Can you explain why you cannot bread a cat from a dog - or do you just believe that is not possible?
An evolutionary biologist would claim it is not possible to bread a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf that is a dog to become a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf and then bread that to become a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine and then bread that to become a mammal that is a carnivore and then bread that to become a a mammal that is a carnivore that is a feline and then bread that to become a mammal that is a carnivore that is a feline that is a cat.
In English: you cannot bread a dog to become cat because you cannot revert evolutionary changes.
It is the same as to say; you are what you are and will always be.
However the same evolutionary biologist would say you can bread a a dog to a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf that is a dog that is something-that-looks-like-a-cat. But add that this is still not a cat per definition of what it means to be a mammal that is a carnivore that is a feline that is a cat. A mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf that is a dog that is something-that-looks-like-a-cat is not a cat it is convergent evolution. The similarities are only superficial, since you cant change who your parents where - you cannot change history.
If you think this is a just so story, then look to nature itself. There exists a creature in nature that is a mammal that is carnivore that is feline that is something-that-looks-like-a-dog. It is called the hyena. They hyena looks superficial like a dog but it is actually a cat since it does not have the same distinct canine (dog-like) features every other canine have but the distinct feline (cat-like) features which every other cat has written into its body. All cats share the same unique characteristics - that means cats are different to every other animal in a unique was. And it is from those unique differences we can tell a hyenas is cat.
Everything you ancestors ever been is written into your body and cannot be undone. A dog has a uniquely different evolutionary history written in its body than a cat and that is why you cannot get one kind of animal from another. It is impossible. Still they are the the same at a deeper level. Think about dogs. Have you ever seen a Golden Retriever give birth to an Irish setter? Nobody has, and nobody ever will. The Golden retriever and Iris setter are already different. Still their histories written into their bodies tells us they both are dogs, but also wolf. Still a dog is not a wolf. They are not the same, they are all unique in their own special way.
We are apes. Chimpanzee are apes as well. Both humans and chimps are unique, but still at a deeper level we are the same. But we are not chimpanzees, and will never be. We are humans and we are unique, yet still related as apes. Knowing this sameness and uniqueness exists hand in hand with all other living beings fills me with awe. So uniquely different but also the very same kind.
The Creationist answer to why you cannot bread cats from dogs is: God made them in their own kinds! God wanted dogs to be dogs and cast to be cats and nothing else. To me such answer feels a bit thin, almost empty. It feels like it leaves out something - something important about the creation and the creator. Why did the creator make it that way? Evolutionary biology can answer that question. Creationist cannot. For those that are believers, what awe can possible a creationists answer actually give you when you behold what you believe to be a creators creation?
An evolutionary biologist would claim it is not possible to bread a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf that is a dog to become a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf and then bread that to become a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine and then bread that to become a mammal that is a carnivore and then bread that to become a a mammal that is a carnivore that is a feline and then bread that to become a mammal that is a carnivore that is a feline that is a cat.
In English: you cannot bread a dog to become cat because you cannot revert evolutionary changes.
It is the same as to say; you are what you are and will always be.
However the same evolutionary biologist would say you can bread a a dog to a mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf that is a dog that is something-that-looks-like-a-cat. But add that this is still not a cat per definition of what it means to be a mammal that is a carnivore that is a feline that is a cat. A mammal that is a carnivore that is a canine that is a wolf that is a dog that is something-that-looks-like-a-cat is not a cat it is convergent evolution. The similarities are only superficial, since you cant change who your parents where - you cannot change history.
If you think this is a just so story, then look to nature itself. There exists a creature in nature that is a mammal that is carnivore that is feline that is something-that-looks-like-a-dog. It is called the hyena. They hyena looks superficial like a dog but it is actually a cat since it does not have the same distinct canine (dog-like) features every other canine have but the distinct feline (cat-like) features which every other cat has written into its body. All cats share the same unique characteristics - that means cats are different to every other animal in a unique was. And it is from those unique differences we can tell a hyenas is cat.
Everything you ancestors ever been is written into your body and cannot be undone. A dog has a uniquely different evolutionary history written in its body than a cat and that is why you cannot get one kind of animal from another. It is impossible. Still they are the the same at a deeper level. Think about dogs. Have you ever seen a Golden Retriever give birth to an Irish setter? Nobody has, and nobody ever will. The Golden retriever and Iris setter are already different. Still their histories written into their bodies tells us they both are dogs, but also wolf. Still a dog is not a wolf. They are not the same, they are all unique in their own special way.
We are apes. Chimpanzee are apes as well. Both humans and chimps are unique, but still at a deeper level we are the same. But we are not chimpanzees, and will never be. We are humans and we are unique, yet still related as apes. Knowing this sameness and uniqueness exists hand in hand with all other living beings fills me with awe. So uniquely different but also the very same kind.
The Creationist answer to why you cannot bread cats from dogs is: God made them in their own kinds! God wanted dogs to be dogs and cast to be cats and nothing else. To me such answer feels a bit thin, almost empty. It feels like it leaves out something - something important about the creation and the creator. Why did the creator make it that way? Evolutionary biology can answer that question. Creationist cannot. For those that are believers, what awe can possible a creationists answer actually give you when you behold what you believe to be a creators creation?
