Assume two things with me... Evolution is not a lie, AND the Bible is not a lie...

[Cearbhall]

I have no problem with some genetic mutations within a species, but not to the extent that a whole different creature is formed by it.

So micro but not macro.

I personally don't see the difference. Speciation is just what genetic mutations can lead to over a longer period of time. It's all the same process.

I also don't believe 'mutation' can account for the incredible variety and complexity of interdependent organisms.

Over billions of years? Think what would happen if a game of Chinese whispers went on for billions of years.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

So micro but not macro.

I personally don't see the difference. Speciation is just what genetic mutations can lead to over a longer period of time. It's all the same process.

Over billions of years? Think what would happen if a game of Chinese whispers went on for billions of years.

This assumes that life began when the earth was first formed.
Too much evidence of periodic cataclysm for billions years of uninterrupted evolution to occur.

 

[Cearbhall]

This assumes that life began when the earth was first formed.

No, it began about 900 million years after that.

Too much evidence of periodic cataclysm for billions years of uninterrupted evolution to occur.

What do you mean by "uninterrupted?" If life exists, evolution happens.