The Ignorance We Face
The following is a letter that appeared in the Lake Charles American Press today (12/19/10). Just thought you might want to see the original letter which shows the kind of ignorance one faces here, and I guess other places too. It is followed by my letter to the paper.
“In response to James D. Anderson’s letter to the editor on evolution, he is correct. I have done my own research on this, and I’m by no means a scientist. I have been on this earth for nearly 53 years now. I’ve watched television for years, I have seen lots of books with monkeys in them and after all these years monkeys still look the way they did 100 years ago. There has been no change in them and I have never heard of a monkey transforming into a human. Humans still look the same as when Jesus walked the earth.
It seems like if we evolved then we would be still evolving and have some type of different look. Monkeys would have been talking by now. When monkeys start turning into humans is when I will throw away my Bible. Until then I will just hang on to God’s word. Adam and Eve were not monkeys.
Besides if you don’t believe Darwin, he can’t throw you in hell for it. So take your pick. I know someone who will.”
My Answer:
Dear editor:
I have read the letter “If Darwin was Correct” in today’s (12/19/10) American Press four times and I still find it hard to believe. The gentleman who wrote it states if Darwin was correct that “Monkeys would have been talking by now.” Talk? No! Write? Evidently!
The gentleman claims to have done research and hasn’t found any change in man or monkeys in his “nearly 53 years,” which shows an absolute absence of knowledge about the Earth, mankind, or time. Based upon evidence of scientific radiometric age dating of meteorite material and the ages of the oldest known terrestrial and lunar samples, the Earth is 4.54 billion years old. That is from physical evidence and not theory. In that time, millions of forms of evolution have happened as planned and executed by God. Just because the writer hasn’t seen it in his 53 years doesn’t mean anything. The Bible tells us that God did all his work in six days, but sure doesn’t tell us how long each of those “time frames” was. Evidently they were long days to fill 4.54 billion years.
As for Adam and Eve, who definitely were not monkeys, we also don’t know at all what race they were. But no matter which one they were it sure doesn’t explain the evolution of man into Caucasian white, African black, Native American Red, or Oriental Yellow, amongst others. The point is they all had to be one color to start with. What happened? It’s all part of the scheme of evolution.
And as for the notion that you can’t believe in science and God at the same time, that is absolute hogwash. If that writer would take his nose out of the Bible (which is a wonderful and powerful religious book) and not restrict his knowledge he might find that evolution is real, happens over millions and billions of years, just the way God planned it.
“In response to James D. Anderson’s letter to the editor on evolution, he is correct. I have done my own research on this, and I’m by no means a scientist. I have been on this earth for nearly 53 years now. I’ve watched television for years, I have seen lots of books with monkeys in them and after all these years monkeys still look the way they did 100 years ago. There has been no change in them and I have never heard of a monkey transforming into a human. Humans still look the same as when Jesus walked the earth.
It seems like if we evolved then we would be still evolving and have some type of different look. Monkeys would have been talking by now. When monkeys start turning into humans is when I will throw away my Bible. Until then I will just hang on to God’s word. Adam and Eve were not monkeys.
Besides if you don’t believe Darwin, he can’t throw you in hell for it. So take your pick. I know someone who will.”
My Answer:
Dear editor:
I have read the letter “If Darwin was Correct” in today’s (12/19/10) American Press four times and I still find it hard to believe. The gentleman who wrote it states if Darwin was correct that “Monkeys would have been talking by now.” Talk? No! Write? Evidently!
The gentleman claims to have done research and hasn’t found any change in man or monkeys in his “nearly 53 years,” which shows an absolute absence of knowledge about the Earth, mankind, or time. Based upon evidence of scientific radiometric age dating of meteorite material and the ages of the oldest known terrestrial and lunar samples, the Earth is 4.54 billion years old. That is from physical evidence and not theory. In that time, millions of forms of evolution have happened as planned and executed by God. Just because the writer hasn’t seen it in his 53 years doesn’t mean anything. The Bible tells us that God did all his work in six days, but sure doesn’t tell us how long each of those “time frames” was. Evidently they were long days to fill 4.54 billion years.
As for Adam and Eve, who definitely were not monkeys, we also don’t know at all what race they were. But no matter which one they were it sure doesn’t explain the evolution of man into Caucasian white, African black, Native American Red, or Oriental Yellow, amongst others. The point is they all had to be one color to start with. What happened? It’s all part of the scheme of evolution.
And as for the notion that you can’t believe in science and God at the same time, that is absolute hogwash. If that writer would take his nose out of the Bible (which is a wonderful and powerful religious book) and not restrict his knowledge he might find that evolution is real, happens over millions and billions of years, just the way God planned it.
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