Jesus said, you shall know the tree by its fruit.?

Science, including the Theory of Evolution enabled great strides in human development.

Evolutionary theory has been put to practical use in several areas (Futuyma 1995; Bull and Wichman 2001). For example:

* Bioinformatics, a multi-billion-dollar industry, consists largely of the comparison of genetic sequences. Descent with modification is one of its most basic assumptions.
* Diseases and pests evolve resistance to the drugs and pesticides we use against them. Evolutionary theory is used in the field of resistance management in both medicine and agriculture (Bull and Wichman 2001).
* Evolutionary theory is used to manage fisheries for greater yields (Conover and Munch 2002).
* Artificial selection has been used since prehistory, but it has become much more efficient with the addition of quantitative trait locus mapping.
* Knowledge of the evolution of parasite virulence in human populations can help guide public health policy (Galvani 2003).
* Sex allocation theory, based on evolution theory, was used to predict conditions under which the highly endangered kakapo bird would produce more female offspring, which retrieved it from the brink of extinction (Sutherland 2002).

Phylogenetic analysis, which uses the evolutionary principle of common descent, has proven its usefulness:

* Tracing genes of known function and comparing how they are related to unknown genes helps one to predict unknown gene function, which is foundational for drug discovery (Branca 2002; Eisen and Wu 2002; Searls 2003).
* Phylogenetic analysis is a standard part of epidemiology, since it allows the identification of disease reservoirs and sometimes the tracking of step-by-step transmission of disease. For example, phylogenetic analysis confirmed that a Florida dentist was infecting his patients with HIV, that HIV-1 and HIV-2 were transmitted to humans from chimpanzees and mangabey monkeys in the twentieth century, and, when polio was being eradicated from the Americas, that new cases were not coming from hidden reservoirs (Bull and Wichman 2001). It was used in 2002 to help convict a man of intentionally infecting someone with HIV (Vogel 1998). The same principle can be used to trace the source of bioweapons (Cummings and Relman 2002).
* Phylogenetic analysis to track the diversity of a pathogen can be used to select an appropriate vaccine for a particular region (Gaschen et al. 2002).
* Ribotyping is a technique for identifying an organism or at least finding its closest known relative by mapping its ribosomal RNA onto the tree of life. It can be used even when the organisms cannot be cultured or recognized by other methods. Ribotyping and other genotyping methods have been used to find previously unknown infectious agents of human disease (Bull and Wichman 2001; Relman 1999).
* Phylogenetic analysis helps in determining protein folds, since proteins diverging from a common ancestor tend to conserve their folds (Benner 2001).

Directed evolution allows the "breeding" of molecules or molecular pathways to create or enhance products, including:

* enzymes (Arnold 2001)
* pigments (Arnold 2001)
* antibiotics
* flavors
* biopolymers
* bacterial strains to decompose hazardous materials.

The evolutionary principles of natural selection, variation, and recombination are the basis for genetic algorithms, an engineering technique that has many practical applications, including aerospace engineering, architecture, astrophysics, data mining, drug discovery and design, electrical engineering, finance, geophysics, materials engineering, military strategy, pattern recognition, robotics, scheduling, and systems engineering (Marczyk 2004).

Clearly this shows that the Theory of Evolution yields good fruit, and therefore following Jesus' teachings, the Theory of Evolution itself is good.
Why do fundamentalists not obey Jesus and accept the Theory of Evolution?

Did you honestly think anyone was going to READ all that?

I'm on YOUR side, and even *I* am not touching that...

because Jesus was not talking about evolution a made up theory of man to explain away God.


Jesus was talking about human beings

what they do reveals the true state of their heart.

Jesus would not back evolution since he said and told moses he created every thing in 6 literal earth days.

A "tree by it's Fruit"...

Is that a reference to Gay lumberjacks ???

What the Rev said.

That's it baffle em to win them over.

no it isnt since lies arent good.....CREATION IS THE TRUTH.....TOO LONG...

i can't read this lol i agree with reverend..~

Two major logic errors !!

There are very bad things that came out of it too. Should we ban vaccines because some people have died from them.

And Jesus said MORE than just that. He said
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female鈥?(Mark 10:6) for example.

IFyou call a witness and only accept partial testimony, you get thrown out of court. "Thanks, Jesus, you're dismissed...I said dismissed !"

:)

In your own study, you answered the question. God is all good and perfect. You site such words as parasites, bacteria, HIV, artificial, etc. God didn't create anything "bad". But, let's forget the debate. If you would spend more time having a relationship with God, getting to know Him, then all your wondering would cease to exist. Why? He will speak to you openly and plainly. Yup, God has a Voice and is real. People who debate and are always trying to "solve" the mystery, simply show their ignorance that they never took the time to KNOW God. You believe more in men's knowledge, but little in the fact that you never dared to see for yourself if God is real. Talk. Open your mouth and ask Him yourself what is true or not. You have the ability to have a relationship with an Omnipotent Being. Dare you try?