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How do you, personally, discern between "false science" and stuff you just don't like?
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Only ID, or old-earth creationism, as it is a compromise between scripture and false science.
How and why does any of this universe exist? Is there not necessary existence that must explain the universe coming to be? Or is it thought that any of what exists would come from nothing existing, and nothing existing can produce that?
Right. And that limitation does not constrict observation to "before our eyes in real time". Also you need to learn that observations and outcomes of analysis must be repeatable, not events.
I doubt you'll read it, but this may help.
I don't think Answers in Genesis quite gets science Pt. 1
How do you, personally, discern between "false science" and stuff you just don't like?
The whole point of this thread was for it not to be a debate, but a learning opportunity for anyone curious about aspects of evolution or biology in general. If this nonsense persists, I'm gonna have to close the thread.
Because it's the only explanation for the lifeforms that we know exist, and there is nothing to suggest that it's wrong.Learning should work both ways.
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What makes you think evolution is truth and not just a deception?
Really? How can you prove that?
Why is it that the articles which are trying to prove everyone is crazy but them are the actual crazies?
Not assumptions, totally, but not observations or facts, either. Any evidence of past actions can be taken at least several ways, probably more. Any good murder mystery is based on showing that the first and simplest explanation is not always correct.
This is where they call adaptation, evolution. It isn't.
Is there any question about anatomy, biology, physics, chemistry or any real science? What is the difference?
Really? How can you prove that?
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What makes you think evolution is truth and not just a deception?
I'll bite, what is the molecular basis, specifically the molecular mechanism, responsible for the three fold expansion of the human brain from that of apes?A thread for creationists that want questions answered about evolution, or to learn more about it, as well as about biology in general. The questions should be directed as to not try to get evolution compared with creationism, but I doubt people will go along with that for very long.
Evolution is two things, it's the naturalistic assumption of universal common descent and a philosophy of natural history going all the way back to and including the big bang.Evolution isn't "truth". That's the sort of verbiage philosophers and theologians love, but it's meaningless in a scientific discussion. Evolution is a fact. The theory of evolution explains that fact. You may not like this. You may reject this. But your thoughts and feelings on the subject won't change this.
Evolution is two things, it's the naturalistic assumption of universal common descent and a philosophy of natural history going all the way back to and including the big bang.
Darwin found the definition of species elusive but that's really an ongoing issue for taxonomy. The Troglodytes and Bonobos can still interbreed but they are still distinct species. I've always thought it wasn't so much arbitrary as it was a matter of convenience. Maybe the Dewey decimal system works fine in most Libraries but I've found some of my favorite books in some odd places. I found Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in the travel section once.Except that turned out not to be quite true, didn't it? The boundaries of what exactly one might want to consider a "planet" turned out to be fuzzy, and had to be set arbitrarily.
The basic concept of species is pretty straightforward, at least for sexually reproducing organisms. A species is a population that evolves together as a group, exchanging DNA each generation, so that traits can be passed around the whole population. One species becomes two when a population like that splits into two and each starts on an independent evolutionary trajectory. Deciding exactly when they have split enough that you should call them different species is pretty arbitrary -- what if there is only occasional interbreeding between the groups, for example?
When there's just one population and that species changes a lot over time, it's even more arbitrary exactly when it's changed enough that you call it a new species, since there's no interbreeding test to make.
The fundamental reason why species is difficult to define, then, is that it is applying a yes/no categorization to an inherently gradual continuum.
No I'm not embarrassed at all, exposing the equivocation fallacy at the heart of Darwinian presuppositional logic is a reasonable first step.Oh Mark, just stop. You're embarrassing yourself.
A few genes that are functional in other modern apes, but through mutation, are entirely broken in humans. Some that regulate brain growth, and one that pertains to forming a jaw muscle that, if present, would restrict the size of our skulls. So, our brains are so big because genes that would have prevented rapid growth don't work, and because our skull can become larger thanks to the absence of a muscle that would increase our jaw strength. This is also why brain cancers are so much more common in our species than in any other ape, we don't have genes that encourage our brains to grow this big as much as we lack the genes that would have kept brain growth in check. Don't get me wrong, we aren't missing all the genes responsible for regulating brain growth, just a few of them, which is why the organ in our skulls isn't just one big tumor.I'll bite, what is the molecular basis, specifically the molecular mechanism, responsible for the three fold expansion of the human brain from that of apes?
-_- learning does work both ways, but often the debate-centric nature of this subforum prevents beneficial discourse as people feel the need to constantly defend their position more than listen to what others have to say. Feel free to make a Creationism Lessen thread if you want. Basically, it becomes stressful to learn in such an environment.Learning should work both ways.
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What makes you think evolution is truth and not just a deception?
Colossians 2:8
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