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Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 6:06am On Nov 22, 2015 |
Evolution is a broad topic, and an agendum for religion to trample on. But are humans really evolving? I would say yes and no. Is evolution hereditary NO. Is evolution confined to certain tribe and races? Ummm that's a hard sale but yes. Most people understand evolution only in a biological context, but is the word "Evolution" confined to the journals of biology? Another bigger NO. Evolution could be defined as "a progression of change often branching and diversifying in the process" Now that we are clear on what evolution is really about, let's discuss on a broader note. We were often told Africa is the cradle of civilization, what we failed yet to understand is that civilization is no longer a baby clunching on feeders, civilization is a matured man with family and responsibilities.there has been enormous and tremendous change so diverse it affects our life positively, it was a burden centuries ago travelling from Nigeria to Burundi, but is an ease now.i asked if evolution is confined to certain tribes or races or hereditary I conform with affirmation.the Arabs, Europeans, Americans, all agree evolution is not a hard sale, but a way of life.unlike Africa with a different mentality entirely. Religion as a way of life.i am not trying to convince anyone into disbelieving in what you believe in. But ask yourself this simple question, were you able to power your phone, cook your meals, set schedules because religion as a way of life taught you so? It's a rhetorical question everyone knows the answer. Technology is a branching process of evolution and is shaping our world today, human resources development is a diversifying branching process of evolution, these branches of evolution are responsible for our day to day coordination and activities. Responsible for accommodating life threatening issues.centuries ago disease, flood and pestilence was regarded as an act of punishment from a superior being.but the diversying effect of evolution made those gods false gods.i will be limited to specifications, but in Africa those gods are still responsible for our day to day activities.Africans have been religious, various religions thriving in their own unique way, bringing balance and chaos at the same time. We care less about the future because God has taken care of it for us. We worry less about research and development when we have got "God" on speed dial.he answers whenever he wants or likes not when he is needed. But in Africa it is understood as God's time, which is perfect. I fault that ideology, I asked a friend a very logical question. I was walking him home and we stopped some metres to his Avenue, and I asked him "if you received a distress call right away that there is an ongoing onslaught and your family is in harms way, and it would take you lesser time calling them on the phone than running to the house informing them, you have a phone, good signal, enough call card, and you tried to connect your family warning them of the imminent danger and the call never connects, for no reason explainable. You avoided the danger but your family never did because they were unaware of such, would you call that an act of God, or rather God's timing. He blasted hell no its a fucking technical problem from my service provider and they faulty .Now ask an African if his /her God can be faulty hell no . not so long ago Africa was ravaged with another act of punishment from God, developed climes understood it as epidemic. They spent countless hours in the lab trying to bring ease, comfort and stability to Africa because of the diversying branches of evolution. But in Africa we took to altars and spiritual centres, chanting, beseeching, calling on almost every known deity on earth for a miraculous cure. But what do we know, God can't be wrong, it's his timing.we relaxed it will all pass away like a storm, we locked the doors of our labs and swung open the doors of spiritual centres, but inadvertently servants dedicated to the dictates of God were not spared, as sinners were dying, so were saints, Godly men.days turned into weeks and the epidemic ravaging an entire continent.countries shut borders, surprisingly the two most sought pilgrim destination, famous for miraculous healing fountains or remains of Saints started rejecting visa, imposing strict laws against anyone from Africa regardless whether you believe your God resides in their country or not . we were impatient for God's timing, we cried out to the world seeking relevant help. They responded swiftly but unsuccessful at first, they tried again and again and again until they got it right,the branches of evolution guided their actions and subsequent victory in subduing a vicious epidemic . after victory came celebrations we instantly forgot we were saved by branches of evolution as a way life not religion, we forgot the role evolution played in curbing the tenacious Valor of God. Animals were slaughtered, offerings were made to the same God we couldn't wait on. We dedicated the victory to his sole majesty. Surgeon spends countless hours trying to remove a tumour or separate conjoined twins, after successful attempt religion wins again.religion is the celebrated hero of Africa, but we have waited too long, hoped and believed all our problems in Africa will have a miraculous ending. Famine, diseases, flood, civil unrest, malnourishment and poverty cannot be solved in the pages of religious books but by evolution. Africans walk with God on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and dine the Devil all weekdays. Balance and chaos. The easiest means to wealth is through religious association or ownership in Africa, not long working hours required by evolved countries . In Nigeria accidents around the 9th,10th, 11th and 12th month are attributed to satanic manipulations. Their insatiable thirst for human blood unquenchable. Months ago a top Government official blamed the epileptic power supply to satanic machinations . Singapore, Malaysia, Japan. China, Isreal, USA, Britain, Germany, Russia, but to mention a few adopted a common template as a way of life, Evolution.only a fool does the same thing countless times and expect different results. We have tried and tested religion. Let's try evolution in a smaller scale and weigh between evolution and religion as a way of life . Religion does not entertain questions they quash it but questions are the bane for success of evolution. Formal education in Nigeria is about learning to speak good English and write great articles.but it shouldn't be anymore, it should be churning not just technocrats but respectable voice in the world of evolution. Our great president wished to adopt the Singaporean template of life, I hope he adopts it in its entirety. If we evolve from being over religious to being over serious technocrats the world world fear and respect us. They already fear our strength, with an additionally added evolutionary power we would catch up with the rest of the world. Read more interesting articles on Olastouch..com 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Fadman4real(m): 8:00am On Nov 22, 2015 |
Is it evolution that brought about your phones, can you place carbon and silicon on the ground and after few decades, you would get a phone. Evolution is not science, it has no substansive proof, several scientists are religious including the current head of the human genome project in the US. |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by plaetton: 8:10am On Nov 22, 2015 |
Fadman4real:Poor comprehension skills. A good example of the very poor educational system just mentioned. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 12:16pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
plaetton: Thanks for your apt response.. I actually did define evolution broadly. I still wonder if religious text could answer or those same things. Like I said evolution entertains questions unlike religion. |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 12:17pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Fadman4real: And I hope your religious text brought about phone? Please read to digest.. |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Fadman4real(m): 12:26pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
plaetton: Lol. Only if you knew me, we all learn about evolution in schools and we learnt about the story of creation in churches. So your thread makes no sense whatsoever |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Fadman4real(m): 12:29pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Logicalsoul: So evolution brought you yours, science and religion are not in conflict it is only people that makes it sound like that, some great scientists were belivers. I only claimed that learning evolution or not doesn't change anything. |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by plaetton: 12:36pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Logicalsoul: I was referring the Nigerian-educated ignorant fadman4real. 97% to 99.9% of scientists in the entire world accept the theory of evolution. The theory has withstood 150 yrs of rigorous scientific testing, without a single refutation. The theory of evolution has practical applications bin fields of medicine, drug discovery, agriculture, genetic research, anthropology, paleontology, etc. Only modern brainfxxxd religiotards have a deep ongoing trouble with the theory of evolution, and for obvious reasons. 1 Like |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by plaetton: 12:46pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Fadman4real: And what you.learn in church defines your worldview? That makes you the equivalent of a medieval churchtian , not a modern human. I wonder why church doesn't produce medicines for you or hybrid high-yielding crops to feed you. 1 Like |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Fadman4real(m): 1:09pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
plaetton: Evolution produces medicines for you and hybrid high-yielding crops which feed you. |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 1:13pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Fadman4real: I see your problem, you refusing to accept religion is obsolete.. I did not define evolution in biological context, read the article again. Education sometimes does not make one knowledgeable.. 1 Like |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 1:17pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Fadman4real: Evolution could be defined as "a progression of change often branching and diversifying in the process.. I wasn't talking about fish evolving into man.. We could discuss evolution on biological context on a different thread. Don't be an educated fool. |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Fadman4real(m): 1:18pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
plaetton: Firstly it is 99.9 percent of american earth and life scientists that belief in evolution not all scientists in the world. Let me list a few of the notable scientists who have changed the world and do not belief in evolution Gerald E. Aardsma (physicist and radiocarbon dating) Louis Agassiz (helped develop the study of glacial geology and of ichthyology) Alexander Arndt (analytical chemist, etc.) [more info] Steven A. Austin (geologist and coal formation expert) [more info] Charles Babbage (helped develop science of computers / developed actuarial tables and the calculating machine) Francis Bacon (developed the Scientific Method) Thomas G. Barnes (physicist) [more info] Robert Boyle (helped develop sciences of chemistry and gas dynamics) Wernher von Braun (pioneer of rocketry and space exploration) David Brewster (helped develop science of optical mineralogy) Arthur V. Chadwick (geologist) [more info] Melvin Alonzo Cook (physical chemist, Nobel Prize nominee) [more info] Georges Cuvier (helped develop sciences of comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology) Humphry Davy (helped develop science of thermokinetics) Donald B. DeYoung (physicist, specializing in solid-state, nuclear science and astronomy) [more info] Henri Fabre (helped develop science of insect entomology) Michael Faraday (helped develop science of electromagnetics / developed the Field Theory / invented the electric generator) Danny R. Faulkner (astronomer) [more info] Ambrose Fleming (helped develop science of electronics / invented thermionic valve) Robert V. Gentry (physicist and chemist) [more info] Duane T. Gish (biochemist) [more info] John Grebe (chemist) [more info] Joseph Henry (invented the electric motor and the galvanometer / discovered self-induction) William Herschel (helped develop science of galactic astronomy / discovered double stars / developed the Global Star Catalog) George F. Howe (botanist) [more info] D. Russell Humphreys (award-winning physicist) [more info] James P. Joule (developed reversible thermodynamics) Johann Kepler (helped develop science of physical astronomy / developed the Ephemeris Tables) John W. Klotz (geneticist and biologist) [more info] Leonid Korochkin (geneticist) [more info] Lane P. Lester (geneticist and biologist) [more info] Carolus Linnaeus (helped develop sciences of taxonomy and systematic biology / developed the Classification System) Joseph Lister (helped develop science of antiseptic surgery) Frank L. Marsh (biologist) [more info] Matthew Maury (helped develop science of oceanography/hydrography) James Clerk Maxwell (helped develop the science of electrodynamics) Gregor Mendel (founded the modern science of genetics) Samuel F. B. Morse (invented the telegraph) Isaac Newton (helped develop science of dynamics and the discipline of calculus / father of the Law of Gravity / invented the reflecting telescope) Gary E. Parker (biologist and paleontologist) [more info] Blaise Pascal (helped develop science of hydrostatics / invented the barometer) Louis Pasteur (helped develop science of bacteriology / discovered the Law of Biogenesis / invented fermentation control / developed vaccinations and immunizations) William Ramsay (helped develop the science of isotopic chemistry / discovered inert gases) John Ray (helped develop science of biology and natural science) Lord Rayleigh (helped develop science of dimensional analysis) Bernhard Riemann (helped develop non-Euclidean geometry) James Simpson (helped develop the field of gynecology / developed the use of chloroform) Nicholas Steno (helped develop the science of stratigraphy) George Stokes (helped develop science of fluid mechanics) Charles B. Thaxton (chemist) [more info] William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) (helped develop sciences of thermodynamics and energetics / invented the Absolute Temperature Scale / developed the Trans-Atlantic Cable) Larry Vardiman (astrophysicist and geophysicist) [more info] Leonardo da Vinci (helped develop science of hydraulics) Rudolf Virchow (helped develop science of pathology) A.J. (Monty) White (chemist) [more info] A.E. Wilder-Smith (chemist and pharmacology expert) [more info] John Woodward (helped develop the science of paleontology) And noteworthy the head of the Human Genome Project in United States Francis Collins is a christian. The study of plants, animals, climate doesnt have anything to do with evolution. with all the advancement of science evolution scientists cannot still create a living cell from non living things. I am supposed to just belief that somehow 8000 chemicals arranged themselves to form a DNA, wow that is just crazy. |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 1:18pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Fadman4real: And when ebola was ravaging Africa did the cures come from religious alters or scientific labs? 2 Likes |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 1:20pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Fadman4real: You are the definition of the kind of education I described in the article... |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by plaetton: 1:22pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Logicalsoul: Particularly the Nigerian Education. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by plaetton: 1:26pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Logicalsoul: This is the very sad thing. This guy can obviously read and write, but he can't think. These are the remnants of colonial education in Africa, where the educational curriculum is designed to produce clerks, not thinkers. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by herald9: 1:39pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Logicalsoul, your article is broadly superb. Nice work, bro. Are you same as Logicalmind or Logicalmindy? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 1:42pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
herald9: No sir, different personalities I appreciate your confidence |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 1:43pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
plaetton:Hahahahahahaha People like him would spend 6 months reading a 500 page journal and 11 hours reading religious text. The difference is clear 1 Like |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by plaetton: 2:03pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
Logicalsoul: And to show you how VERY IGNORANT and very DISHONEST he is, he posts that Micheal Faraday didn't believe in evolution. Micheal Faraday was neither a biologist, botanist or zoologist, and certainly did not make any refutation of Darwin's theory, which was published 6 years before his(Faraday's ) death in 1867. Forgetting, of course that most people, scientists or not, were creationist before the publication of Darwin's The Origin Of Species and the Descent Of Man. In fact, Darwin's "The Descent Of Man" was published in 1871, 4 yrs after the death of Faraday. This same cut and paste non-thinker is ignorant of the fact that Robert Boyle died in 1691, more than 270 yrs before Darwin published his first paper on the evolution. ![]() Johannes Keppler died in 1630, 230 yrs before Darwin's first publication. Francis Bacon died in 1626, 234 yrs before Darwin's first publication. And so on and so forth. 1 Like |
Re: Religion Or Evolution As A Template Of Life For Africa by Logicalsoul(m): 2:44pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
plaetton: This is the end result when religion is your driver. Religion is like java phone competing with likes of Ios and android 2 Likes |
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