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I guess you are unaware of the fact that genetic engineering is based on evolutionary theory. Evolution explains why it is possible to transfer a gene from one species and put it into another and still have it function.

How do you feel about the cute phrase: "Dogmatic Darwinists!"

To answer part of your question, single-celled organisms do not necessarily live on their own but often live in large colonies. This includes bacteria as well as eukaryotes. In many cases, the different members of a colony perform different functions (such as reproduction), even though the...

One reason I find it hard to accept a literal interpretation of the book of Genesis is that Chapters 1 and 2 contradict each other. I was wondering how the YECers who contribute to this forum explain these contradictions. I will summarize the contradictions I see in these two chapters...

Many scientists and educators became interested in (or alarmed by) this debate only after creationists started getting laws passed to either ban or compromise the teaching of evolution in public schools. This effort continues today, and has been extended by creationists to local school...

Some different examples that would make me seriously question evolutionary theory: 1. Fossils of mammals with feather imprints. 2. Early Cenozoic whale-like fossils with baleen instead of teeth (since baleen is an "advanced" feature of whales). 3. A gene from a human which has a...

I took a look at some of the threads in the forum in question. There seemed to be quite a lot of criticism of Dembski's ideas among the participants, and it did not seem that the moderators were objecting. Therefore, I do not think it is as biased as some of you implied. That said, I do not...

F.Y.I. There is an interesting article in the April 11, 2003 issue of Science (vol 300, No. 5617), entitled "Chromosomal Speciation in Primates," L.H. Rieseberg and K. Livingstone. It provides evidence that chromosomal rearrangements in our ancestors may have provided a barrier to gene flow...

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is not that I do not like the possibility you present, it is that I found the way you presented it to be rather insulting.&nbsp; Perhaps that was not your intent.&nbsp; However, scientists take their professional integrity very seriously.&nbsp...

Where is your evidence for such an accusation?&nbsp; Can you give us some examples of scientists who were dismissed because they could show scientific evidence against evolution?&nbsp; Show us some evidence of the international conspiracy behind hiding the evidence against evolution.&nbsp...

I am not quite sure what you mean by "both traits exist at the beginning".&nbsp; As I brought up previously on this forum, mutation and evolution explains where all the traits come from and how new traits can appear and increase in a population.&nbsp; Creationists seem to&nbsp;have trouble...

Another example of incorrect science in the bible: The bible strongly implies that thinking and emotion occur in the heart, not the brain. Even today we metaphorically associate emotion (esp. love) with the heart. No where in the bible is thinking associated with the proper organ.. the...

First I want to thank Jon and wb3 for being the only creationists to respond to my question.&nbsp; I would like to know what form off creationism you both think should be taught and why.&nbsp; Wb3 you indicated that evolution is not a scientific law.&nbsp; I am a scientist and I can tell you...

My first response to this question is that no scientist believes that the human eye occured by chance.&nbsp; It evolved by natural selection which is the opposite of chance. Second, it is true that&nbsp;any visual organ that evolves must be fully functional.&nbsp; However, during the...

The reason I became interested in the Creation-Evolution debate was my concern over the political attempts to get creation taught as science in our country’s public school systems. I think it is a very bad idea to teach a religious concept as if it was science and to force public school...

We (as humans) are a part of nature.&nbsp; Natural Selection decribes what happens in nature.&nbsp; The process of natural selection is not a creation of man (although Artificial Selection which is similar to natural selection in many ways is).&nbsp; We have observed natural selection and have...

This is a revisitation of the old watchmaker idea. If one finds a watch then you know it is designed because it requires a watchmaker to create it. What you are not taking into account is that you have seen arrowheads before (and watches) and know that it is something that people make, and...

Why would "evolutionists" want to disprove the existance of god?&nbsp; As has been stated before on this forum, evolution (and science in general) is not anti-God.&nbsp; What tests would you suggest be done to disprove God's existance as you suggest?&nbsp; God is outside of the realm of...

I am curious as to what exactly the teachers in this school district are supposed to teach as "creationism" in their science classes?&nbsp; Youing Earth, Old Earth, Theistic, ID?&nbsp; I also find it interesting that the textbooks were rejected because of "overwhelming refererences" &nbsp;to...

The vast majority of mutations are not lethal... they are in fact neutral.&nbsp; If you were right, than most of us would be dead, because on average we all have several mutations in our DNA. The Cystic fibrosis example is a case where a mutation has occured in an important part of the enzyme...