Dear Dr.Singh, Darwin's theory is neither unnatural nor unscientific. It is widely accepted by most revered Scientists who actually know Science. It is very convenient for you to name Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson just two men( who by the way are so unimportant that Wikipedia has barely a few words on them) and ignore intellectual giants like Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Ernst Mayr and Stephen Gould who are Darwinists. Most Scientists today claim evolution is as much a fact as gravity. Which brings us to your question viz "..the earth is aged between 3.96 and 4.3 billion years. If earth is so old then how can man inhabited it after such a gigantic time gap?" My question to you is what makes you think the purpose of Earth,the Sun and the entire Universe infact is to make man's existence possible? The answer of course is human arrogance,to look at the world and assume it's created for you and your children, when in fact its not. We inhabit one planet among billions of planets. The entire human race can go extinct and the Universe would continue as if nothing had happened. Also if man has been on earth for billions of years did he come in contact with the Dinosaurs( who became extinct 65 million years ago afer occupying the earth for 160 million years)? And how did Man survive the meteor crash that killed all dinosaurs? Dont take on someone like Darwin who unlike you is one of the greatest men who ever lived.
RE:Religious Nonsense
by Gyan Vedi on Apr 14, 2008 09:37 PM Permalink
Actually dr satya has his heart in the right place ... i would rather consider the scientific method which said ram was born in 5000 BC ... in fact, if u read the whole documentary on this dating exercise, u will be more convinced about the historical correctness of Ram,as not only his birth, but his marriage, war with ravana are all dated and found coherent ... thanks
RE:Religious Nonsense
by on Apr 14, 2008 11:25 PM Permalink
As I read one of the articles long ago, dinosaurs could not survive as they could not adapt to change. The scientist, who wrote that article mentioned this in the context of "survival of fittest". As I have seen in the world outside India, I am very much sure that all that the firangis state (especially about India and its culture) is usally wrong. Thank God, I prefer belief over science sometimes as it gives me a sense of satisfaction. Even if I am wrong, I am wrong because of my belief, am not fooled by some cunning firangi.
RE:Religious Nonsense
by Vamshi Ghanapathi on Apr 14, 2008 09:39 PM Permalink
Anyone born abroad with a white skin is an intellectual. Indians of Macauly Education System, can hardly appreciate a brilliant piece of correlation, if written by an Indian. That surely exposes the pre fabricated notion, strictly engulfed in the fallacy and centuries of brainwash. Disown anything, said to be India, to be trumpeted as progressive.
RE:Religious Nonsense
by Masst Ram on Apr 14, 2008 09:53 PM Permalink
Anita,
You are talking to chumps on this message board. Most usenet kind discussions are also very prone to Godwin's law :)
How will these folk, who are so partisan, appreciate Darwin. Even less, how can anyone who applauds this really badly written piece have a coherent nerve in their cranium.
Forget Gould, Dawkins and Sagan - they havent even heard of them. A Nehru or a Raman would be appaled at the 'discussions' here. Save your energy and try zcommunications or egde.org, even pointofinquiry.com for some refreshing discussions.
RE:Religious Nonsense
by anita r on Apr 14, 2008 09:48 PM Permalink
So I should take the word of Dr.Singh commissioner of police, Nagpur over the word of a Richard Dawkins who is actually a Scientist just because Dr.Singh is Indian and dabbles in Ram's historicity when not fighting crime(his real job)? Evolution is a fact and only an idiot would claim that man dates back billions of years ago based on Religious literature. He's similar to Christian Theologists who claim that earth was created 5000 years ago as said in the Bible. I choose science over religion thank God for that!
RE:Religious Nonsense
by Gyan Vedi on Apr 14, 2008 09:53 PM Permalink
Good for u ... then read the Rig Veda and Upanishads, they are the only scientific religious books
The rig veda accurately predicts the speed of light (Verse 1.50) as also the exact time taken by light to reach earth from sun
