Thread: How many fulfilled prophecies are found in The Origin of the SPecies?

Maybe he should have celled it Origin of the Theory

don't you realize all these movies coming out represent our past:

Planet of the Apes is a perfect example of Violet-Seeds incarnating from Atlantis.

Prophecies? From a science text? You've got your head stuck too deeply in religious thinking, I'm afraid.

There are lots of *predictions* made in the book, as you'd expect for any seminal work in a given theory which stands the test of time. There are also predictions that didn't turn out. That's also to be expected--nobody is perfect, no theory or hypothesis is perfect, and it's unreasonable to expect perfection of anything or anyone who doesn't claim it.

and still, they do not repent.

and still, they will not repent.
and still, they do not repent

see, it's WRITTEN that they don't / won't ... so that's WHY they don't / won't ... they ain't supposed to.

As many as are found in the bible.

The one about scientists finding transitional forms in the future seemed to be quite nicely fulfilled.

And the discovery of DNA and Genetics too...

There are hundreds of thousands but you have to be filled with the scientific spirit to see them.

there are no prophecies in science. there is only logic.
what is the origin of your theory?

There is no book called "The Origin of the Species".

You may be referring to the book "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin.

Actually, Darwin's principles have been used to predict the end to end fusion of two chromosomes (now known as Human Chromosome 2) in the human species. In other members of Hominidae, ie, other primates, there is an extra chromosome, but in humans, two chromosomes fused. Geneticists used Darwin's principles to find where these two chromosomes joined together (because in the centre of the chromosome, there is a pair of telomeres, which normally appear at the ends of chromosomes. In this way, evolutionary principles were applied to a problem and the result confirmed what was expected. The theory was confirmed by science that was unknown in Darwin's time. THis is not a prophecy coming true. It is just an example of how science puts forward an idea, and it is later confirmed by evidence.

However, the book is not a religious text. It would be like opening a copy of the phone book and expecting a prophecy and then looking to see if it came true.

People who don't believe in magic normally don't believe in prophecies. Unless you can prove to me the scientific evidence behind someone's ability to predict the future, I won't believe in prophecy.

.../facepalm.