The Big Bang and evolution are real and have occured.

"Can you give any proof that the Big Bang theory is true?" I believe scientists have detected trace amounts of energy where there should be none in space, and mapped out such that the energy came from one source and one direction. Overall, I choose not to debate on the big bang. "Also, I have a few questions…" Undoubtedly "1. If life "evolved" on Earth to fit Earth's conditions, why hasn't life "evolved" on the moon or the Sun?" This is a very common theistic question. The reason why this question never seems to be resolved is simple. Evolutionists think differently from those who don't understand evolution, and those who don't tend to make assumptions. Take for example, the question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" Obviously there are hidden assumptions in this question. The same goes for why life hasn't evolved elsewhere. Theists believe that life is sacred and mystical, something inherently good to the universe. Scientifically speaking, life is just a specific biochemical process. There was nothing to guide life to forming, not even natural selection. Maybe it would help to think of life as "Chemical process 77728692" So why doesn't 77728692 occur on the sun or the moon? Same reason why there is no sound in space, or why gravity exists. The physical and chemical composition of the moon or sun makes it chemically impossible to carry out 77728692. It can carry out an infinite number of other processes from chemical process 00000001 to chemical process 99999999 for example. "2. How do you explain life by itself? Life and death seem too special and miraculous to have just occurred." That's usually where theists and scientists go at odds. If you have never really gotten a good answer in other debates before, this is probably why. Humans are fascinated by love, intelligence, life, and death, because for hundreds and thousands of years, they could not explain it. Tribes in Africa may worship those with lighters, mirrors, and scissors. However, we understand how these things work, and are not impressed. Similarly, we as a human species place too much unfounded awe and wonder on life and death. It carries over as part of our culture. If you sat down with a Zen master and really, REALLY thought about it, you would realize that you have no reason to see life or death as miraculous. In that case, Life is just a name for some chemical process that indeed happened at random. It's just that this random thing happens to be very important to us. Imagine this: A radioactive spider bit Peter Parker and he became spiderman. Spiderman is a very, VERY important superhero to the citizens of New York city because he fights crime, but this event happened purely at random. The fact that something is random does not mean it is not important. "3. How did humans evolve from apes? Did we just stop growing hair in some places and change the shape of our bodies all of a sudden?" 4. How do animals evolve? They can't evolve by choice. Does nature suddenly decide that one animal should change to fit its surroundings?" See, this is a very good question. Many people view evolution to be a sudden change in an individual while they are alive. Sort of like the game Pokemon. But that's not quite how evolution works. When DNA replicates, sometimes it mutates to cause changes. Some changes are good, some bad, some neutral. Some of the only have effect when combined with other changes. The problem is that a lot of people have trouble grasping the concept of time beyond 100 years. We're impatient people, we want to see results now. Most people don't understand evolution because they don't understand time. Humans did not evolve over a period of 100 years. Or even 1000 years. Or even 10000 years, which is beyond all recorded history. The entire history of mankind as we know is only about 10,000 years. MULTIPLY THAT BY TEN. That's all human history multiplied by 10. That's a lot of time. Think about it. That's enough time to live from the beginning of what we know about human culture all the way to today. Guess what? That's not enough. NOW MULTIPLY THAT BY 10 AGAIN. Now you can live through human history ONE HUNDRED TIMES. But guess what? That's still not enough. MULTIPLY IT BY FIVE AGAIN. You can live through all recorded human history FIVE HUNDRED TIMES. From the times of cavemen all the way to today. Human evolution took place over the span of five million years. During that time, these little mutations kept on building up. Genes changed and expressed different things. Some included new abilities that allowed them to pass on those new genes faster, because they could mate better. Eventually, this kept on going up until today. (I'm running out of characters so I had to keep it short) "Well, to directly answer your question, God has been here forever." I wasn't really asking you a question, because I knew the answer already. In fact, I even answered my own question in my first post. The thought is this: If you can use the excuse that God always was, why can't I use the excuse that atoms always were? "I do not believe in evolution because in the book of Genesis" "I do not believe in the Big Bang because again, in Genesis" "I believe in God becuase I read the Bible" "The bible tells the whole truth, and I believe what it says." "God doesn't need proof to exist-it even states so in the Bible." So the bible is the only evidence you have. I'll address this later. "How could everybody who took part in writing the bible had been lying?" How could all those witnesses that saw Jesus, the Messiah, on Earth, were lying and didn't see the miracles He caused." "Also, I really encourage you to just open up a Bible and start reading. This is not related to the debate, but just something that wouldn't hurt. :)" You would be surprised. I've studied Genesis and the Gospels with much more fervor than you probably did. And through much sharper eyes. Literary analysis can be performed on great classical books. Some people read them for the stories. The good readers understand symbolism and metaphorical language. This, I applied to the bible. I've taken three courses in Catholic Theology, which requires us to study the Gospels, and I've read many articles explaining controversies and the history of the Church. Trust me when I say that I know what I'm talking about. I'd like to bring this discussion back to the Bible. Many theists like a literal interpretation of the Bible. But I have a little something to tell you. Did you ever play the game telephone, where a message is given to one person, whispered around a circle, and it comes back all funny? Same thing with the bible. The voice of God can simply not be heard by humans. The acts of God simply cannot be understood by humans. Even if God tries to communicate with us, we would not be able to understand because God does not vibrates sound waves. God doesn't have a human mouth or human vocal chords, or a human brain. God is so far beyond us, that we insult God by assuming that God is even a LITTLE bit similar to human beings. The Bible was written by humans who THINK they know God, but they really don't. In fact, many stories of the bible were borrowed from other cultures at the time. Many styles of writing in the Bible can be traced to the writing styles of authors from that time. There is too much human intervention in the Bible for it to be the true voice of God. If God did exist, God would be NOTHING like what the Bible says. Humans would simply not be able to understand God because God is TOO FAR BEYOND HUMANS. (I'm really running out of characters so if I missed anything, I'll get to it next time)