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The evidence for evolution for Kenny'sID thread

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Ok, now let's further suppose that the grandfather in the aforementioned example has done some research into his ancestry, and found that he his directly related through the paternal line to a famous king who ruled in Europe in the early 1600s.

This king happens to be one from which scientists have been able to recover DNA.

Do you agree that we can also determine if the grandfather is correct in his research, by comparing his DNA to the King's?

Just do your thing, no need to draw it out. Once done I'll tell you if I agreed or disagreed to whatever. Whether it pans out or not, I'm just happy to see someone doing something to make their point.
 
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Just do your thing, no need to draw it out. Once done I'll tell you if I agreed or disagreed to whatever. Whether it pans out or not, I'm just happy to see someone doing something to make their point.

It won't take long. Please just play along. I'm not trying to trick you. I'm just trying to establish an idea.
 
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Good grief, man, do you honestly expect me to address all that? Pretty sure I asked the OP if there was something specific and all I got was a laugh.

2 things, I'm not addressing anything I have to go spend hours studying up on, and I'm not going to go over all that point for point.

Again, was there something specific or is that question once again going to result unreasonable fits of laughter to cover the fact you don't want to cover anything specific? Don't be afraid, it's OK to be wrong.

Oh, so now there's too much evidence? Science can be hard and some studying is required, I'm afraid.

What is it in particular about evolution that you find difficult to understand? Common ancestry, natural selection, mutation etc? If it's common ancestry and how that can be determined through DNA, 46and2 looks like he's trying to help you in that direction.

Regarding your last sentence, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be wrong about?
 
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If you can't keep up, give me a fact that proves evolution and I'll tell you why it's assumption. Now don't laugh, make excuses or run away, this is your opportunity to face it head on.

I already did that. This is where our whole discussion started, with the presentation of the facts in this post:

http://www.christianforums.com/thre...kennysid-thread.7954348/page-30#post-69893428

You claimed the evidence I presented doesn't count because there were too many assumptions, but you couldn't name a single assumption. You still can't.
 
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Sorry, CMBaptist, but citing a web article that displays ignorance about science is really bad. The author makes up an ignorant "biblical creationist" who thinks natural selection is just selection (with the dumb "not new information" idea) and an "evolutionist" who is ignorant about the last 50 years of evolutionary research!

There is one lie: Biologists have no problem with natural selection being "nondirectional" because that is not the case. Natural selection drives populations in the "direction" of being fitter for their environment.

There is the misleading act of citing answersingenesis quotes rather than scientific literature or even Wikipedia.
 
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No, why would I deny that?
Good - then you know that siblings are a trivial example of common ancestry (well Duh!).
And so: The post is relevant to the fact that DNA shows common ancestry. It is a trivial example since in the context of evolution "common ancestry" is common descent, i.e. "sibling" species not individuals.

If you ever read and understand 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution The Scientific Case for Common Descent then you will see the DNA evidence for "sibling" species.

P.S. You missed a couple of posts
The point is that anyone who know about science knows that it works using evidence, not proof as in mathematics.
Common decent makes testable, falsifiable predictions that have been verified.
 
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Just do your thing, no need to draw it out. Once done I'll tell you if I agreed or disagreed to whatever. Whether it pans out or not, I'm just happy to see someone doing something to make their point.

Shall I assume you have no objections so far, and continue with my scenario?
 
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I already did that. This is where our whole discussion started, with the presentation of the facts in this post:

http://www.christianforums.com/thre...kennysid-thread.7954348/page-30#post-69893428

You claimed the evidence I presented doesn't count because there were too many assumptions, but you couldn't name a single assumption. You still can't.

I've never read the evidence you linked to/supposedly presented, not as far as I recall. Where did I say there was assumption or anything at all about that particular evidence?
 
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Shall I assume you have no objections so far, and continue with my scenario?

As I said, just do your thing...complete it. Ask along the way, the same questions if you like, as in if I agree here or there as you seem to want to, make it understandable if it gets complicated, (as I said, I'm not going to take a course in this just to draw the same conclusions) and I'll look it over, and comment.
 
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What is that mess? The answer is yes, how hard is that?
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It is very hard when you do not actually say "yes", but possibly half imply it. If you are unaware of how ambiguous this and many of your posts are, then feel free to thank me for alerting you to the problem. It is almost as noticeable as your commitment to insulting other members at every opportunity.
 
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As I said, just do your thing...complete it. Ask along the way, the same questions if you like, as in if I agree here or there as you seem to want to, make it understandable if it gets complicated, (as I said, I'm not going to take a course in this just to draw the same conclusions) and I'll look it over, and comment.

Ok, so we have the grandfather (who has his ancestral research confirmed through DNA testing through his paternal line: father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc.) who is related to a king in the early 17th century.

Now, one of the other members of that 10 person sample claims that he has written documentation that he is related to the king's wife through his maternal line: mother, grandmother, etc. This can also be confirmed through DNA.

So, if relationship tests are simply a matter of DNA similarity, as you suggest, then we should be able to determine that the second claimant is also related to the king, correct? Since the grandfather who has established ancestral relationship to the king, and the second claimant who has established relationship with the king's wife should have approximately equal similarity to the couple. In other words, if the two men are, in fact, products of the king and his wife's offspring, then they should both share approximately the same percentage of DNA with both the king and his wife. If DNA comparisons are simply about the similarity to one another, we should be able to match those percentages, and determine both our subjects are related to the king/wife couple.

Do you disagree with any of this?
 
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I've never read the evidence you linked to/supposedly presented, not as far as I recall.

Really? You responded to that evidence in this post:

http://www.christianforums.com/thre...kennysid-thread.7954348/page-30#post-69894060

Are you saying that you don't read the posts that you respond to? Actually, that wouldn't be very surprising.

Where did I say there was assumption or anything at all about that particular evidence?

In this post:

http://www.christianforums.com/thre...kennysid-thread.7954348/page-30#post-69894060

So will you address the evidence now?
 
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Really? You responded to that evidence in this post:

http://www.christianforums.com/thre...kennysid-thread.7954348/page-30#post-69894060

Are you saying that you don't read the posts that you respond to? Actually, that wouldn't be very surprising.



In this post:

http://www.christianforums.com/thre...kennysid-thread.7954348/page-30#post-69894060

So will you address the evidence now?

My comment was with respect to DNA in general, and sure, I'll comment on it but as I already told you I'm not going to take a course in this so, you'll need to dumb the post down for me....way down. Explain what all the terminology means in detail...Like you were explaining it to a child. Once you do that I'll read it over, and let you know what I still don't I still don't understand, and we can move on from there.

Or something like 46And2 is doing.
 
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It is very hard when you do not actually say "yes", but possibly half imply it. If you are unaware of how ambiguous this and many of your posts are, then feel free to thank me for alerting you to the problem. It is almost as noticeable as your commitment to insulting other members at every opportunity.

Are you still harping on that?
 
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Ok, so we have the grandfather (who has his ancestral research confirmed through DNA testing through his paternal line: father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc.) who is related to a king in the early 17th century.

Before I read on, are these tests confirmed 100% accurate, and if not...how accurate in percentages?
 
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My comment was with respect to DNA in general, and sure, I'll comment on it but as I already told you I'm not going to take a course in this so, you'll need to dumb the post down for me....way down.

In general with respect to DNA, what is being assumed? You keep saying that there are all of these assumptions, so what assumptions are you talking about?
 
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In general with respect to DNA, what is being assumed? You keep saying that there are all of these assumptions, so what assumptions are you talking about?

We're working on an example now. One would be the assumption DNA proving ancestry means anything at all in supporting evolution. Stay tuned.
 
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Where is that assumed?

Badger me all you like, I'm not going back to read through all this mess to see where I got what just to get you off my @ss.

You'll just have to settle with the fact, it's the general idea I got, and if you think I'm lying, that works for me too. I don't care.
 
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