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Evidence for evolution?
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But what kind of similarity? The similarity that evolution predicts is not just any kind of similarity. It doesn't predict, say, the kind of similarities you expect between a Toyota Camry, a Toyota Avanza and a Toyota Prius. And it doesn't predict the kind of similarities you expect between a pegasus, a centaur and a unicorn.
There is nothing in the nature or person of God that would forbid Him from creating such creatures - therefore, the fact of God's creating all life (and note well: that is not in dispute!) does not explain their non-existence, and by extension does not explain why we have what we have today and nothing else. On the other hand, evolution does forbid, or at least render extremely unlikely, the existence of such creatures, and by extension does explain why we have what we have today and nothing else.
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If you have been reading this thread, you should know that the situation is not that simple. Those who use a common designer to explain similarities stop right there: a common designer could use similar designs, but we have no idea what will be similar and what won't, or where the similarities will appear. Someone using shared ancestry to explain similar features, on the other hand, can offer a wide range of specific predictions about what kinds of things should be shared and what patterns the similarities will fall into. It is, in short, a useful scientific hypothesis, in contrast to the common designer hypothesis. And since the predictions are consistently fulfilled by the data, it is the model that scientists will use until someone comes up with something that works better.
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