Sarae.the.wannabe.chemist2

@exchemist I read it. It said that humans came long after many animals, so we weren't the very first creatures here. Now that I think about it, the bible says birds and sea creatures come before us, so it's possible there are creatures older than people.

Well, I thought it was okay because he seemed to not be biased when combining things and making them make sense in both a biblical and scientific sense, but maybe that was the way my brain processed it while I was barely functioning on like 4hrs of sleep (I have insomnia). Then again, I watched it and asked questions before you told me it was likely nonsense.

@exchemist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZaILgnjBOBiXFM_l_fOR-pTiedKORWL&si=V4azAJJGRHH1mHH5 That's the link I copied for the playlist. I only watched the first one about interpreting Genesis scientifically. Oh yeah, about all of those lion farms you saw...yeah it's kinda hard to find him with a channel name search haha. I typed in "paleolithic Africa" and his video popped up. Also, can we not get so violent in here? Science and religion-specifically christianity- can go together. I understand there are questions no one can answer yet, but let's not be angry at each other. Instead, discuss things civilly or this forum will go to the trashcan. There's too many good discussions happening for that.

The church added up all genealogies and came up with approximately 6000 years since creation. @TheLionFarm @exchemist for you

@exchemisti understand how they think a little better now. Earlier today I watch a video that was 2hrs long that basically combined science and the first two chapter of Genesis to explain how the earth was formed scientifically and it seemed to kind of relate to what I just read up above. His YouTube channel is called TheLionFarm (it's some Christian lore behind the name) and his mission is to show how modern science and the Bible work together. Do you think it's a good idea to watch said content?

I think his point was spot on. When you read literature, you need to understand ALL of it, otherwise there's no reason to read it. I also think we look different because of what someone said about branching off. Sometimes people leave the main ancestor to start something new and things change. I could have misunderstood that and accidentally said it wrong though.

@studiot well, I think they came from the same place(s) as the people who were deemed honorable mentions. Maybe I should assume they have the same story as the ones we know of?

@exchemist yes I would like that. Update: soooo I just learned about carbon dating and how dating things by carbon actually exaggerates how long ago something was-basically makes things look older than what they are (average 9 year old on the internet lol). Does this mean we may have inaccurate dates or something?

@CharonY ohhhhh I think I get it.

@CharonY so am I overanalyzing it? Do I just ignore it?

@exchemist I think I'm starting to understand now just a little, but what exactly do the "other " Christians do to understand these things? Is there a process? I like the point you made about the other sciences and how we connect dots there. Also, I don't think every creationist conversation should be taken down. Some would argue that religion and science don't need to be at odds, we just make it that way. Though I could be a little biased...

@exchemist 😅 Yes but I tried to tone it down a bit this time. it was soooo difficult because it's my first time actually doing my own research and teaching myself history because that's just one of a million other things the American school system fails at (but that's another topic). I'm so sorry I'm actually not trying to be difficult I'm just sincerely trying to understand. That's my favorite thing in the world to do: understand EVERYTHING. It's how my brain works. Please help. I'm actually crying out for help it's frustrating to be confused.

@exchemist Hi! I remember you! But I was thinking of the first one- the gaps in fossil records. And how does everyone have completely different time frames for life? Like, MAJORLY different. For example, Christians (myself included) believe the earth is anywhere from 6-10 thousand years old because of the combined life spans of every human ever from Genesis, while seculars say millions or-ridiculously- billions of years old because they think the universe just magically appeared. This is rather confusing because I can't measure things or put them in chronological order properly. Like how do I line up the the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic age with Genesis with the drastic time differences?

@Phi for All nice points. Couldn't hurt to try it again, but it's just so many confusing things. Like how are there so many missing pieces to evolution? It's like there are more questions than answers.

@sethoflagos Thanks, things are finally starting to make sense. One thing that keeps tripping me up though is the use of the words genus, hominid, and evolve. It's not like I don't know what these words mean, it's just that they seem inappropriate when discussing literal HUMANS. I personally don't believe in evolution because 1. DNA can't just change out of nowhere in any circumstances and 2. Evolution's theory doesn't work because if humans were to have been evolved from apes, how come they're still here? And how do you classify humans by taxonomic standards? We're the same, just different colors.

@sethoflagos I just had this thought-a question, actually: should I study the paleolithic era by continent starting with Africa? You said that this era began at different times due to geographic differences, right? If that's true, wouldn't it make sense for me to study this topic from the first to last continent to experience this?

I appreciate all the help I've received over the past 2-3 days. It means a lot. I will diligently research each reply's answers carefully because this is very important to me. Thanks, and I don't mind being misgendered @pinball1970 ; I understand how that happened, seeing as you con across males 9/10.

Hi everyone! I understand this is for sciences that we talk about in the classroom because I have a main account (that forgot the password to so this is my backup. The name is the same as my main, but without the 2), but I was hoping this counts as a science like humanities or something. So, straight to the point, humans didn't just spawn and start making stone tools. So, how did we get to that point? There's a part in the middle of God making us and us and stuff like that to the paleolithic era that I'm not educated about and would like either your own knowledge/research because I've already tried to research, but I got nowhere. Please send help. Also, I'm in desperate need of channel recommendations on YouTube that are factual, mostly unbiased, and in-depth because I'm 15, not 5. Thank you.