Evolution and Creationism is easy as math., page 2


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reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 05:50 AM by borntowatch
Originally posted by rhinoceros
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
It is even entirely possible that God set in motion the ability of organisms to grow and evolve over time - something else your science cannot quantify but that doesn't make it untrue.

Science simply Cannot state by it's very premise that Creationism is false simply because it can neither prove or disprove it. This goes against the very core tenets of Science and the scientific method itself.

There's very hard theoretical and empirical evidence for life starting from abiotic materials, like, e.g. how it was done in laboratory with autocatalytic RNA sets, not forgetting observations of the genetic code in the context of the distribution of codon blocks and abiotic and biotic amino acids. However, of course it's impossible to rule out a divine intervention, as it's with the case of gravity just being the hand of God pushing things down (intelligent falling), or thunder and earthquakes really just being manifestations of God's anger. Nonetheless, this kind of creationism has nothing to do with the fact of evolution denying fundamentalists who insist that contemporary species were literally created from thin air, which has been proven to be false beyond any doubt.
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Show us some good mutations
Explain how two mating pairs mutated together randomly in such a way offspring were possible
Beyond any doubt? Hardly.



reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 06:00 AM by rhinoceros
Originally posted by borntowatch
Show us some good mutations

Look for example
here

Originally posted by borntowatch
Explain how two mating pairs mutated together randomly in such a way offspring were possible

You mean, mutated randomly, but under natural selection, i.e. mutations were "randomish", selection was not. Be more specific.

Originally posted by borntowatch
Beyond any doubt? Hardly.

Yes, beyond any doubt.


reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 07:07 AM by borntowatch
Originally posted by rhinoceros
Originally posted by borntowatch
Show us some good mutations

Look for example
here

Originally posted by borntowatch
Explain how two mating pairs mutated together randomly in such a way offspring were possible

You mean, mutated randomly, but under natural selection, i.e. mutations were "randomish", selection was not. Be more specific.

Originally posted by borntowatch
Beyond any doubt? Hardly.

Yes, beyond any doubt.


So what did these particular organisms evolve into. Dogs cats monkeys men?

They didnt change their species..Micro evolution is not Macro evolutioin


reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 09:55 AM by borntowatch
Originally posted by john_bmth
Originally posted by borntowatch
They didnt change their species.

The idea of 'species' isn't something tangible, it's a man-made concept. To state that life cannot evolve into different species is nonsensical, as the boundary between species is no more real than the boundary between a 'hot climate' and a 'cold climate'. Can a 'cold climate' warm up into a 'hot climate'? Using creationist logic, "No it can't, but I'm not going to explain how or why!". They're invented classifications, they help us fit information into a manageable framework. The concept of species could be done away with entirely and a new classification system put in if scientists so choose.

Just what exactly is this mysterious mechanism that stops a life form evolving too far from it's "kind" (as creationists like to say)? Don't come back with "they just can't!" or "it's never been observed!". The latter is false, but even if it was true, it wouldn't mean that it can't happen unless you can explain exactly where this immutable boundary is and the mechanism that enforces it.


So when I turn my fridge off that represents evolution

cold becoming hot is evolution
So tell me when hot becomes cold, has no more energy left and never becomes hot again is that evolution

I have heard arguments but never one so completely and totally unthough out and inane.
I have quoted it because I am going to use it in every argument I ever have with an evolutionist.
Please tell me you didnt make that up, tell me where I can reference it.

That analogy is so bad it is gold.
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reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 10:47 AM by rhinoceros
Originally posted by borntowatch
Originally posted by rhinoceros
Originally posted by borntowatch
Micro evolution is not Macro evolutioin

There is no distinction. There's just evolution.


Yeah whatever you believe in faith, I call that a religion
I think that you accepting what you believe makes you far more religious than what I am. You have ecoli turning into ecoli as evidence
Fail

Evidence?


What kind of evidence are you looking for? A = modern chimp, N = modern man, the rest are hominids arranged from oldest (B) to newest (M)


Ever heard of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database? You can access it through e.g. the National Center for Biotechnology Information. You can download sequenced, assembled and annotated genomes from for example
here. You could somehow try to prove that common descent isn't true, but then, good luck explaining why there are reduced alphaproteobacteria (mitochondria) inside our cells, or why there are reduced alphaproteobacteria and reduced cyanobacteria (chloroplasts) inside plant cells. Good luck answering why about 30% of our genes clearly have a eubacterial origin. Good luck explaining the near identical sequences of human and chimp protein-coding genes. Good luck explaining the incredible synteny of human and chimp genomes. Etc.
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reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 12:01 PM by Barcs
Originally posted by borntowatch
Ok, what caused the big bang ( thats the starting point) that created everything. Remember all the elements evolved from the big bang, how did that happen.
Here is your chance to put me back in my box. Not only can you attack me personally, you can discredit my logic, show me where my comprehension of your faith is flawed.
Evolution claims the Big Bang started from nothing and everything evolved from it, so teach me the mathematical formula that explains that

Evolution claims abiogenesis started from nothing and everything evolved from it, so teach me the mathematical formula that explains that

What evidence have you offered me, other than that you are clever at maths? Yopu say its complicated, I have a reasonable grasp of maths, so explain away

Oh Boy! I cant wait, probably wont hear from you again though


Too easy.

1. Evolution does not include the big bang or abiogenesis. As I stated in the last post, it is organic life changing over time.

2. The Big Bang does not claim everything exploded from nothing. It claims that a dense singularity of matter expanded.

3. Abiogenesis doesn't claim life formed from nothing. You need to get the 'nothing' out of your head. Abiogenesis is a hypothesis that tries to find out how life can go from the basic building blocks to a replicating cell under certain conditions.

So that's 3 fields of study in science that you just demonstrated you have very poor understanding of the fundamentals. If you plan you debunk any of those concepts. You need to address the scientific evidence, not just make ridiculous claims. Which part of evolution do you believe to be false? Genetic mutations or natural selection? Let's start there. Give me your reasons why you think it is wrong with scientific sources to back it.


reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 12:14 PM by Barcs
Originally posted by jiggerj
It should also be noted that the wall of a H. erectus femur was about twice as thick as that of modern Homo sapiens.
H. Eerctus

If the H.E. femur bones are twice as thick as ours, then we would need up to 20 different species between Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens to account for the needed decrease in bone mass. The way it stands now, there was thick-boned H. Erectus, and then POOF! H. Sapiens.

No expert here, but it just doesn't sit right with me.


The problem with using homo erectus, is that he is not believed to be our direct ancestor or even in the lineage. Erectus roamed the earth for 1.5 million years and changed during the that time while he was spreading to Europe and Asia. Human ancestors stayed in Africa much longer. It is really more likely that it was a descendent of homo habilis and a species that we haven't found yet, more likely to be related to homo heidelbergensis. You could say that an early version of homo erectus that still lived in Africa eventually became human, but he was he was definitely more like homo habilis. No magical poofing necessary. Just different species of human leaving Africa at different times and adapting to the different climate.


reply posted on 14-10-2012 @ 09:26 PM by borntowatch
Originally posted by daskakik
Originally posted by borntowatch
Are you stating that both theories are not theories of evolution.

Right one is a theory of the creation of the universe and the other of evolution.

One theory does affect the other. Its foundational.

The big bang could be wrong and evolution still be right. Say for example, if the universe has always existed, then there was no big bang. Doesn't mean evolution didn't happen the way the theory of evolution proposes.

Also the theory of evolution could be wrong, the truth could even include a creator of man but not the universe because it was created during the big bang.


Galactic evolution and distribution
Main articles: Galaxy formation and evolution, Large-scale structure of the cosmos, and Structure formation


This panoramic view of the entire near-infrared sky reveals the distribution of galaxies beyond the Milky Way. The galaxies are color coded by redshift.
Detailed observations of the morphology and distribution of galaxies and quasars are in agreement with the current state of the Big Bang theory. A combination of observations and theory suggest that the first quasars and galaxies formed about a billion years after the Big Bang, and since then larger structures have been forming, such as galaxy clusters and superclusters. Populations of stars have been aging and evolving, so that distant galaxies (which are observed as they were in the early Universe) appear very different from nearby galaxies (observed in a more recent state). Moreover, galaxies that formed relatively recently appear markedly different from galaxies formed at similar distances but shortly after the Big Bang. These observations are strong arguments against the steady-state model. Observations of star formation, galaxy and quasar distributions and larger structures agree well with Big Bang simulations of the formation of structure in the Universe and are helping to complete details of the theory.[64][65]
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