Evolution: is it necessary to know how life ultimately began in order to study and debate the evidence that evolution has since occurred? [Spirituality & Religion]
If you think it is, why do you think so? Can you explain that reasoning for me?
I ask because i've encountered a creationist's position that the evidence for evolution can be ignored if we don't know how life began. I point out that the theory of gravitation still allows us to study the interactions of matter without knowing how it came to be but this apt comparison appears to be ignored.
Since i've received no explanation from the parties involved, i'm coming to YOU! So. Thoughts?馃檪
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It seems to go beyond just a flawed assumption. Even when the distinction is explained, most of the ones that i have encountered still refuse to back off the demand that evolution must explain how life began or it hasn't happened.
@Pikachu HippyJoe is one of those. I've explained to him eight times in a row now that the two are different and I've asked him to tell me if he understands what I'm telling him. His responses so far have been to call me a dirty refugee, say I'm ugly and have big feet, call me "clueless" three times, told me I'm a "snot nosed college kid" who "doesn't know a thing about the world", and that I love Stalin and Mao Zedong.
@Pikachu I'm so shocked that he hasn't blocked he yet, we've been going at it for over two years now and every single time, I've stomped on his head for the duration of the argument. I know that sounds arrogant af to say about myself but from the reaction of others, it's extremely apparent. And I've gotten him to say the dumbest shit I've ever heard in my life, like "Jesus was a conservative capitalist who supported a free market economy and opposed welfare and handouts to the poor" and "Adolf Hitler was a liberal leftist progressive."
