I found this IDiotic list on a creationist’s Youtube account (sorry, can’t remember the name) and thought it might be fun answering. So here we go;
1. Where did the space for the uni-verse come from?
Who says it came from somewhere?
2. Where did matter come from?
Who says it came from somewhere?
3. Where did the laws of the uni-verse come from? (Gravity, Inertia, Thermodynamics etc)
The “laws of the universe” are descriptive, not prescriptive. They are what they are.
4. How did matter get so perfectly organised?
In what way is it perfectly organised?
5. Where did the energy come from to do all that organizing?
Who says it came from anywhere?
6. When, where, why, and how did life come from dead inanimate matter?
Abiogenesis is an ongoing field of research. However, complex chemical reactions do not seem far from primitive forms of life.
7. When, where, why, and how did life learn to reproduce?
Asexual reproduction is not much more than self replicating chemical reactions.
8. With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?
Members of the opposite sex.
9. Why would any plant or animal want to reproduce more of its kind since this would only make more mouths to feed and decrease the chances for survival? (Does the individual have a drive to survive, or the species? How do you explain this?)
A species with a greater population in comparison to other species will have a greater chance of survival, even if the individuals may not.
10. How can mutations (recombining the genetic code) create any new, improved species? (Recombining English letters will never produce Chinese books)
Changes result in variations, environmental pressures will decide which of those mutations are beneficial. (Why is Chinese better than English?)
11. Is it possible that similarities in design between different unrelated animals prove they had a common designer instead of a common ancestor?
Sure, but conversely is it possible that differences in design of unrelated animals prove they had different designers: radial symmetry verses bilaterally symmetrical for example.
12. Natural selection only works with the genetic information available and tends only to keep a species stable. How would you explain the increasing complexity in the genetic code required to ‘evolve’ all the species?
Why does natural selection only keep the population stable? Mutations do not always result in increased complexity of the genetic code.
13. When, where, why, and how did
a)single-celled plants become multi-celled?
b)two and three celled ‘intermediates’ evolve?
c)single-celled animals evolve?
d)fish change to amphibians?
e)amphibians change to reptiles?
f)reptiles change to birds? (the lungs, bones, eyes, reproductive organs, heart, method of locomotion, body covering,etc are all very different!)
g)intermediate forms live?
Do some reading. Oh, and we are all intermediate species between out parents and our children.
14. When, where, why, how, and from what did
a)whales evolve?
b)sea horses evolve?
c)bats evolve?
d)eyes evolve?
e)ears evolve?
f)hair, skin, feathers, scales, nails, claws etc. evolve?
Do the research yourself. I am not going to hand you volumes of research on a silver platter when you could find it yourself. Besides, you probably wouldn’t read it anyway.
15. Which evolved first? (how, and how long, did it work without the others)
a)the digestive system, the food to be digested, the appetite, the ability to find and eat the food, the digestive juices, or the body’s resistance to it’s own digestive juice (stomachs, intestines, etc)?
All together.
b)The drive to reproduce, or the ability to reproduce?
Together.
c)The lungs, the mucus lining to protect them, the throat, or the perfect mixture of gases to be breathed into the lungs?
Together.
d)DNA, or RNA to carry the DNA message to cell parts?
RNA (from my understanding).
e)The termite, or the flagellates living in its intestines that actually digest the cellulose?
Together.
f)The plants, or the insects that live on and pollinate the plants?
Together,
g)The bones, ligaments, tendons, blood supply, or muscles to move the bones?
Together.
h)The nervous system, repair system, or hormone system?
Together.
i)The immune system, or the need for it?
Together.
Many of these are extensions of the predator/prey relationship.
16. There are many thousands of examples of simbiosis that defy an evolutionary explanation. Why must we teach students that evolution is the only explanation for these relationships?
Symbiosis (note correct spelling) are instances where predator/prey have “decided” that their chances of survival are best served when working together.
17. How would evolution explain mimicry? Did the plants and animals develop mimicry by chance, by their intelligent choice, or by design?
By chance, but selected for.
18. When, where, why, and how did man evolve feelings? Love, mercy, guilt etc. would never evolve in the theory of evolution.
Like many other species we work in communities to increase our chances of survival. In our case (and possible others) this has resulted in being able to predict the reactions of others to our actions.
19. How did photosynthesis evolve?
I do not know, but that does not mean it was magic.
20. How did thought evolve?
Our advantage for survival is the ability to predict the world around us. It is far from perfect and often misfires.
21. How did flowering plants evolve, and from what?
Flowers are the sexual organs of plants. Plants evolved sex like the rest of us.
22. What kind of evolutionist are you? Why are you not one of the other 8 or 10 kinds?
WTF are you talking about?
23. What would you have said 80 years ago if I told you I had a living coelacanth in my aquarium?
I would have asked to see it.
24. Is there one clear prediction of macro evolution that has proved true?
Yes – all of them.
25. What is so scientific about the idea of hydrogen gas becoming human?
Hydrogen gas not not evolve into a human being, but parts of you are hydrogen.
26. Do you honestly believe that everything came from nothing?
No – it’s the theists who believe that.
