Re: Why are Muslims against Evolution?!?
I think we are talking about two different things.
Your talking about how Amino Acids formed into Proteins and further into single celled and then multi cellular creatures. Its the very basis of creation. I mean we can take it as far back as we like and it only gets more and more complex. Insert God into the equation if you like, I do. I mean, I admit I dont know why one Amino acid was predominant, divine providence?
Even scientists are only now beginning to understand how Amino acids first formed and how they formed to become Proteins. Why proteins and not something else? Perhaps those were the molecules most in abundance in the soup of creation… Serendipity perhaps.
Evolution as from my understanding pertains to differentiation of established organisms into varying degrees of complexity, with a given environment. How those organisms formed on a molecular level is yet to be fully understood. And most scientists will admit as much.
We are however getting closer to understand the process.
Scientists Create First Synthetic Bacterial Genome -- Largest Chemically Defined Structure Synthesized In The Lab | ScienceDaily
None the less, a lack of answers to your questions does not diminish the theory itself. Questions are there to be answered, not to act as validation of ones doubts. An absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. While we cant at this point answer all the questions, we do have answers to many others.
My point is that there is an abundance of evidence that proves the veracity of Evolution. All these disciplines perfectly compliment each other… At some point one as to simply say, there is just to much evidence for this not to be true. Fossil record for example, at some point, one has to admit, that two animals, with multiple anatomical similarities are very likely to be related.
The other theories you mentioned arent MIGHTS, they ARE. We do find transitional creatures, we do understand the genetics of differentiation, etc. All of these other observations only add weight to the existing theory, they dont diminish it. All those things I mentioned above only add weight to the understanding that creatures evolve.
Again, I use my analogy of the criminal in court. If their is only one piece of evidence that might link a person to a crime, you would have reason to doubt, but MULTIPLE corroborating evidence, is more then enough to convict anyone.
The TURNIP theory is weakened by the fact that its a stand alone theory not strengthened by it. If there is no other corroborating evidence to show we all sprouted out of the ground, then how can anyone assume that we are all descendants of turnips? On the other hand, if you showed me how we are genetically similar to turnips, and show me anatomically that we share features with turnips, and you show me evidence that its possible for us to mutate from turnips into Humans and into other vegetables, then I would say we have genuine science here, and possibly, if no one can prove you wrong, you will be acknowledged as being right. Thats Evolution and thats science. Show us evidence that something is true, otherwise prove it wrong. So far, no other explanation is plausible, and evidence has only increased to establish its validity.
And I dont mean to mock anyone, but people who dont believe in evolution, often do literally believe we simply sprouted out of the earth. Now that to me sounds rather ridiculous, and doesnt make any sense what so ever.
And yeah, I suppose we the mammals and all vegetables have evolved from a VERY distant common ancestor, after all, the Vegetables share the same building blocks we do.