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You're wrong in that this whole thing is a problem for anyone but yourself.
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See those blue lines?
They gloss over more missing links than Carter has liver pills and make evolution look smooth and analog.
Now tell me where I'm wrong.
Please consider this example:Perhaps you could suggest one or two for discussion?
You're wrong in that this whole thing is a problem for anyone but yourself.
LOL -- missing links -- and you have no problem with that.
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Ironically, it turns out that the minority of Christians who refuse to accept the theory of evolution, actually know very little about it. Notice that in discussions here, they have asserted that it's about the origin of life, the Big Bang, and all sorts of other things. Occasionally I ask one of them to show us which of the four points of Darwinian theory has been refuted, and I always get a thundering silence.I'd say that the vast majority of Christians who "accept the theory of evolution" actually know very little about it, and that they're victims of a belief system that filtered down from the scientific community into the education system and the mass media, then into the minds of the gullible masses.
It's "missing lynx." And it's been found. What gap between reptiles and mammals do you think exists?LOL -- missing links -- and you have no problem with that.
The fact that no one can show such a boundary shows us that it's just another YEC attempt to insert their own wishes into scripture.Assuming of course, that God, who is a God of boundaries, hasn't set a boundary that evolution cannot cross.
Today's winner.Oh, good grief. Evolutionary biology is about how life gets the way it is. It is not a philosophy of life or meaningfulness or some substitute for religion.
Certainly not the vast majority. Most Christians are Traditional Christians whose theology shows them that the theory of evolution does not challenge their faith.I'd say that the vast majority of Christians who "accept the theory of evolution" actually know very little about it, and that they're victims of a belief system that filtered down from the scientific community into the education system and the mass media, then into the minds of the gullible masses.
I'm not arguing that science deals with proofs. I'm arguing that no one can prove that the history of life on earth is the result of a natural process.Because you're showing that you fundamentally don't know what you're arguing against.
Science doesn't deal in proofs, nor proves anything - that's for mathematics and alcohol. Science deals in facts, evidence, hypothesis and theories.
The fact that no one can show such a boundary shows us that it's just another YEC attempt to insert their own wishes into scripture.
I'm not arguing that science deals with proofs.
I'm arguing that no one can prove that the history of life on earth is the result of a natural process.
Except that in evolution there is no such thing as "novel organs and novel body plans" and "novel phyla" is a meaningless term.Please consider this example:
Some scientists reason that a sharp rise in environmental oxygen levels triggered the so-called Cambrian explosion. I suggest that it's impossible to test the hypothesis that an increase in available oxygen will result in the evolution of novel organs, novel body plans and novel phyla.
And I suggest that there exists no empirical evidence whatsoever that an increase in available oxygen will result in the evolution of novel organs, novel body plans and novel phyla.
To make matters worse, there are doubts as to whether such a spike in the oxygen level at the Ediacaran/Cambrian boundary even occured.
So it seems to me that this "oxygen" hypothesis amounts nothing more than pseudo-scientific story-telling.
(I'm not sure why this has appeared in "bold", but I couldn't be bothered changing it.)
What sparked the Cambrian explosion? - Nature
An evolutionary burst 540 million years ago filled the seas with an astonishing diversity of animals. The trigger behind that revolution is finally coming into focus.www.nature.com
Certainly not the vast majority. Most Christians are Traditional Christians whose theology shows them that the theory of evolution does not challenge their faith.
I'd say that the vast majority of Christians who "accept the theory of evolution" actually know very little about it, and that they're victims of a belief system that filtered down from the scientific community into the education system and the mass media, then into the minds of the gullible masses.
None of those are boundaries to evolution of new taxa. Indeed, some of that is required for such evolution. The point is that no one can show a boundary between (for example) mammals and reptiles that cannot be crossed by mutation and natural selection.Sterility isn't a boundary?
Time isn't a boundary?
Extinction isn't a boundary?
Most Christians just challenge the revisions to Genesis by YECs. They seem pretty sensitive about it, and I suspect it's because they indeed are sensitive to being challenged.Then explain their zero tolerance for those who interpret Genesis 1 & 2 literally.
You won't go to hell for being a YEC. God doesn't care if you approve of the way He does creation. But if you make YEC into an idol, that could be a problem for you.And I suspect it's because I dare have standards.
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