing.
The fact that our best available theories are still speculations misleads some people to believe that these ideas are not founded. Hence, some people suppose their uneducated opinion is just as bad, or as good, as the mainstream scientific hypothesis.
This trend is probably led by the way science has been taught, i e as a flawless method that offers facts about reality.
And by pre-scientific philosophy, still strong in our modern societies.
Evolution is "just a theory" the way Notre Dame is "just a pile of rocks", isn't it?
Jun 7 2013: To clear things up, the term "just a theory" is irrational. A SCIENTIFIC theory is the final confirmation in science. We use laws to make theories, theories do not make laws. There is always a slight "if" but the title "theory" states that it has no record of the if and that it is unlikely it will ever happen. If science had a systematic hierarchy of titles, which it doesn't and that's what is nice about science in contrast to religion, theories would actually be HIGHER than laws.
Laws describe, theories present the information to claim better information. There is a LAW of gravity AND a theory of gravity. The law of gravity states that there is gravity, the theory EXPLAINS it. (I'm hoping the case sensitivity is hopefully getting this through to you.) The law of gravity is just that things attract things. Einstein's theory tells HOW.
the·o·ry noun ˈthē-ə-rē, ˈthir-ē plural the·o·ries
Definition of THEORY:
the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another
(Merriam Webster Dictionary)
If I still have not convinced you that evolution has seen great triumphs from hypothesis to theory, here is a list of things that are also theories to scale with evolution, and tell me if you dont believe in these:
1. Planetary Motion
2. Universal Gravity
3. The Cell
4. Germs
5. Atoms
6. Big Bang
7. Climate Change
8. Vaccination
9. Plate tectonics
10. Radioactivity
11. Electromagnetism
12. Thermodynamics
13. Conservation of Mass and Energy
14. Molecular Bonds
15. Evolution
Now, are you really not going to believe evolution alongside these. Denial of evolution is equally as bad as saying germs don't explain disease, nor do atoms explain radioactivity, special relativity, molecular bonds, or any other thing on the atomic scale.
Jun 7 2013: Hell yeah!
Well said!May 30 2013: When scientific principles are repeatedly demonstrated, we accept them as fact and build from there. The theory of evolution has been upheld and strengthened by all applicable and relevant branches of science. In the presence of overwhelming evidence and in the absence of contradictory information, this scientific theory must be perceived as fact. But why is it that we generally accept as uncontroversial the theory of relativity, electromagnetic theory or germ theory (in the transmission of disease), but cannot come to grips with the theory of evolution? One word: religion.
May 31 2013: I agree most wholeheartedly!May 31 2013: Positivist The really odd part of all this is that Evolution was never a big problem for Catholics, since because of their History , and Papal continuity, they do not need to rely on "The Bible" for Legitimacy, whereas , of course, most Protestants definitely do. It is a big crisis for them to discover, in modern times, that it is physically impossible to locate a "True copy' of the "Bible", since before printing presses, they were transcribed by hand, and there is literally not a single word in it that is unquestionably the "right " one, ie. the same in all versions. The more Dead Sea Scrolls discovered , the more intractable their problem becomes.
Jun 1 2013: Church of England also accepts evolution. It is mainly evangelicals and koranic literalist muslims etc
They simply refuse to accept anything that clashes with a literal interpretation of their religious books. If the bible was true, then Yahweh is one of the all time great mass murderers and a donkey talked etc.Jun 1 2013: Catholics are no less vulnerable to the snare of "divine causality" than any other group who insists that a deity acts, or acted, and that the human race exists as a result. Evolutionary theory threatens any system that depends on a providential entity that would, at some point in the process, install a soul, immortal or otherwise. Darwin begs the question, "At what point in time did these 'souls' evolve?" Did early hominids like Lucy have one? Or did souls only become a feature of later pre-human species? Did Neanderthals have them, or were only Homo Sapiens granted this "divine spark," as if one could even point to the "first" member of what we are pleased to call the human race! Further, if we were evolved from lower forms, there could not have been Adam's original sin, the price for which was the "Plan of Salvation." Nearly all Christians, Catholics or otherwise, can see the logical end here—evolution undermines faith.
Jun 2 2013: Positivist: Your limitations on the power of the Divinity seem a little farfetched. Are you suggesting that God is somehow constrained by the Bible, or by the Pope?!Jun 2 2013: shawn, the biblical concept is constrained by the bible.
And the Catholic god concept by all the catholic dogma.May 24 2013: Most people don't seem to understand what theory means in science, as opposed to colloquial use.
Not sure about your wording "still speculations". While not absolute and always subject to revision in the face of evidence, science has remarkable predictive and explanatory power. It is the best method we have to explain and understand a lot, and when applied gives us amazing technology.
I was never taught science was flawless or about facts. It is about increasing our knowledge and understanding based on evidence.
Keith W
May 22 2013: well you have to understand scientific language. Scientists use the term theory differently than do we in everyday life. A scientific theory is a hypothesis that has been verified time and time again and recieves a great degree pf scientific merit. Trust me if you review all the evidence supporting evolution you would have no doubt that the Theory has an enormous ocean of support behind it. I mean there is enough evidence for evolution that there is no other logical conclusion you can make while taking all the evidence in account.
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May 22 2013: No other logical conclusion than what?
May 22 2013: Evolutionary theory
May 22 2013: Evolutionary theory is not a logical conclusion, it is a not-yet falsified theory.May 22 2013: how do you figure?
May 22 2013: Not everything about the theory of Evolution qualifies as logical, therefore it is not a logical conclusion, nor is it a valid conclusion, in fact it is not a conclusion. It is a theory which continues to undergo experimentation. Some predicted results are seen and some unexpected results are seen. In case of the latter the theory is altered to deal with the discovery (falsification) and new experiments are run until results always match predictions.May 22 2013: well are understanding of evolution changes in light of new evidence however there is an overwhelming consensus that evolution by the means of natural selection has occured and all animals are share a common ancestor. You think scientists ever expect to discover an ape fossil in the same sedimentary layer as a trilabyte?
May 22 2013: I don't know about "trilabytes." But I know Evolution is just a theory and the cathedral of Notre Dame is not just a pile of rocks.May 24 2013: Edward even the science you agree with are called theories.May 22 2013: clearly you disregarded my initial comment about Theory in science meaning something different. go do your research. Evolution is a theory just like Heliocentric theory. I mean the earth revolving around the sun is just a "theory" right?
May 22 2013: Right. Everything is a theory according to Relativistic philosophy. Nothing can be known "for sure". I do not accept that epistemology. It is not a theory that the Earth orbits the Sun. It is just a theory that all life on Earth came from one common ancestor and has naturally selected beneficial mutations over eons of years to bring us to the vast species of our present day. I did not disregard your initial comment Keith, I oppose it.May 22 2013: What a renegade contradicting scientific truths. How can you oppose the fact scientists use the word theory differently than in other settings. Your entitled to your own belief but scientificly speaking your wrong and evolution is accepted with a great degree of certainty amongst the scientific community
May 22 2013: I do not dispute that evolution is "accepted with a great degree of certainty amongst the scientific community." That is off the point here. Are you arguing that Evolution is not a theory (as defined by Science)? If so please state your belief so a simple mind like mine can understand it.May 26 2013: There are several definition of the word theory:
the·o·ry [thee-uh-ree, theer-ee] Show IPA
noun, plural the·o·ries.
1. a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
2. a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact. Synonyms: idea, notion hypothesis, postulate. Antonyms: practice, verification, corroboration, substantiation.
3. Mathematics . a body of principles, theorems, or the like, belonging to one subject: number theory.
4. the branch of a science or art that deals with its principles or methods, as distinguished from its practice: music theory.
5. a particular conception or view of something to be done or of the method of doing it; a system of rules or principles: conflicting theories of how children best learn to read.
Mike Colera
Jun 10 2013: Obey,
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Is that what the bible really says? If it is a chronicle of the Jews from their escape from Egypt through the life of Christ, then it was about people and how they lived and died. Christians, Jews and Muslims are all believers in one God, the God of Abraham. So, you either accept this theology or not. There are other theologies; Africa, Asia... there are a number of ways that mankind has connected with his spiritual side or not. It is not wrong to believe as you believe. You may be chastised for criticism of others. It's just not playing nice.
Jun 13 2013: Mike,
I don't know which comment you are referring to.
They are not believers in the same god. Yahweh is not the same thing as the Trinity or Allah. They believe in different gods that did different things.
Same origins, but the Jewish religion just believes in Yahweh and nothing to do with Jesus or a triune god or Muhammads revelation. My understanding is the Jewish faith does not accept that god has anything to do with what is written in the new testament or Koran.
Most Christians seem to believe Jesus was also an incarnation or aspect of God. The Jewish religion and Muslim religions don't think Jesus is god or part of god
The muslim god got an angel to reveal more after JEsus, and JEsus wasn't a god but a prophet.
The later 2 kind of evolved from the first. But homo sapiens are no longer homo erectus. French is not the same as the Latin it evolved from. Christianity is not the same as the Judaism it evolved from.
The Jews, Christians and Muslims can not all be correct in their different beliefs about what god is and what he did and wants.
God can not be the Jewish god and the christian god and the Islamic god at this same time. It is one or none.
I hope I am mostly critiquing the beliefs and ideas being asserted not calling people names. Pointing out issues with particular arguments is not the same as directly criticising or attacking the person.
There are many theists far smarter and wiser than I in many areas. I just think the arguments I am aware and lack of evidence for a god don't stack up as below.
If I said I thought someone torturing their child or an adult for a day with fire was cruel, no issue right. But if I say a god who tortures its creations for eternity is cruel as per some doctrines, that's not nice?
While I think I was foolish being a Christian for so long, I understand how sticky it is and how hard it is to look at it objectively when you are in the middle of it.
Is debating the issues not nice?
Mike Colera
Jun 13 2013: Hi Obey,
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I am not sure of your source, but all the "theist" I know seemed to agree that the God of Abraham was the God of Christians, Muslims and Jews. They did refer to Him with differing names as you noted and they did interpret His message differently. Paraphrasing here.
So, my real question is:
People have different beliefs then you, so what?
My belief that the moon is made of green cheese, how does that harm you?
More so, Why would you care?
You think I am wrong. OK. You say " I don't agree" That is all that is needed. You have no reason to justify your reasons to me.
I keep insisting on TED that I am right and you are wrong. I am being a bore and you don't have to respond.
Jun 14 2013: The problem with beliefs are that they are false and ignorant. Belief in a green cheese moon is just as ignorant as religion. People care because we just want people to know truth. Atheists aren't evil ya know. Theists want to spread the word of god, we want to spread the word of truth.Jun 14 2013: Mike,
I think you are missing a subtle distinction
Islam and Christianity claim their god is the god talked about in the Jewish bible.
However, the fact is that they can not be the same god if they are believed to have done and said different things. As far as the Jews are concerned Yahweh did not send Jesus or the angel Gabriel to dictate the Koran.
If you believe in a God that sent Jesus or revealed the Koran then you are believing in a god that did things that the Jews don't believe there god did. He can not be the same god.
Or simply if you believe JEsus is a god or part of a triune god, you believe in a very different god to the Jewish religion and Muslims.
This is supposed to be a debate. If you want to just state your opinion and not defend your beliefs that is your choice but you may be misunderstanding what a debate is.
If others want to challenge my ideas or others they are welcome too.
What is wrong with questioning people, or making arguments for or against ideas? No one is being burned at a stake for disagreeing.
If someone asserts that an invisible being is responsible for the diversity of life we see, what is wrong with a bit of debate on the topic, especially if they post their views in a debate?
If we are interested in the truth then we will test ideas and look for evidence.
Promoting false information and some aspects of religious beliefs and behaviours are potentially harmful.
I suggest that any religion that causes people to believe it is good to kill homosexuals or infidels is not benign.Jun 14 2013: Let me put it this way.
Some believe Bob wrote just one book
You believe Bob wrote two books
Others believe Bob wrote 3 books
(I'll leave out the Mormons for simplicity)
It is impossible for the same person to write just one book, or just two books, or just three books.
If you believe in a Bob how wrote two books, you are believing in a different Bob to those who believe he wrote one or three books.
IF the Jews are right then God had nothing to do with Jesus, the new Testament and the Koran. So if you believe in a god that has something to do with JEsus its not the same god as the JEws believe in.
Jews believe in F for Father
Christians believe their god is the god of the Jewish bible but that he revealed more and JEsus is also an aspect of god. Lets call him FSH
Muslims don't think Jesus is part of God. A god that includes JEsus is not the same as a god that doesn't. They also believe god revealed more stuff. LEts call him F+
F does not equal FSH or F+
.Jun 14 2013: Yes they all start with the god of Abraham but they go on to claim this god did different things and in one case incarnate as a human.
A god that incarnates as a human is not the same as a god that didn't.
A god that provided a further revelation in the Koran is not the same as a god that didn't.
It's a subtle point.Jun 14 2013: Brandon,
What truth?
Who said that beliefs are false and ignorant?
I have never said that Atheist were evil.
As far as I know, theist believe in God and Atheist believe there is no God. Both say they are spreading the word of truth. I say good. Your telling the truth, they are telling the truth, everybody is telling the truth.
Who am I to disagree with either group. They are both telling the truth.
I don't have to be convinced because I don't care.
Jun 14 2013: Mike, I'm aware. It is just quite annoying to me that most christians feel it is their duty to persuade others into accepting Jesus and that atheists are the spawn of evil instead of just keeping it to themselves. I am just retaliating to the vast majority of religions that feel this to be their duty. I'm sorry if I offend you, in fact it's humble of you to disregard persuasion and not taking part in it.Jun 14 2013: Some define atheism as not having a belief in gods and goddesses
Not just the monotheistic gods.
Basically being a non theist.
This is not same as believing or asserting to know there are no gods or goddesses.
I personally believe there is no compelling evidence for any god or goddesses concept worthy of the name, so I don't believe in them the same way I don't believe in invisible dragons. But I don't claim to know they do not exist.Jun 10 2013: I just want to remind every one of Gregor Mendel an oft under appreciated genius.
Jun 10 2013: I think that you may not only need remind them but perhaps also teach those who don't know.Jun 10 2013: Mendel? Isn't he the guy that got this whole GMO thing going?
Jun 10 2013: Nope. GMO is much older than that. Going back thousands of years to the domestication of dogs, wheat, corn, et cetera ...Jun 9 2013: To be honest, - no offense and don't take it personal, I do believe in the freedom of belief - EVOLUTION Theory is the most illogic and irrational theory I've ever heared of! If you visit my profile you'll notice that I'm muslim and you'll probably judge me on that, but I'm also an engeneer and I DO think scientifically. So, how on earth can a chimp evolve to be a man ?
why did they stop evolving? we still see them, right !
Can we assume that each creature that has 98% DNA similarity with another creature has evolved from that second creature ?
If we assume that evolution theory is true, where did the first chimp came from? how did it start in the first place ?!!!
I'm ready to change my belief if anyone could convince me and proved me Evolution is RIGHT !
Jun 9 2013: my dear friend you have the freedom of belief :-) just listen to what i know about evolution nd decide for yourself, what you find more closer to truth.
First of all you are incorrect in stating that man has evolved from chimp. We share same ancestors with chimpanzees, rhesus monkey, gorillas, orangutans and the chimpanzees. Actually we share same ancestory with all other living beings, however we are closer in relation to chimp.
yes they are still evolving, just like every other organism in this world, however there life span is of about 60 years , so it would take thousands of generations to observe evolution in them by a human being (with life span of around 80 years). However living beings like moths have an age span of week or two nd are easier to observe for evolution. And so happened in london. Pre industrial london had whiter barks, so mostly one could observe only light colored peppered moth. Dark colored peppered moth were born, but they were an easy catch for the birds. However industrial population caused bark to darken by pollution , nd the same most hunted dark moth, could not be seen at all nd the light colored moth became very rare.
Wiki link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution
Evolution is much more complex,however there are some basic things-
1. There is limited food and space
2. The living beings divide at an exponential rate
3. In each generation there is some genetical change from previous generations , which can be transmitted to the next one
4. genetical changes or mutations can be good or bad,depending upon the environment
5. if it is excellent of the survival ,it becomes the majority, nd viola, you have your evolution.
6. environment is ever changing nd mutations always occur, so evolution never stops
7. however its so slow,that to an individual of the species its non existant
Hope it helps you. Do read in detail, you will love it :)
Jun 10 2013: Changes in gene frequency in populations due to natural or other selection drivers e.g. sexual selection.Jun 10 2013: There are few things I like more then a person being ready to change their mind using reason and facts.
I do however feel that my input isn't needed here right now since Sooshrut put it so eloquently.
Jun 10 2013: Re (below): "You're a pantheist then. But still cite from the Christian scriptures, I find this very contradicting as in one version God is in the form of man (or the other way around) and in the other God is everything, everywhere, formless.
Or do you simply enjoy the rhetoric of those scriptures?"
I don't see why we need to put ourselves or each other into nicely labeled "bins". I am simply trying to understand why Bible has been a bestseller for 2000 years. What's the meaning of all this? And I do find some interesting things there.
It seems to me that the main idea of the New Testament is to remove the "curtain" separating humans from God. We are not supposed to worship Jesus as a man, but as a "spirit". And the spirit of God is supposed to "dwell" in us as it did in Jesus. When we start to analyze these things with words, the logic breaks down and things seem to contradict each other. E.g. worshiping Jesus as a man is idolatry. Saying that "everything is moved by the Holy Spirit" is pantheism. And looking into the sky in search for a "Father who art in heaven" makes no sense either. All analysis comes down to some sort of "chicken-and-egg" circular argument. A lot of people reject the whole thing for that reason, but their own ideas about "universe from nothing" and what not have same contradictions. Contradictions don't mean that ideas are useless.
The only way for me to understand all these opposites - body (or matter in general) and spirit, yin and yang, as one - "self". I came to this idea some time ago and then, by accident, have read a few quotes from Alan Watts. I love the way he explains these things - have you watched the video in my post below? It's impossible to tell what comes first because opposites grow together from "self", like the flower in the video or like a tree from the mustard seed. In this context, the name of God (I am) or "self" makes a lot of sense. I'm not sure if that's Christianity, pantheism, or Buddhism.Jun 10 2013: Abdelbari,
Perhaps, you have a problem with evolution BECAUSE you are an engineer. Engineers tend to put things together from parts. But that's not how living things are put together. They GROW. I've recently watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78hrdZutsI . It explains the difference in the mindset between "creating" something as an engineer and something growing from within.
Human life is too short to see an evolutionary change. These changes take multiple generations. We are looking but at a snapshot picture of the universe. People live less than 100 years which is nothing compared to billions of years that the universe, possibly, exists. This is why we don't see species evolving in front of our eyes. But we do know of species that are no more (dinosaurs, mammoths, etc.)
Where did the first chimp come from? Perhaps, from a creature that was similar to a chimp, but, perhaps, more primitive. And the first multi-cell organism came from a single-cell organism or organisms, and a single-cell organisms, perhaps, combined from some molecules that had carbon, water, and other stuff found on Earth in great abundance.
You may say that the probability of non-living molecules combining into a living molecule that is capable of reproduction is very, very, very small - almost non-existent. But don't forget that there are billions upon billions upon billions of these molecules on Earth. So, the probability of, at least one molecule self-creating at right conditions, may be very large.
And if you consider that there are billions upon billions upon billions of galaxies and stars in the universe, it becomes almost certainty that there's got to be, at least one planet at the right distance from the star, with the right elements and the right conditions for life to appear. The fact that we are living on such planet is no more surprising than the fact that you were born from your own mother and not from any of the billions of other women.Jun 10 2013: All of what I say does not exclude the existence of God. There is nothing wrong to believe that all this abundance appeared by the will of God.
Jun 10 2013: which god do you mean?
Jimmy Strobl
Jun 10 2013: The "only one" I suppose, I've never heard a person on TED referring to Thor or Zeus as "God".Jun 10 2013: Ben, when you say "I am", what do you mean by "I" and what do you mean by "am"? It's impossible to define this basic phrase which we use every day. And, you might know that "I am" is the name of God (Exodus 3:14). As we reflect on it, trying to understand its meaning, we define who we are, how we came to be, and how we relate to everything else.
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"You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you." -- Alan Watts.Jun 10 2013: Assuming a generic Deistic type god, if it is possible for such a thing to exist (we don't know) as conveniently defined as immaterial outside time and space, virtually non existent and unverifiable by us, this magical being or billions of universe creators existing in some other dimension are compatible with evolution. In fact evolution and science in general has little to say about any magical beings.
I tend to disagree however, about there being nothing wrong with believing life and the universe is due to the will of some hypothetical magical being. I have no issue with people having the freedom to believe in any gods or goddess or other dimensional speculations they want, as long as they don't force this and related dogmas on other people or harm others.
I just suggest there is no good reason or evidence to believe that any gods or goddesses exist, let alone ones capable of creating universes. Ignorance is not a good reason to suppose a god exists. Conflicting religious writings, conflicting and subjective personal insights and so called revelations are not a good reason. Not being able to disprove the existence of something that is probably just a human conceptual construct and defined as being outside the reality we can test is not a good reason.
I don't know how many different god and goddess or related supernatural type beliefs there have been. Probably millions once you get into the details. But I guess most of them must be wrong. At best one is correct, or there may be something more but none have come close. Just why give credence to any without sound reason or evidence. Chance are if you have a particular god belief you are wrong and no way to tell if one revelation is more reliable than another when it comes down to what can not be verified or tested.
So much circular thinking, fallacies, and reliance on intuitive subjective personal insights, so little reason to believe other than the benefits unrelated to the actual whether it is true.
Jun 10 2013: Obey, when we view God as something external to ourselves, the idea makes no sense whatsoever. Existence of God is not a scientific fact. Belief in God to me is simply a way of looking at the world. There are other ways. None are "right".
To me, God is not "out there". God is inside me and inside every other human, thing, or process. God is the principle driving the growth of the universe and putting all these "random" events together into powerful things like galaxies, hurricanes, viral epidemics, and evolution.
Re: "I have no issue with people having the freedom to believe in any gods or goddess or other dimensional speculations they want, as long as they don't force this and related dogmas on other people or harm others." I support this idea.Jun 10 2013: Arkady,
You're a pantheist then. But still cite from the Christian scriptures, I find this very contradicting as in one version God is in the form of man (or the other way around) and in the other God is everything, everywhere, formless.
Or do you simply enjoy the rhetoric of those scriptures?Jun 10 2013: Thanks Arkady.
I agree none are right as far as we know. That is why I don't believe in anything worthy of the name god.
If I understand correctly your definition of god is more a principle or driving force rather than a person or mind. I'm not sure exactly what you mean to be honest or how we could distinguish it from natural processes and perceiving patterns and change.
I'm not sure there is any absolute or specific meaning to hurricanes, galaxies, other patterns or change in general.
I get the sense that "god" is just a sense of awe and wonder at the universe for some people. Not sure if your views are a bit similar to this.
Its a fairly loaded word "god".
Jun 10 2013: I don't think, God can be "defined". Perhaps, "understood", but not in a sense of "analyzed" - broken down into parts like some machine, but in a sense we understand how a flower grows or what happens when a water droplet falls onto a water surface. We just perceive those things and they, kind of, "make sense", although it's impossible to put it into words what happens first and what happens next and what causes what - the droplet causes ripples or the ripples cause a new droplet. And what really happens is not what we see:
I think, Alan Watts explains it quite nicely.Jun 10 2013: i didn't want to assume. many people speak of god as in a non-descript deity, rather than specifically the god of the bible. i think this is actually where you fall, since you talk about god as being a way of looking at the world, rather than an actual figure who created the world and everything on it as the god of the bible did.
Jun 10 2013: Well, again, to you, there is "the god of the bible" and there is some other "deity" which is not "the god of the bible". I think, "the god of the bible" is that deity. I know, it's hard to understand how the same deity can be seen as "loving and forgiving" in one passage and pouring sulfur onto cities, drowning the whole world, and ordering genocide in others. So I cannot understand how the same person can be a criminal and a loving father at the same time. It makes no sense, but that's the point.
One cannot create a "figure" or an image and say "that's God". That's idolatry.Jun 11 2013: i can understand how a man can be a criminal and a loving father at the same time, his circle is limited to his family, similarly to the way people can love their countrymen while killing people of another country. when you're talking about a god who is supposed to love all, it doesn't work though. if he doesn't know that group punishment is wrong then he's not a god.
Jun 11 2013: Yes. Judging God and dictating to God what he is supposed or not supposed to do and what is right or wrong (otherwise he is not God or does not exist) is fairly common. I think, it comes from inflated self-confidence (a.k.a. pride). We know better than God, don't we? (See Genesis 3 regarding the origins of this attitude.) We treat each other likewise and then wonder why people go to wars with us.
But you see how contemplating the bible lead to some interesting conclusions about ourselves. You just pointed out that our attitude towards people and things that we identify with is different from our attitude to people and things that we do not associate with ourselves. It has to do with our sense of "self". When we erase this invisible line between "me" and the rest of the world, tear down this curtain, the morals become self-consistent - we treat the world the way we treat ourselves and we cannot hurt the world without hurting ourselves.
I can only repeat what I said: what we say about God we say about ourselves. It's like talking to the mirror. It reveals our own nature. While God simply remains "I am who I am".Jun 10 2013: I don't see it's a matter of evolving from a chimp... at all
what's not convincing to me, how much time it takes for one cell to mutate. this is only one cell, how about the human brain that is full of billions of cells, functioning in an incredible way...
if I suppose the evolution is correct... just for a monkey to become a rational human being...
now what is to consider?, is it the time consumed to evolve only one cell or the "luck" to find this wonderful combination of mutations?
to me, I am convinced nothing comes from no where, though it's been a while for humans to live on planet earth, I don't think I have ever heard of an evolution for a monkey but on youtube same as aliens
I don't know, I am not convinced...
the best documentary I have ever watched is "http://youtu.be/ioONhpIJ-NY"
more possibilities, more options... this where we live, no body knows the truth... I think
Jun 10 2013: Imagine you could go back in time. Go back 10,000 years and your DNA and physical attributes will be similar to your ancestors. So similar you could reproduce with them.
Go back 100,000 years and there may be more differences but perhaps still able to reproduce.
Go back far enough and the differences will be such that you may not be able to reproduce with your ancestor population.
Parts of the ancestor species populations didn't suddenly change into a different species. Its change over time.
And not all groups of the ancestor species followed the same path. Some stayed more in the trees. Our ancestors may have spent more time on the ground, where standing and walking on two limbs may have been beneficial. While we can stand upright better than other primates our knees and joints are not perfectly adapted to upright posture. Back issues, worn joints, etc.
On the development of the human brain, do you accept we are not the only animals with brains. Do you accept that chimps have more similar brain capabilities to humans than other species.
Can you see the similarities and development mapped out in the tree of life science points out.
Do you understand how via DNA and genes multi-cellular life could adapt and change via natural and other selection drivers.
Do you notice how even humans vary by region. Darker skin with more sun and lighter skin in lower sun areas, except for recent migrations.
It hasn't been a straight line of one species population changing over time to one homogeneous population to another to another. Some groups have branched of in one direction and changed a lot and others less so.
Some fishlike creatures stayed in the sea, others may have been more amphibious.You can see the remenants of this progression in the species that have not changed that much. We still have fish and reptiles. We still have single cell DNA based life, and even RNA based viruses.
For me the evolution of the animals is not hard to grasp. Other parts are harder.Jun 10 2013: Mohamed,
Can I ask you this, are you looking for the truth or are you sure that no one has any truth to offer?
Because if you're not looking I'm not going to try to convince you. If you are looking for truth I can direct you to it but you'll have to do some reading and studying on the matter, it will take some days of study to understand coming from your standpoint.Jun 10 2013: Some fishlike creatures stayed in the sea, others may have been more amphibious and certain traits or genes would have improved their ability to survive and reproduce over time. These genes and traits eg fins that are slightly more suited for pushing along the beach increase in frequency. Gradually more and more changes in gene frequency over time see a clear split between the fish in the ocean and the ones that found a niche living amphibiously.
Also even though there are white Americans that descended from Europeans, there are still Europeans.Jun 10 2013: Its a bit sad when so many who say they oppose evolution really don't have a reasonable understanding of the actual theory and observations it explains.
I guess our education systems let us down. But some of it is our own responsibility. I guess some prefer to argue strawmen.
I'm not a biologist so I defer to any with more expertise to correct me, but my understanding on a few of these misconceptions:
As stated so many times evolution is not claiming humans evolved from chimps, rather we share a common ancestor some millions of years ago, that is neither chimp or homo sapiens.
Its false to assume evolution is all about the development of humans.
A particular species may spread out, over time different groups may undergo more change than others up to the point they can no longer breed with others sharing a common ancestor species.
The lack of a basic understanding how the primates share a common ancestor group, back further mammals share a common ancestor, back further we share a common ancestor with all vertebrates, and ultimately with all DNA based life. Look at all the basic similarities of vertebrates.Skeletons,four limbs, sexual reproduction, respiration, camera eyes all from fish-like ancestors. You can also see a progression of brain type. Reptilian, mammalian, and the neo cortex.
Mohamed, my understanding is there are a few mechanisms behind evolution that is basically about changes in gene frequency. A mutation may occur in the genes of a sperm or egg. Not every cell in the body needs to mutate. Another factor is just changes in frequency unrelated to mutation. Taller individuals in a species in one region may survive more often to reproduce because they can reach more fruit, so the population becomes taller, until further height becomes a liability, such not being so agile, or requiring more energy to survive etc. In a dense forest smaller individuals may do better.
There are plenty of websites that explain evolution. Just avoid the religiousJun 10 2013: Okay, so I do have one suggestion. It managed to convince a large portion of the world that evolution was true.
Read the book "On the origin of species" by Charles Darwin (it's really good) if you truly want to understand evolution you should begin with the original source.
*Edit: Here's a link to the Ebook (free) http://manybooks.net/titles/darwinchetext98otoos11.htmlJun 10 2013: Since you're an engineer you may also want to play some evolutionary simulations that are out there meant to teach and test evolution.
Here are some sources that I've Googled
www.stauffercom.com/evolve4/Jun 10 2013: I keep seeing people talking about evolving from chimps, really, if you are not going to put in the effort to understand the evolutionary process, and just jump to the same blatantly wrong assumption that has followed Darwin's "Origin", then why even waste your time on this talk? Isee this as yet another attempt to dissuade people from using evolution as what it is, a scientific theory that should be taught because it is correct. Bringing Allah, God, Or the flying pickle-weasel into this discussion will only degrade it. I am beginning to see why Dawkins refuses to debate with religious zealots, you could show them the sky is blue and they would refute it in the name of their God.Jun 11 2013: 1. They didn't stop evolving.
2. yes
3. it came from whatever animal before that
4. the start was whatever organism came first.
Jimmy Strobl
Jun 2 2013: I'd like to quote Tim Minchin here:
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"But evolution is only a theory!", which is true, it is a theory, it's good that they say that, I think, it gives you hope, doesn't it, that - that maybe they feel the same way about the theory of gravity… and they might just float the f*** away.May 30 2013: If you question whether what follows is on point, read it! "It challenges as prideful an anthropocentric world-view." That is, the attitude embraced by modern and post-modern practitioners of Science. "
From: An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2428
Quote follows from Wikipedia:
The Essay on Man is a philosophical poem, written in heroic couplets and published between 1732 and 1734. Pope intended this poem to be the centrepiece of a proposed system of ethics that was to be put forth in poetic form. It was a piece of work that Pope intended to make into a larger work; however, he did not live to complete it. The poem is an attempt to "vindicate the ways of God to Man," It challenges as prideful an anthropocentric world-view.
From: An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope.
III. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate,
All but the page prescribed, their present state:
From brutes what men, from men what spirits know:
Or who could suffer being here below?
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Oh, blindness to the future! kindly given,
That each may fill the circle, marked by Heaven:
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurled,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Hope humbly, then; with trembling pinions soar;
Wait the great teacher Death; and God adore.
What future bliss, He gives not thee to know,
But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confined from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Yes, Notre Dame is just an elegant pile of rocks! Right!
May 30 2013: This is a nice piece Juan, thank you for sharing it.
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May 30 2013: And thank you for appreciating it. Real Literature can do a lot to make these debates more interesting. Sometimes they can be either unbearable or unreadable or both. So, if you would, take a cue from Alexander Pope.
If you enjoy reading great literature. Try adding great literature to TED conversations.
Here is a link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_literature#English_literature_since_1901
Start on this page and find a link you might recognize. Or better yet, go to www.gutenberg.org and look up your favorite work by your favorite author.
Then cut & paste. It makes a big difference. It get's awfully hard to argue with, say, Wm. Shakespeare -- when he's the one you quote and he is right on point.
May 31 2013: Juan Valdez.....ok now I get your name.....A java connoisseur.....welcome to the club.
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I used to wear a tshirt all through college that said: "No Coffee, No Workee".
Juan, quoting great literature....or really literature in general, is indeed very wonderful to incorporate into conversations.
When one is an avid reader, then one has alot of beautiful words stored in one's mind...or in my case, stored in notebooks.
Thank you for the great links. I will read through them and store the information in my reference works...
I am one to use plenty of virtual scissors and glue when talking online.
Hope you are able to find something valuable in one of my contributions in the future.
Nice to meet you BTW.


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Sao Paulo motor show hosts VW's Polo-sized concept. It's small. And blue
Posted: 23 Oct 2012
This is the Volkswagen Taigun, and you don't need a degree in English to decipher that name: it's an anagram of Tiguan.
It's been unveiled at the Sao Paulo motor show, previewing - what Volkswagen reckons - the look of a possible small SUV based on the 'New Small Family' platform. Confused? The platform's shared with the Up, of which this Taigun is a stretched version of. So it should be pretty handy.
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And is it just us or does the Taigun exude a Dancia Sandero-ish charm? It's all a bit boxy and funky, helped by those 17in wheels, LED spotlights and high ground clearance. There's 280-litres worth of boot space - rising to 987 with the rear seats folded down - which should ensure your gargantuan cheese transporting requirements are fully met.
VW has kept the interior simple, while a central infotainment system pairs with most smartphones - fruit-based or otherwise - together with a set of gauges to make sure the engine isn't about to explode.
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By Nicholas DeLorenzo, Associate College Football Editor
GAME NOTES: The eighth-ranked LSU Tigers will play their final home game of the season on Saturday afternoon when they entertain the Ole Miss Rebels.
Ole Miss has had an up-and-down season en route to a 5-5 record and a 2-4 mark in the SEC, but the campaign is a vast improvement from the two wins it put up a year ago. The Rebels have dropped two straight games to Georgia (37-10) and Vanderbilt (27-26), the latter coming in the final minute of the game. They will need to win one of their final two games to become bowl eligible.
"If you would have told me that we'd be at five (wins) with two to play back in the spring, I probably would have taken that as would the rest of Rebel Nation," head coach Hugh Freeze said of his team's season. "(But) I hate losing. When you start to have success, it builds the expectations for all of us and then we want more."
LSU is coming off a stretch of playing five ranked teams in five weeks, and it came out the other side with a 3-2 record, recording wins against South Carolina (23-21), Texas A&M (24-19), and Mississippi State last week (37-17). The team's SEC Championship Game hopes are bleak, but with a strong finish to the season it should earn an at-large bid to a BCS bowl game
The Tigers lead the all-time series with the Rebels, 57-39-4. LSU won 52-3 in Oxford last season, the largest margin of victory by either side in series history.
The Ole Miss offense has been much improved this season under the tutelage of Freeze, putting up 29.5 ppg and 413.2 ypg while coming away with points on 94 percent of its trips to the red zone.
Sophomore quarterback Bo Wallace is fresh off a career-high 403 passing yards against Vanderbilt, bringing his season total to 2,239 yards, sixth-most in the SEC. He has completed better than 65 percent of his passes, rushed for 269 yards, and accounted for 18 total touchdowns.
Ja-Mes Logan is also coming off a career game a week ago by hauling in eight balls for 160 yards. Logan has put together a solid season (32 receptions, 392 yards), but Donte Moncrief (47 receptions, 614 yards, five TDs) has been Wallace's preferred target in most games.
Despite being the team's leading rusher, Jeff Scott (680 yards, six TDs) hasn't had much success in recent weeks, churning out a mere 118 yards on 58 carries since Oct. 27.
The Rebels defense (27.7 ppg) squandered away a win last week by allowing Vanderbilt to drive 79 yards in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter to score the game-winning touchdown
The unit averages three sacks per game, with C.J. Johnson leading the team with 4.5 sacks. Cody Prewitt has tallied 67 tackles with two interception and two fumble recoveries, and he has accounted for four of the team's 21 takeaways.
The LSU offense (30.2 ppg, 391.3 ypg) has performed much better of late thanks to the improved play of its quarterback.
Zach Mettenberger completed 19-of-30 passes for 273 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Mississippi State, giving him four touchdowns and zero interceptions over the past three games.
"I think our passing game is coming," head coach Les Miles said. "I think that Zach is playing extremely well. He has a nice touch on the ball. He knows where he needs to go. He is making quality decisions. I think our receivers are now in a spot where there is a real chemistry developing there."
Jarvis Landry (401 yards, three TDs) has a team-high 40 receptions and enjoyed a nine-catch, 109-yard effort last week. Odell Beckham, Jr. (34 receptions, 548 yards, two TDs) has also developed a solid rapport with Mettenberger.
The Tigers tend to ride the hot hand at running back, and lately that has been Jeremy Hill (477 yards, six TDs), although his consecutive 100-yard rushing games streak snapped at three last week. Kenny Hilliard (449 yards, six TDs) and Michael Ford (375 yards, three TDs) also see work in the backfield.
The defensive effort has been spectacular as usual in Baton Rouge, the Tigers allowing just 15.5 ppg and 262.9 ypg, the latter ranking third in the nation behind only Alabama and Florida State.
LSU has forced 25 turnovers, the most in the conference, and has five players with at least two interceptions. Kevin Minter is having one of the best seasons at linebacker in the country with 90 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, and an interception.
Ole Miss have put together a gutsy season, but with blowout losses at the hands of Alabama (33-14) and Georgia (37-10), it has shown that it is not yet ready to compete with top teams in the league.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: LSU 31, Ole Miss 13