I am going to reveal some things about my thinking here and some might think I am putting myself down, but I am not intending to. I am only trying to attempt to explain my thinking.
I do have my own thoughts and feelings about things, but can't always explain them the way I want to.
I have taken different IQ tests and score between 129 -137, depending on the test. Oops! I just remembered that on one test, I scored 120. Sometimes I scored higher than other times because some of the questions happened to be about something I knew about. In my opinion.
So, one would think that with a little above average score, I should be able to grasp somethings, that for some reason, I have never been able to grasp. Or at least hold onto it for very long.
One of these such things is the theory of evolution.
I do believe in evolution, but where it conflicts with my religious beliefs, therein lies the problem. However, I think that had I never been taught about creation, I still wouldn't be able to grasp everything I have been told about evolution.
It is the evolution of man that gives me the trouble.
You see, I believe man has evolved over many, many years. I do believe the earth is billions of years old. I think the most widely thought, is at least five or six billion years old. I think mankind is certainly older than several thousand of years that is taught by most "creationists".
I know why I think some of these things, but mostly because it is just common sense to me.
Basically, I think God set the whole thing in motion, and then evolution took over.
To put things simply; I don't think that man evolved from the sea, although, I do think life did. If that makes any sense the way I am stating it. I am refering to life in general. Living things, but that doesn't neccessarily mean "human" life.
I would go as far as to say that we might be related to apes, because there seems to be some similarities.
But, I don't believe we ever came from fish.
( I remember being taught that in sixth grade, and my mind totally turned off that concept! )
For a little over a year now, I have been trying to read up on evolution. There are some problems in my ability to comprehend it fully.
Sometimes, it is a matter of terminology. If I have to look up words I am not familiar with, (which seems to come up a lot when studying on evolution ), then I get distracted from the concept because I am trying to learn the meaning of new words.
I am interested in evolution and want to learn more about it , because I would like to at least understand what each side of the issue is trying to say, so that I can have an opinion.
So, please tell me this. They have books called.. "the computer for Dummies, they have so many things that say for Dummies.... Tell me, Do they have books on Evolution for Dummies?
Maybe that is where I need to start!...
