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To: vessel
Furthermore, if there's nothing going on there, why do we find fossil series that point in the identical direction to the genetic evidence?

(Reptile to mammal)


From here.

(Ape to human)

From here.

The latter link also gives a great summary of the overall evidence for common descent, which is crushing. It's utterly ridiculous to try to turn a blind eye to all that, especially when everyone knows that your motivation for so doing has nothing to do with the science and everything to do with your religion.
186 posted on 03/12/2004 4:06:06 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: VadeRetro
> (Reptile to mammal)

Pretty pictures. A lot like embryonic recapitulation don't you think? And even if they are accurate it would be like saying that because trees and rivers and human veins have branches they must be related. Form follows function, it's a design concept, not a happy accident.

And just how did the human "evolve" with two missing chromosomes?

> It's utterly ridiculous to try to turn a blind eye to all that, especially when everyone knows that your motivation for so doing has nothing to do with the science and everything to do with your religion.

My faith does not prevent me from using the scientific method, but warns me against "science falsely so-called".
The God who loves me encourages me to prove all things.

Drawings and theories and circumstantial evidence, no-matter how oft repeated and sincerely believed, are not proof.

When you really know then you have understanding, until then its all shifting sand, new drawings, new theories, new geneologies.
191 posted on 03/12/2004 4:38:07 PM PST by vessel (How long has your candle been burning? Only you and the light know for sure.)
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