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For you to believe in the theory of evolution, as a whole, takes more faith than for me to believe in God.
I think krazyshot even said that philosophy has no place in science. That view point is absolutely wrong in my opinion. Philosophy actually helps one perform "good science".
Third, I did not suggest that the theory of evolution was "unreliable because it was too complex" what I actually said was "In my honest OPINION that, as a whole, the theory has become bloated and no longer constitutes a 'good' theory". That is my honest opinion. As we learn more, it does not become any clearer. In most cases the opposite is true. I gave, as an example, the term species and how it is has many different meanings now. You gave the simple biological definition, yet even that is not so simple depending on how the organism reproduce.
Fourth, Let's look at L.A.C. again or the lack there of. You stated in one of your post to me something like "Quad, we are talking almost 600 million years here". This is my point in a nut shell. How can we possibly know what happened 600 MILLION years ago.
Cladistic classification has helped figure out what fossils go where but what is Cladistic? In layman's terms, it's a guess. They form a hypothesis on comparison. Even so they still have not pinpointed ONE L.A.C. of any species in any genus.
What do we use to explain how most every phylum of animal shows up in a geological flash during the Cambrian yet new phylum since then are pretty much nonexistent even after "five major extinction events".
Does Punctuated Equilibrium explain it? Nope.
It is when speculations and assumptions get passed off as "good science" that I have a problem.
What I meant is that we find fossils from the early Cambrian all over the globe. We do not see where life generated in one specific area and dispersed.
Does that mean that all the soft bodied life, in the ocean(s) of that period, all started branching off and evolving hard bodies at precisely the same time? How?
originally posted by: Quadrivium
For you to believe in the theory of evolution, as a whole, takes more faith than for me to believe in God.
I would be an Athiest too if I had that much faith... ~ Mark Lowry
"What is it evolution based upon? Upon nothing whatever but faith, upon belief in the reality of the unseen—belief in the fossils that cannot be produced, belief in the embryological experiments that refuse to come off. It is faith unjustified by works." ~ Arthur N. Field.
"The more one studies paleontology, the more certain one becomes that evolution is based on faith alone." ~ paleontologist T.L. Moor
originally posted by: Starbucks
there is no macroevolution there is no microevolution.
evolution can only go one way degradation towerds death.
If things left unchecked by watchers to correct mistakes of evolution then all livings will die. the mutation in dna is a universal mistake in copying dna it is at .004 or 4 mutations in 1000 generation (25 years for humans, few seconds for some germs).
mutations increase in unhealthy environment creating mutants that end up dying.
the watchers are intelligent beings doing intelligent design. they are assigned by the master designer God.
the wonders maker
originally posted by: Starbucks
how did neanderthal dna is highest in haplogroup k ( frensh, Melanesians, Chinese Han) .
Both Neanderthal and Frensh and blond melanesians share red hare mutation. Neanderthal and europpeans share Lactose intolerance mutation. finally blue eyes mutations?
the fact thousands of apes remains found in any given pit a million year ago while ancient humans only a finger for dinosivan, a skeleton for Peking man, etc.
why advanced species like genus homo died out after living 7 million years leaving only one man Adam as a bottle neck in recent history. while current chimps have branches of most recent common ancestors dating back millions of years.
All these evidence elimiate Evolution leaving Creationism (proven existant in GM genetic modification by intelligent design of humans) as the only explanation for the origin of species.
originally posted by: Starbucks
lactose intolerance means you can not drink mother milk hence death