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To: JDN who wrote (124224)	7/9/2005 12:09:55 PM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794387

I dont think Darwins survival of the fittest by itself can explain the diverse nature of plant and animal life we have today. While I forget the exact estimate of when life first appeared here, I do know that 100 million, or a 1000 million years is a long time. Longer than I can put into perspective. Long enough for the Rockies to form and be eroded away to nothing one grain of sand at a time, and then do it all over again (and again and again). Beliefs are personal and whatever helps one thru the night is okay by me. ARS

To: JDN who wrote (124224)	7/9/2005 12:56:47 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794387

JDN, We can even put God into the limelight before life began. Even if one believes in the "Big Bang" theory of the beginning of the universe, some omnipotent deity had to bring the element for the explosion together, and provide the ignition source. Something cannot come from nothing.

To: JDN who wrote (124224)	7/9/2005 7:35:33 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794387

Was was it that caused that SPARK of life to be generated from the primieval soup of our planet and to develop into life as we know it today. That is not evolution, but abiogenesis. Progress is being made on that front. Stay tuned. I dont think Darwins survival of the fittest by itself can explain the diverse nature of plant and animal life we have today. Natural selection is only one mechanism that "guides" evolution. Biologist have lively debates about the relative importance of the known possible mechanisms. But that is a bit irrelevant, the important point is that support for common descent is very strong, and gets stronger with each new genome sequenced. Both you and the plants in your yard share a common ancestor.