Ammo, take the example of the eye. Something so complexc surely cannot have evolved into place. I mean, every little thing there has to be JUST right for us to see as good as we can. My father has an eye doc background and the eye is very delicate indeed.
Now, theists and others would argue that because of this incredibly complexity, and the need for the eye to function, it would need a creator and evolution would not be able to do it properly.
But in the animal kingdom, to which we as humans belong, *any* advantage, no matter how slim, is good. It is, to be sure, better to see a very blurred picture of a potential threat than to see nothing at all. R. Dawkins, a prominent biologist specializing in evolution, argues this eloquently in his "The Blind Watchmaker". it is a common mistake for us to equal dead things of our construction and the methods employed to the animal kingdom, but it is inaccurate when talking about organisms that actively fight off entrophy.
So, the case of the hummingbird would be very similar to the case of the human eye. Accumulative change over a long period of time, spurred by small advantages has lead to the hummingbird as it exists today.
Similarly, a person (cannot remember who argued "what a work of god the nose is! f I didn't have it, where'd I put my glasses on?" (paraphrasing).
Ammo, to each his own
. I'm sure you find strenght through your faith and I am equally sure it is a good force for you. As such, I do not want to belittle it (except when I am in Satan mode, at which time everyone of course takes me absolutely seriously
).
It is perhaps unfortunate when science collides with this very spiritual thing in people one might call a soul. But science lives a life of its own and it not actively seeking out a confrontation with various religions; it's just a quest for knowledge. If theists feel the results of a scientific process is unacceptable or just plain wrong, to me, they're entitled to their opinion.
But if they argue that a scientific theory is wrong, I might feel compelled (should I have any understanding of the subject) to make a few posts that might seem, hm, going against religions
. They are not against religion, but for science
.
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Baron Claus "StSanta" Von Ribbentroppen
9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
"If you return from a mission with a victory, but without your Rottenflieger, you have lost your battle."
- D. Hrabak, JG 54 "Grünherz"
