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Why no evidence FOR creation/ID?

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tas8831

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Then perhaps you need a course on Creationism 101; as does the OP?

I need no such thing, thank you.

Anyone asking why there is no evidence for creation either doesn't understand creationism, doesn't understand evidence, or both.

Anyone writing such a thing hopes that nobody sees through their ruse, perhaps even himself.


If you are implying that creationism is accepted on Faith alone, fine - that would make you the one honest creationist.

But to imply that others do not understand evidence, given the content of your posts, is simply absurd.
 
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Then I submit it's the nature of evidence you don't understand.

"Witnessing" is not evidence. The use of uncorroborated personal anecdotes is not evidence. The belief that the bible is "inspired" is not evidence.

But please tell us what 'evidence' is.
 
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If I'm not mistaken wouldn't a good argument or evidence against evolution point to creationism?

Do you accept the converse (or inverse, I can never keep those straight)?


I don't think creationism is outside the realm of science. While specific creation acts may be, even such acts would leave evidence.
 
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You are being very disingenuous.
Your OP is quite provocatively untrue.

LOL!

Here we go...


As for evidence that evolution by RM&NS is true, we are surrounded by it.
Open your eyes and your mind to the truth of evolution.
Not only the marvels of this planet and its life but also a wonderful universe of ever
revealing complexities.
I do not need to defend evolution for it is an obvious truth, unfortunately not seen nor accepted by those that are blind.


See what i did there?

But thanks for the condescension!


Sorry, but your post is exactly the sort of thing I lamented in the OP.

You can start here:

Welcome to Evolution 101!

and work you way up.

Deprogramming starts with one step.
 
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You guys are so so righteous and smug.

"I do not need to defend creation for it is a given truth, unfortunately not seen nor believed by those that are blind."



Wow.

Try another link, just to dip your toes in the pool:

Khan Academy
 
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If you are implying that creationism is accepted on Faith alone, fine - that would make you the one honest creationist.
Is there any other way to accept it?
 
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The absolute beauty and truth of the creation is that I and millions of others can actually know,
experience and interact with the Creator.

I do not believe any of that.

Your feelings and assertions and anecdotes do not impress me.

I guess evolutionists can venerate the dead bones of Charles Darwin, but its not the same.
No, we do not venerate anything.

Funny that the religious are always so quick to drag science down to their level, then pretend that their religion is the best...
 
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Every test for life from nonlife has failed and has been effectively falsified so testing is not your standard in the first place.
First, I am not sure what you mean by "test".

Second, abiogenesis is NOT a part of the theory of evolution.

Arguing against abiogenesis is not arguing against evolution, no matter how much mental gymnastics one performs.
 
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1. No, you would not believe.

2. As most creationists do when their 'amazing rhetoric' does not convince anyone that they are serious or informed, you are demanding the absurd and to throw your absurdity back at you...

3. Show me the bones of all humans from Adam to you and I will believe.
and not just any bones- complete skeletons.
 
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OK, this is too much...


The fusion of chromosome 2 in humans is NOT and NEVER WAS presented as evidence that humans and chimps shared a common ancestor.

The fusion of chromosome 2 in humans EXPLAINS why modern humans and modern chimps have differing karyotypes, countering creationist desperation to the contrary.

And before you dig up some creationist propaganda declaring that such a fusion is impossible because this would render those with the fusion incapable of breeding with humans lacking it, please understand that there are mammalian species around today that MAINTAIN polymorphic karyotypes in their population, and that, to a certain extent, it is the genes that are present that are more relevant in fertilization than having an exact chromosome match.


Creationists cannot even seem to get their defensive posturing correct.
 
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Is there any other way to accept it?


No, since there is obviously no evidence for it, and no corroborating historical accounts for the miracles and sundry supernatural events depicted in the bible.
 
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No, since there is obviously no evidence for it, and no corroborating historical accounts for the miracles and sundry supernatural events depicted in the bible.
Looks like evidence whiners are SOL* then, eh?

* Short On Luck
 
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OK, this is too much...


The fusion of chromosome 2 in humans is NOT and NEVER WAS presented as evidence that humans and chimps shared a common ancestor.
You should aviod them absolutist statements.
Chromosome fusion
Introduction

All great apes apart from man have 24 pairs of chromosomes. There is therefore a hypothesis that the common ancestor of all great apes had 24 pairs of chromosomes and that the fusion of two of the ancestor's chromosomes created chromosome 2 in humans. The evidence for this hypothesis is very strong.
 
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To be fair, humans could have been created with 24 pairs of chromosomes and then a chromosomal fusion happened after they were created. There is even a man with 22 pairs of chromosomes which came about through a very recent fusion:

The 44 Chromosome Man | Understanding Genetics
 
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I think a lot of the argument over the chromosome fusion had to do with some creationist claims that humans had to have been created with only 23 pairs of chromosomes. I've argued in the past with creationists that didn't believe that such a fusion was possible, even though there have even been a couple documented examples of modern humans with as few as 22 pairs of chromosomes.

edited: Here's an example of an old post from mark kennedy arguing against fusion.

In and of itself the fusion event doesn't explicitly 'prove' common ancestry. But it does explain how it's possible to go from 24 pairs down to 23 pairs of chromosomes.
 
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Exactly. The context of the argument can get lost at times.
 
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Does not prove anything since you are guessing. To be fair there was no common ancestor in the first place. It is all fiction with no more basis in reality then winged Pegasis. The link was provided and i could add to them. Your link show an anonymous person. We don't know who he is or his medical history. It is not subject to scrutiny or independent investigation. It is all faith. No where near convincing. From the previous link.

For the sake of argument, let us assume that evolutionists are correct and a distant human ancestor with 48 chromosomes did evolve into a new species with 46 chromosomes via the chromosome 2 fusion event. Did this event occur in a single individual or simultaneously in an entire population? Mutations of this nature are certainly rare, but they do occur occasionally. However, the probability that this mutation would occur simultaneously in multiple individuals is so staggeringly low that we can assume its impossibility. At best, the mutation occurred in a single individual. How then was it propagated from one individual to his or her offspring and eventually to every human? Chromosomal rearrangements of this nature are not easily passed to offspring. When mutations of this magnitude occur, they pose serious problems for an organism when the process of gamete production occurs. Gametes are the egg and sperm cells used to form a new individual during sexual reproduction. The process of generating gametes is a special form of cell division known as meiosis. During this process, a specific alignment of chromosomal pairs always occurs and is essential for meiosis. This alignment is dependent on the near-identical structure and sequence of chromosomal pairs. If an individual carries a mutation such as a chromosomal fusion, then he or she will often be unable to produce gametes, because meiosis will fail to occur properly due to improper alignment of the now non-identical chromosome pairs. Today, we know chromosomal fusion to be one cause of infertility. In some cases, meiosis can find a way to complete despite non-identical chromosomal pairs. However, the gametes that result, or the offspring produced by fertilization with these gametes, usually have a short lifespan due to genetic problems. Problems associated with chromosomal alignment lead to spontaneous miscarriages and genetic abnormalities such as Down’s Syndrome.

A third problem with the hypothesis of a chromosomal fusion in human ancestry lies in the complete absence of humans with 48 chromosomes. If it were true that a chromosomal split occurred in human evolution, then two distinct human groups would have been generated: one containing 48 chromosomes which were not altered by any genetic change, and a second containing 46 chromosomes including the fusion of chromosome 2
 
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