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Evolution is a RELIGION and not Science

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Descent with modification.

Not sure what you mean by descent with modification.

I should clarify that I have no issue with micro-evolution (variation within species). The question has to do with macro-evolution (evolution between species).
 
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You asked the question, I answered it. Evolution is simply defined as descent with modification. I am not sure what you mean by "evolution between species", but if you think evolution cannot produce different looking organisms, just take a look at different dog breeds.
 
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You asked the question, I answered it. Evolution is simply defined as descent with modification. I am not sure what you mean by "evolution between species", but if you think evolution cannot produce different looking organisms, just take a look at different dog breeds.

I know what evolution is. As I stated, I dont have an issue with micro-evolution, which is variation within species. I do have an issue with macro-evolution, which involves a change from one species to another, as from apes to humans.
 
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I understand what evolution is and the process. I just have never seen convincing evidence. Give me the reader's digest version.
Fossil record and genetics. Simple. To many different species involved that are extinct today dfor them all to have been extant at once. Also, ring species.
 
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I know what evolution is. As I stated, I dont have an issue with micro-evolution, which is variation within species. I do have an issue with macro-evolution, which involves a change from one species to another, as from apes to humans.
Think of micro evolution as a walk down the street, think of macro evolution as a walk across the country. Same principal, just different time scale.
 
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I know what evolution is. As I stated, I dont have an issue with micro-evolution, which is variation within species. I do have an issue with macro-evolution, which involves a change from one species to another, as from apes to humans.

So how do you think dog breeds came about? Keep in mind that if you put Chihuahuas and Saint Bernards together they will not breed, as it is physically impossible for them to breed.
 
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Fossil record and genetics. Simple. To many different species involved that are extinct today dfor them all to have been extant at once. Also, ring species.
I agree with Mr. Hovind.

There's no such thing as a 'fossil record.'

All it is, is bones in the ground -- period.
 
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Fossil record and genetics. Simple. To many different species involved that are extinct today dfor them all to have been extant at once. Also, ring species.

Actually, the fossil record is evidence against evolution as there is an absence of transitional fossils. The fossil record is also evidence for a worldwide flood.

How is genetics evidence for evolution? Genetics is evidence for information and design. Only intelligence produces information and design.
 
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So how do you think dog breeds came about? Keep in mind that if you put Chihuahuas and Saint Bernards together they will not breed, as it is physically impossible for them to breed.

When you breed two dogs, you always get a dog, never a cat.

For the third time, I do not have an issue with micro-evolution. This is an example of micro-evolution.

I requested evidence for macro-evolution. How do you go from single celled organisms all the way to humans, not to mention the whole everything from nothing and life from non-life, and the whole evolution of reproductive organs in the first generation dilemmas?
 
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Think of micro evolution as a walk down the street, think of macro evolution as a walk across the country. Same principal, just different time scale.
Only at one point in that trek across the country, you reach the Grand Canyon and can't go on.

God is a God of boundaries, and He has set limits to how far nature can go.
 
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Actually, the fossil record is evidence against evolution as there is an absence of transitional fossils. The fossil record is also evidence for a worldwide flood.

How is genetics evidence for evolution? Genetics is evidence for information and design. Only intelligence produces information and design.
Lets stick to fossils for now, if I link you to several examples of transirtional fossils, will you be interested in learning? Or just automatically try to argue against them?
 
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shall I post the rules again?
No, thanks.

Like I always say, you guys make the rules and expect us to abide by them; but where God is concerned, science can take a hike, and your rules mean NOTHING.
 
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When you breed two dogs, you always get a dog, never a cat.

For the third time, I do not have an issue with micro-evolution. This is an example of micro-evolution.

I requested evidence for macro-evolution. How do you go from single celled organisms all the way to humans, not to mention the whole everything from nothing and life from non-life, and the whole evolution of reproductive organs in the first generation dilemmas.
Isn't micro-evolution as contrary to genesis as macro-evolution? I can link you to several ewxamples of speciation, i,e. dog+dog=cat.
 
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Lets stick to fossils for now, if I link you to several examples of transirtional fossils, will you be interested in learning? Or just automatically try to argue against them?

You do realize that most of the so called "transitional fossils" have been exposed as frauds. Go ahead and post them. I would be interested in seeing them. As far as I knew, they still had not found the "missing link".
 
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Lets stick to fossils for now, if I link you to several examples of transirtional fossils, will you be interested in learning? Or just automatically try to argue against them?
ANY fossil is a 'transition' fossil, according to the philosophy of evolution, is it not?

Am I not a 'transition' between my dad and my son?
 
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No, thanks.

Like I always say, you guys make the rules and expect us to abide by them; but where God is concerned, science can take a hike, and your rules mean NOTHING.
If you don't want to play by the rules, thats cool, but why insist on playing the game?
 
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Actually, the fossil record is evidence against evolution as there is an absence of transitional fossils. The fossil record is also evidence for a worldwide flood.

How is genetics evidence for evolution? Genetics is evidence for information and design. Only intelligence produces information and design.

There we go again... There are many, many examples of transitional fossils. Want one? Here, a reptile covered with feathers (aka a transition between a dinosaur and a bird):

451px-Archaeopteryx_lithographica_paris.JPG


Genetics reveals relationships among species, and that is strong evidence for evolution.
 
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