PROBLEM WITH THEORIES

Sir,

Having a theory about anything is like trying to put together a puzzle with pieces you have been collecting from various places. There is absolutely no certainty as to what picture will finally emerge if and when you do finally finish it.

It’s no wonder that in some instances the picture which does emerge may be in complete contrast to reality and yet some people become convinced that the picture does in fact represent reality, no matter how distorted it may be.

Charles Darwin’s ‘theory’ of evolution for example, suggests that life began by mere chance and that the living organisms somehow just came into being and then evolved over time to become the various life forms on earth.

Over time, so called ‘evidence’ consisting mainly of bones and bone fragments have been discovered and pieced together by scientists in an attempt to validate the theory as the actual transformation of one species of animal into completely new species which has never been observed, nor is there any evidence which suggests that this may be happening in the present time.

But are bone fragments alone enough to validate evolution as being credible enough to be promoted as fact? We are often told that pieced together skeletons resembling those of apes actually belong to our early ancestors and that those of the dinosaurs were the ancestors of birds, although I am not sure if this includes penguins.

However, much of the so called ‘evidence’ has been based on fraudulent fabrications which only bring into question the credibility of the entire theory of evolution itself, such as the ‘archaeoraptor fossil scandal’ which was even promoted by the National Geographic magazine as being the ‘missing link’ between birds and dinosaurs.

‘ Piltdown man’ was another example of fraudulent evidence being put forward as ‘evidence’ for the so called ‘missing link’ between apes and humans until it was discovered that it was actually the top of a human skull that had been attached to the jaws of an orangutan. Something that also had been done with another human ape missing link which was known as ‘Java man’.

These are just some of the numerous cases where fraudulent evidence was put forward to try and validate a theory which is said to be scientific fact even though it has been substantiated by observable proof. This theory is now found in the text books of most schools, including those where religious stusies were banned.

Swazi citizen
  

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