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What is the barrier between micro and macro evolution?

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Frank Robert

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If shared ancestry is true, these differences result from lots of mutations that have accumulated in the two lineages over millions of years
(assumed) ... not known
The ToE is the strongest supported theory by evidence from many unrelated fields.

That means they should look like mutations.
Can you give us an example of what intelligent design look like?
 
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yeah and science often bases their "beliefs" on theory.
You claim that science is based on beliefs demonstrates that you do not know the difference between scientific evidence and belief.

I agree everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want.
There is a world of difference between a belief in a literal interpretation of genesis and affirming the over whelming scientific evidence for the ToE.
 
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no He would have a problem with it (he made them male & female within their own kind)... and thereby made it very clear in His Word ....

It's sad ... if ... the majority of christians believe that

When we look carefully at Genesis 1, in Hebrew or even in English, it is clear that God created everything in six literal (24-hour) days.

First, we are told that He created the earth in darkness and then created light. Then He called the light “day” and He called the darkness “night.” And then He said (in the original Hebrew) “and [there] was evening and [there] was morning, one day.” He repeated the same statement at the end of the second day through the sixth day.

So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Everywhere else in the Old Testament, when the Hebrew word for “day” (יוםֹ, yom) appears with “evening” or “morning” or is modified by a number (e.g., “sixth day” or “five days”), it always means a 24-hour day (and is taken literal) ... and nobody claims that it means anything different.

people are compromising what is written in Genesis ... and no I won't jump off that bridge just because perhaps many are.

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest … It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed” (Exodus 31:13, 15, 17; emphases added. See also Exodus 20:8–10).

Obviously referring back to Genesis .... are we not to take it literally here? but yet discount it in Genesis? Of course not.
 
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The ToE is the strongest supported theory by evidence from many unrelated fields.


Can you give us an example of what intelligent design look like?

Sure ... look in the mirror ... that's one example.
 
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fact - a thing that is known or proved to be true

there are no facts that show cross overs (capable of reproducing and reproducing) outside of family units .... this has not been proven to be true.

We see family units that reproduce and then those also capable of reproducing .... outside of that it is theory ... not factual.
 
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You claim there’s evidence for common origin and macroevolution because of the similarity of DNA sequences back to the trunk of one single tree of life.
No, I didn't claim that. I laid out a specific argument for common descent that had nothing to do with the similarity of DNA sequences. In fact, the argument is entirely about the differences between DNA sequences, not their similarity.
Again, so what? We're supposed to be talking about evidence for macroevolution -- but it seems you'd rather not talk about that.
 
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humans and apes are not from the same family unit.
That's what we're trying to decide. And to decide, we have to look at evidence for and against the idea that they are. I provided one piece (of many) that they are from the same family unit. You have not yet engaged that evidence. I thought you wanted evidence?
the "ancestry" across family units is assumed/theorized.
No, it's hypothesized -- it's an idea that we have to test with evidence. I provided some evidence to test the idea. The evidence supports it. Rather than try to rebut the evidence, or offer an alternative explanation for it that's consistent with creationism, all you've done is repeat your original claim and ignore the evidence.
 
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one example ...

Show me a human that can mate with a ape and produce offspring.

We have fully formed human and a fully formed ape why is it that offspring is not possible? Answer that without using theory.

Because thy are NOT from the same family unit ... and that is the real/true evidence that we see.
 
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You are just regurgitating your literal interpretation of Genesis. The majority of Christians do not believe in a literal interpretation.
 
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Sure ... look in the mirror ... that's one example.
Perhaps that is what you believe you see when you look in the mirror. When I look in the mirror I see a combination of my parents genes plus the results of the mutations they passed on to me.
 
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I have no idea of what your point is.
 
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If shared ancestry is true, these differences result from lots of mutations that have accumulated in the two lineages over millions of years
(assumed) ... not known

That means they should look like mutations.
This seems to suggest you have some expectation of what a mutation ought to look like - so what would you expect a mutation to look like?

IOW, what are you suggesting a mutation is different from, and in what way would you expect it to be different?
 
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Gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees don't go around producing offspring with each other either. They're different species of apes, just like humans are a different species of ape.
 
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It seems that what you call a 'family unit' is what scientists commonly call a 'species', i.e. creatures that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring. In biological taxonomy, 'family' is a higher level division that includes many species.
 
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It seems that what you call a 'family unit' is what scientists commonly call a 'species', i.e. creatures that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring. In biological taxonomy, 'family' is a higher level division that includes many species.
KJV Dictionary Definition: kind
kind
KIND, n.

1. Race; genus; generic class; as in mankind or humankind. In technical language, kind answers to genus.
 
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KJV Dictionary Definition: kind
kind
KIND, n.

1. Race; genus; generic class; as in mankind or humankind. In technical language, kind answers to genus.

It also has race and generic class as a definition. So are white people one kind and black people another?

Kind is a useless term in science, hence why it's not used.
 
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One doesn't need a Harvard education to understand what theory is.

One doesn't. @sfs got his qualifications at Yale. Don't know about you, but I am suitably impressed. And if I were you, I'd pay attention to whatever he says. We can all learn something by listening.
 
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It also has race and generic class as a definition. So are white people one kind and black people another?

Kind is a useless term in science, hence why it's not used.
I think Ken Ham referred to it as family. Are you saying there are no difficulties in the ranks of taxonomy nomenclature?
 
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I think Ken Ham referred to it as family. Are you saying there are no difficulties in the ranks of taxonomy nomenclature?

Here's my problem with kinds. If God created all these different kinds such that they don't change beyond certain limits, then we should be able to classify each and every known organism into kinds. Furthermore, the ability to do so would be a serious blow to the Theory of Evolution. And yet I haven't seen creationist organizations even attempt to make such a classification. And that would be because things get messy.

If ToE is true, then we expect things to be messy. Our taxonomy is messy. Species are not clear cut. The fuzzy boundaries support evolution theory. Populations of organisms change over the generations, and there's no known limit to how much they can change. No one has been able to find the genetic boundaries that would have to exist for kinds.
 
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