Evolution is not evidenced simply by similarity

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To at least trying to understand how the diversity of life originated on this planet.
What's taking you so long?

Want one of our first graders in church to answer that for you?

Just out of curiosity, how long have you been a humanist?

Or is that private (or privileged) information?
 
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What's taking you so long?

Want one of our first graders in church to answer that for you?

Just out of curiosity, how long have you been a humanist?

Or is that private (or privileged) information?

It would make sense that you get your science from a first grader.
 
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Then please show how the evidence is inconsistent with evolution.
I can't.

You guys have given stuff a consistency that can't be broken.

And besides, that is a task that I think is reserved for Jesus when He returns.

In the meantime, evolution will wax stronger and stronger, culminating in the Tribulation period under the Antichrist.

How do I think Jesus is going to convince scientists they were wrong all along?

I don't know.

But I assume one way is to take them back in time to 4004 BC and let them see for themselves.
 
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Then you can't claim that we have fooled ourselves.

And besides, that is a task that I think is reserved for Jesus when He returns.

So the theory of evolution is false because you have a fantasy about a deity returning to Earth?
 
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Then you can't claim that we have fooled ourselves.
I usually let the Bible do it, then agree with the Bible.

Even if I wanted to claim you guys aren't fooled, I can't.

It would be against the Scriptures.

Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

(And yes, I realize it doesn't say, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fooled," but that's because that verse is a worst case scenario. People profess themselves as Homo sapiens (wise), and thus become fooled. If they persist in it ... well ... atheism is the final step.)
 
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What's taking you so long?
What do you mean? We have made huge progress is understanding the origin of life's diversity. It involves evolution, and you refuse to learn anything about it because it is contrary to dogma.
Want one of our first graders in church to answer that for you?
Do they have an understanding of evolutionary biology?
Just out of curiosity, how long have you been a humanist?
Since at least 2012.
 
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We have made huge progress is understanding the origin of life's diversity.
After how many tries?

Starting at Darwin, how many times has evolution been modified to keep it acceptable to the current generation?
 
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After how many tries?

Starting at Darwin, how many times has evolution been modified to keep it acceptable to the current generation?

How many times did it take to build an airplane before the Wright's got it right? If it took more than one try, does that mean airplanes don't exist?
 
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How many times did it take to build an airplane before the Wright's got it right? If it took more than one try, does that mean airplanes don't exist?
Oh, don't get me wrong.

I'm not saying the theory of evoluton doesn't exist.

It does.

And it's going to get theorier and theorier until Jesus comes.
 
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After how many tries?

Starting at Darwin, how many times has evolution been modified to keep it acceptable to the current generation?
As many times as is necessary? Why? You consider that problematic? How many times has the Bible been modified to better reflect our understanding of the world? Presumably you'll say it hasn't, as though that were a good thing.
 
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If you accept Astronomy and astrology then you have your work cut out for you. Lazy people only accept one or the other.
That is exactly right. Abraham was called to come out from among them. The Chaldean people in the city of UR had Astronomy and Astrology mixed together the way science has truth and error mixed together. As Christians we need to separate the error from the truth.
 
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After how many tries?

Starting at Darwin, how many times has evolution been modified to keep it acceptable to the current generation?
Assuming I can discount very minor changes, such as degrees to which genetic drift occurs, about as much as atomic theory.
 
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After how many tries?

Starting at Darwin, how many times has evolution been modified to keep it acceptable to the current generation?
Big deal, so what? That's what science is supposed to do. As new things are learned, ideas are modified.
 
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Hi all,

Darwinian evolution is not evidenced period.
Then how come science thinks otherwise? Don't you think your claim is arrogant? Are you saying you are so much smarter and better informed that the scientific experts are?
 
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A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that is acquired through the scientific method and repeatedly tested and confirmed through observation and experimentation, therefore, If no observation or experimentation is made, it remains unproven, sorry guys.
 
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