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A better question is do you understand what it means.
My point, exactly. To insinuate that Traditonal Christians trust "religious rituals, religious prayers prayer beads and other religious rites" as an alternative to trusting Christ is a gratuitous insult. They know better than that.
Your problem is you have no evidence or example a species of salamanders evolving into a different species.
I will ask you why all monkeys have not evolved into humans?
You use that as an example of misunderstanding evolution, a concept even a cave man can understand, but can't explain HOW it is possible.
Yawn. Do you have any response other than denial/handwaving/burden shifting/misrepresentation?Talk is cheap. How about some evidence.
FYI I took and passed 3 college courses that discussed evolution.
The basic doctrines of the TOE are so simple even a cave man with a 2 digit IQ can understand it.
Just FYI - Dr Gillen is both an Intelligent Design creation proponent and a young earth creationist, so its not surprising that he's attempting to stealthily insert ID concepts into his own books.
It is not what I say, it is what 2 of your respected evolutionist, Gould land Mayr, say---"appear suddenly not connected to their ancestors by intermediates. Gould's "punctuated equlibia, destroyed gradualism as a means of proving evolution.
What is absurd and specifically scientifically absurd is thinking eating fish for any reason can cause a land animal to evolve into a sea creature.
During such a transition period , which according to evolution would take hundred if not million of years, pakicetus would have entered an environment(the sea)hostile to its survival. Those legs would not have become fins over night.
You don't get it do you? It is not what they eat or where thy eat it. It is that no diet is a mechanism for a change of species.
In the supposed transition from land to sea, pakicetus would be very vulnerable to land and to sea animals
The only thing it would evolve into would be lunch for other predators.
Chasing down those cases of "highly specific" from the literature:
Cheng et all 1989
Instance 1:
Plasmid DNAs were isolated from 150 randomly picked transformants and their inserts were sorted by T-lane DNA sequencing. Based on the T-lane patterns, eight different groups of sequences could be categorized, and they were subsequently designated as CAI-CA8. Assuming the primer annealing is highly specific under our PCR conditions, we expected to be able to retrieve at least one of the three partial sequences corresponding to the documented yeast genesnamely, MSS116 (9), TIFJ, and TIF2 (8).Instance 2:
In present day organisms, RNA helicases play a number of specialized roles. However, since the basic features of their enzymatic mechanism are highly specified for the destabilization of RNA helices, the basic structure of these enzymes is therefore highly conserved in evolution.Guilinger et all 2017:
Instance 1:
For all TALENs tested, the targeted base pair at every position in both half-sites is preferred, with the sole exception of the base pair closest to the spacer for some ATM TALENs at the right-half site (Fig. 2C, 2D and Supplementary Fig. S3 through S8). The 5′ T recognized by the N-terminal domain is highly specified, and the 3′ DNA end (targeted by the C-terminal TALEN end) generally tolerates more mutations than the 5′ DNA end; both of these observations are consistent with previous reports.Instance 2:
The in vitro selection results for 30 unique TALENs each challenged with 1012 closed related off-target sequences and subsequent analysis inform our understanding of TALEN specificity through four key findings: (i) TALENs are highly specific for their intended target base pair at 103 of the 104 positions profiled with specificity increasing near the Nterminal TALEN end of each TALE repeat array (corresponding to the 5′ end of the bound DNA); (ii) longer TALENs are more specific in a genomic context while shorter TALENs have higher specificity per nucleotide; (iii) TALE repeats each bind their respective base pairs relatively independently; and (iv) excess DNA-binding affinity leads to increased TALEN activity against off-target sites and therefore decreased specificity.Neither of these references indicate anything like references to specalised complexity or other IDist language, and are more technical terms used as descriptive (rather than indicative) language.
Gould, probably your most respected expert on fossils, with his invented "punctuated equlibria" destroyed gradualism. At least he was honest and admitted there are no intermediate fossils. Refute what he says and we can continue.
And the claim I was responding to was this one of yours [my emphasis]The claim I was responding to was that the "term" doesn't exist in the biology literature. It clearly does. And what do you think they meant by the term here?
Amazing. It appears that God really does harden peoples' hearts.Friend in Matthew 7:15 Jesus warned us “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” In Matthew 24:11 He warns “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” Note the use of the word many here. Jesus never exaggerated so I believe when He says many…He means a lot. This should make us sober and paying attention to the congregation we attend and think is following Christ. He goes on to say in verse 24 “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” The idea here is that there are always a core group in every congregation that are indeed saved and then there are the majority who are not and are being tossed to and fro by every wind and doctrine. Jesus is saying these deceivers are so good that they can fool even those who are saved into thinking they are of God. In 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Paul warns us “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.” Here we are warned that even the man of God we trust in our church to lead us and teach us can be false. That Satan’s ministers can make themselves look like my pastor or your priest. And friend they will not just come out and teach blatant heresy. No they will feed you a lie that has been covered in the skin of the truth. I recently left a church I attended for 10 years for this very reason. I loved those people and they were like family to me. But I recognized the lie being taught behind the pulpit because I took the time to familiarize myself with God’s word. When I confronted my pastor about it, all he had to say was that it was something he learned from a book he liked…not the Bible, and he admitted it was not orthodox teaching. He never recanted and so I left the church.
In 1 Timothy 6:20 God’s word warns us about false knowledge that is in opposition to God’s word. Some translations translate that word as false science. This means we must be diligent to recognize when the world’s knowledge stands in opposition to God’s word. We must study to show ourselves approved and be able to expose that so called false knowledge, not buckle under to it and try and bend God’s word to agree with it. God’s word says exactly what it means. When studying His word the best sense is the most obvious sense…any other sense is nonsense.
If I “insinuate” a large group may not be trusting in Christ alone it is only because that was what Jesus Himself “insinuated.” Familiarize yourself with Matthew 23 where Jesus gave us real good indicators of false religious leaders and false religious rituals, how they would look and act. They loved dressing differently in religious attire. They loved the way the people would show them special favor and honor. They loved the title of being called “Master” or “Father” by the people. But Jesus warns us to address no one on earth with these titles. He said the only spiritual father we should have is our Father in heaven and our only Master is Christ. I once went to an RC church and asked the priest why they blatantly disobey this command of Christ and call themselves Fathers, why do they set themselves up as mediators between men and God? His reply was “I guess we just aren’t perfect.” Make no mistake my friend God’s word tells us plainly that there is but one mediator between God and men and that is the man Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 2:5) So contrary to your claim my brother, they do not know better. Many will be deceived Jesus says.
So you seem to be calling into question the countless translators that have translated the Hebrew text into the English language for our convenience.
That guy on the left is my favorite. Do you have any explanation for this 1.9 million year old fossil, other than that he is transitional between ape-like creatures and humans?
Talk is cheap. How about some evidence.
Easy. He's a descendant of the sons of God (prehistoric people) who were made from Water on the 5th Day according to Gen 1:21...UNLESS you have a better Theory.
And the claim I was responding to was this one of yours [my emphasis]
"all the biological literature describes the code in DNA as highly specified."
I shall update you on my review of your claim when I have complete my study.
Amazing. It appears that God really does harden peoples' hearts.
Friend in Matthew 7:15 Jesus warned us “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” In Matthew 24:11 He warns “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” Note the use of the word many here. Jesus never exaggerated so I believe when He says many…He means a lot. This should make us sober and paying attention to the congregation we attend and think is following Christ. He goes on to say in verse 24 “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” The idea here is that there are always a core group in every congregation that are indeed saved and then there are the majority who are not and are being tossed to and fro by every wind and doctrine. Jesus is saying these deceivers are so good that they can fool even those who are saved into thinking they are of God. In 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Paul warns us “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.” Here we are warned that even the man of God we trust in our church to lead us and teach us can be false. That Satan’s ministers can make themselves look like my pastor or your priest. And friend they will not just come out and teach blatant heresy. No they will feed you a lie that has been covered in the skin of the truth. I recently left a church I attended for 10 years for this very reason. I loved those people and they were like family to me. But I recognized the lie being taught behind the pulpit because I took the time to familiarize myself with God’s word. When I confronted my pastor about it, all he had to say was that it was something he learned from a book he liked…not the Bible, and he admitted it was not orthodox teaching. He never recanted and so I left the church.
In 1 Timothy 6:20 God’s word warns us about false knowledge that is in opposition to God’s word. Some translations translate that word as false science. This means we must be diligent to recognize when the world’s knowledge stands in opposition to God’s word. We must study to show ourselves approved and be able to expose that so called false knowledge, not buckle under to it and try and bend God’s word to agree with it. God’s word says exactly what it means. When studying His word the best sense is the most obvious sense…any other sense is nonsense.
If I “insinuate” a large group may not be trusting in Christ alone it is only because that was what Jesus Himself “insinuated.” Familiarize yourself with Matthew 23 where Jesus gave us real good indicators of false religious leaders and false religious rituals, how they would look and act. They loved dressing differently in religious attire. They loved the way the people would show them special favor and honor. They loved the title of being called “Master” or “Father” by the people. But Jesus warns us to address no one on earth with these titles. He said the only spiritual father we should have is our Father in heaven and our only Master is Christ. I once went to an RC church and asked the priest why they blatantly disobey this command of Christ and call themselves Fathers, why do they set themselves up as mediators between men and God? His reply was “I guess we just aren’t perfect.” Make no mistake my friend God’s word tells us plainly that there is but one mediator between God and men and that is the man Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 2:5) So contrary to your claim my brother, they do not know better. Many will be deceived Jesus says.
Your problem is you have no evidence or example a species of salamanders evolving into a different species.
This is a classic, crude example of accepting something by faith alone. I will ask you why all monkeys have not evolved into humans? They have had millions of years to do it. You use that as an example of misunderstanding evolution, a concept even a cave man can understand, but can't explain HOW it is possible.
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