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Yes because you have no scientific evidence of evolution from a common ancestor. You have supposition, and assumption, but have no way to test or reproduce or observe the phenomenon.
Look around, all your so called evidence of common ancestor is actually evidence of common design from a designer. But I can't test or reproduce that any more than you can evolution from a common ancestor.
I have no reason to comment on or respond to everything you say.
You need an example of what it means to be in bondage? Ok, then lets look at the synthetic heroin epidemic that is sweeping our nation. Your either hooked or your not. Your either free or in bondage to the drug. Things like drinking and sex can put people into bondage also. Jesus tells us: "Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin." John 8:34 (people say I can quit anytime I want, I just don't want) (yeah right)
I can name that tune in two notes: Theistic evolution. They are working hard to confirm the fossil evidence with what we are learning about DNA. (The Language of God)
Oh we aren't trying to convince ourselves of anything. We are as comfortable in our thoughts as you are in yours. It's rather condescending for you to think we are not as solid as you. And it's pretty obvious don't you think that neither of us is really convincing the other? I wonder sometimes why we even do this. I thinks it's because in our human nature some folks like us just like to debate. Even if we have no hope of actually changing someones mind. In the spiritual world its call planting seeds. It gives the Spirit of God something to work with. At least that is my thought. It's called a scriptural principle. Jesus never told us to go out and convince anyone about creation. But there is a scripture that tells us to be prepared to defend out belief. That is what we are doing.
Similarities are not evidence of evolution. Embyology is not evidence and the fossil record is the worst evidence as all fossils are fully formed and appear in large amounts. DNA is not evidence because similarity is not evidence. It is evidence of common design.
Uh, without even seeing it? What?
This is true. Mind informing some of your creationist peers about that? They don't like to be corrected by evolution supporters such as myself, but they might be more open to changing their minds when discussing the matter with another creationist.
I wouldn't say that the ecological and geological changes in the environment are random, given that the movement of tectonic plates is quite predicable and environmental changes always have a noticeable preceding cause that in and of itself is not random.
I wasn't claiming that evolution was random; I was referencing people that do at the start of my post. However, I can understand the problem here. You think that since evolution isn't random that this in and of itself explains away any genetic similarity between different species/genus. There are problems with that line of thought, one being the fact that DNA codons are highly redundant. In fact, out of 20 amino acids, only 2 of them are only signaled by 1 codon alone. This means that, if a given amino acid added to a protein is favorable from an evolution standpoint, as many as 4 different variations will be equally selected for. This means that, even if every modern protein was "as good as it can possibly get", there's no reason for the gene sequences to match up in the patterns we see. Why, say, have every great ape produce an mRNA with the sequence
Only, to some extent, by your reasoning. That is, I am still a little uncertain as to why you think evolution not being random would entirely explain the genetic similarity between various organisms.
A bold claim, good sir; I'd think that if there are variations in atomic particles that they would be so minor is to be practically impossible to measure.
-_- this has nothing to do with evolution in any direct sense.
No, what Justatruthseeker said is correct; evolution on the whole is not random, though mutation, which influences evolution, is. To clarify further, what mutations you end up with that are unique unto yourself are random, but whether or not they improve or impair your ability to survive and reproduce is not random. A mutation that causes darker skin is an advantage in sunny environments and a disadvantage in environments that experience long periods of darkness, due to how our bodies generate vitamin D from light exposure (as well as how too much light exposure can damage the cells in our skin). Thus, trends in human skin tones are not random, even though the mutations that gave rise to the variation are.
I consider everything you say. I just do not have a comment on everything you say. That means I have nothing to add to what you have said.
I do not believe in the random mutation theory. A lot of the theory has nothing to do with mutations, the information was there from the beginning. For example I do not consider frame shift to be a mutation but it is included in the mutation theory.
