From a very early age (at Sunday school), I have always questioned some people's belief that, for instance, a 'being' came along, got some materials together and fashioned a human being ! This was at the age of around 7 years old. I have always been taught to ask questions - about anything!
It seemed obvious, to me at that tender age, that the human being just could not have been 'manufactured' and presented to the earth as a finished article!
I have read all sorts of books about such things, and watched so many fascinating documentaries on the TV about how the human being came to exist on earth, and it wasn't through being moulded from a lump of plasticine or similar! The human being, and other species evolved initially from very basic living cells, and from an existence beneath the sea. During this evolution, certain species carried on evolving, whilst others stagnated at a certain stage of evolution, for various reasons - adapting to environment, conditions like climate, etc., hence the differences between species that we find today.
Another school of thought is that at one time Mars was inhabited, but those inhabitants realised that their planet was 'dying', so they searched for another planet that could support them - they found Earth, moved here, and set up home.
They, being fairly territorial, split into different 'groups', some of which 'cloned' the apes so that these creatures could become 'the fighting force' to protect that particular group against any other 'group' which may want to take over an area. This strange thought would possibly account for certain similarities between the human being and the ape, as we know them today. The original 'Martians' would have been far more advanced than anything we know about at present.
This last thought is really as vast a subject as the 'evolution' subject, and therefore really needs a thread to itself. No I aint starting one, I really haven't got the knowledge or inclination.
As an after-thought, no Spot I am not providing 'links', or checkable evidence to back up all the above, they are merely my own thoughts about things that I find fairly intriguing. No doubt you may be able to shoot me down in flames, but I really don't care. They are
my thoughts !
It is healthy to question everything !
I do believe............................... I believe in myself !
