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    Evolution

    I was honestly surprised when I read on this forum one day that some of my educated colleagues do not "believe in" "macroevolution" (the latter term actually be something of a new concept to me). Personally, I still don't understand what the real difference is between micro/macro. I understand that people use "macro" to describe formation of new "species" but it seems obviously clear to me that once enough microevolution has occured you can look at one creature and another and recognize one as a new species. Thus, macro is the sum total of microevolution.

    Sure, macroevolution has not been "proven," per se - it has not been actually observed to my knowledge. But as a theory, it is almost universally accepted. The problem with the argument "it has not been proven" is that evolution is such a slow process that it would be impossible to witness. HOWEVER, the strength of the evidence that macroevolution is overwhelming. It is clear and convincing. There is no other rational explanation for the evidence. There is no evidence against it. Thus, although the concept may not reach the level of "proven" to some of you it is appropriate to consider it "certain" in the context of the evidence.

    http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comd...eorytobetested

    This is a great reference with cites to the particular evidence. If you are one of the holdouts on this issue, you really owe it to yourself to make sure you have considered the evidence. BTW, there is also a link on this page to a "young earth creationist" response to the evidence. There is also a rebuttal to the YEC's response.
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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by Guisslapp View Post
    Sure, macroevolution has not been "proven," per se - it has not been actually observed to my knowledge.
    As a self-proclaimed objectivists, it seems to me that this statement says it all. There is evidence against macro-evolution. There are holes in the fossil record. There is an incredible lack of evidence of "evolving" species in the fossil record. Like you said, as a theory, it's solid. But, there is not enough evidence to declare macro-evolution as scientifically water-tight...so to speak.
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    Re: Evolution

    What holes?
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    Re: Evolution

    Lack of a specific piece of evidence that you would like to see doesn't constitute evidence AGAINST macroevolution.

    Quick revisit of the cognitive value of knowledge:
    TRUE - validated by perceptual evidence
    FALSE - invalidated by perceptual evidence
    CERTAIN - all the evidence points to the conclusion, no evidence points away from it
    PROBABLE - the greater weight of the evidence points to it, no evidence against it
    POSSIBLE - some evidence for it, no evidence against it
    UNLIKELY - inconclusive evidence against it
    ARBITRARY - no evidence whatsoever
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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by Guisslapp View Post
    Lack of a specific piece of evidence that you would like to see doesn't constitute evidence AGAINST macroevolution.


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    Re: Evolution

    "(T)he number of intermediate varieties, which have formerly existed on the earth, (must) be truly enormous. Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graded organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory."

    -Charles Darwin

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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post


    Me and the gremlin find that incredibly funny. goodnight
    You beat me to that one.

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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog13 View Post
    "(T)he number of intermediate varieties, which have formerly existed on the earth, (must) be truly enormous. Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graded organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory."

    -Charles Darwin
    i don't have the quote to back it up, but darwin also hypothesized that with several more decades of excavation, many more intermediates would be found that would validate his theory. how many decades have passed, and how many intermediates have been found (not counting the ones that have been discredited)?

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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by Guisslapp View Post
    There is no other rational explanation for the evidence. There is no evidence against it.
    i agree that if one starts with the premise that special creation is not a rational explanation, then macroevolution appears to be the only rational explanation. this, ironically, is the primary argument that darwinists fall back on when the unlikeliness of some of their explanations is brought to light, and it is the one argument that is of no use in a rational debate with a creationist.

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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    i agree that if one starts with the premise that special creation is not a rational explanation, then macroevolution appears to be the only rational explanation. this, ironically, is the primary argument that darwinists fall back on when the unlikeliness of some of their explanations is brought to light, and it is the one argument that is of no use in a rational debate with a creationist.
    That would make evolution more philosophy than science.

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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog13 View Post
    That would make evolution more philosophy than science.
    precisely.

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    Re: Evolution

    You guys realize that Darwin is not the authority on evolution. He was the first to propose the theory back in 1859 A LONG TIME before we have MOST of the evidence in favor of it. 150 years later ALL of the scientific evidence still backs the theory. I think the vestigial evidence is very compelling. Seeing aquatic creatures like dolphins that have vesitges of legs (shows up only when the dolphin is a fetus) and animals that live on land that have vestiges of an aquatic heritage is intriguing. Post Darwin we have also discovered many fossils of the intermediates.

    http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comd..._intermediates

    I take it you guys don't really want to educate yourselves on the evidence that is out there?
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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by Guisslapp View Post
    I take it you guys don't really want to educate yourselves on the evidence that is out there?
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    Re: Evolution

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post


    Me and the gremlin find that incredibly funny. goodnight
    You guys realize that there IS PLENTY OF perceptual evidence for evolution unlike the invisible gremlin, right? Archeological evidence, anatomical evidence, genetic evidence...
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    Re: Evolution

    Consider this:

    Within the last year or so they dug up a new T-Rex. Somebody noticed that it looked a little funny and took the fossils to various experts for inspection. They found these little red spots on the fossils.

    They cut the thigh bones up (which is almost unspeakable when dealing with rare fossils) and examined them.

    RED BLOOD CELLS!! Still preserved.

    Many scientists (according to the article I read about it) thought that it was impossible for cells to remain intact for millions of years, sparking new discussions on a young earth.

    After DNA studies they found that the T-Rex is most similar to a chicken.




    Just something to think about. I had always thought dinos turned into birds. I think that that the two "feathered" dinosaurs ARE "missing" links (archaeopteryx?). It makes a lot of sense for dinos to disappear and then birds show up, rather than a global disaster that killed EVERY dinosaur but not mammals.

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