Evolution - A serious question.

[One Brow]

I have a question. Have humans changed their evolutionary history via their intellect?

If that's true, it's nothing new. Fish have used their superior inteligence over other sea anaimals to change their evolutionary "history" (by which I presume you mean future) for hundreds of millions of years.

Over time, individuals that may be susceptible to certain mutations that are deadly, such as cancer, die out leaving a specie which is stronger and less prone to said mutation. We, as humans, have decided that even the weakest among us can be saved and are actively fighting to eradicate these mutations.

It's a fair argument to say we have used our technological abilities to change our environment to a degree where our evolutionary future may be altered. ?That's a standard feedback mechanism.

Conversely, mutations that may eventually strengthen our specie are also fought against.

I would distinguish between "fought against" and "given no preference".

Humans are the first specie on the planet to be able to change the course of their evolution. Ultimately this may lead to the downfall of the specie.

99.9% of species die out. I like our odds better if we try to shape our own destiny.

 

[The-Joker]

Your quote supports me.
Intelligent Design says evolution is a directed process and not a random one.

You just keep strumming that banjo and sacrificing goats.

 

[PearlWatson]

It is entirely compatible to say God used undirected processes to create humans. Therefore, merely saying God usedevolution to create humans is not sufficients to say the belief is in intellegent design.

An ape probably wouldn't understand this but if God is involved then the process is not undirected.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

It's pretty simple really.

Everything evolves.

There is TroutBum. Then, there is SalmonHobo.

 

[One Brow]

An ape probably wouldn't understand this but if God is involved then the process is not undirected.

Why? God can't create an undirectd process? I thought God was omnipotent?

 

[PearlWatson]

Not necessarily. There are gibbons which are considered "lesser apes" and the aforementioned "great apes" which includes chimps, gorillas and humans. Orangutans kind of fall into their own special catagory but are oft times referred to as "great apes". As you can see, not all apes are "great apes".

So there is no species called ape?

Are "Greater Apes" and "Lesser Apes" an order, a family, or a genus classification?

 

[PearlWatson]

Why? God can't create an undirectd process? I thought God was omnipotent?

He can but there is no evidence that He did.

 

[The-Joker]

He can but there is no evidence that He did.

How can he? Doesn't god have to follow the rules? He probably gets to create the rules, but once he creates them doesn't he have to follow them.

 

[PearlWatson]

How can he? Doesn't god have to follow the rules? He probably gets to create the rules, but once he creates them doesn't he have to follow them.

The guy who thinks he is an ape said he thinks God is omnipotent.

 

[Agoxlea]

He can but there is no evidence that He did.

There is no evidence that he can.

 

[One Brow]

So there is no species called ape?

Are "Greater Apes" and "Lesser Apes" an order, a family, or a genus classification?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape#Classification_and_evolution

He can but there is no evidence that He did.

There's no evidence any putative God created any process, at all.

At any rate, when you said "if God is involved then the process is not undirected", you didn't really mean it. Cool.

 

[Scat]

An ape probably wouldn't understand this but if God is involved then the process is not undirected.

I think that God sets the wheels in motion and may even intervene at times but he does not micro-manage the entire process. Ever hear of free agency? It's kind of a big deal in the Bible regarding God's, Jesus' and Lucifer's relationship.