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To: metacognative
• A great many species enter the fossil record trailing no obvious ancestors, and depart leaving no obvious descendants.

The debate over evolution should be split into two pieces. First of all, is the fossil record old and spread over millions of years, or does the poster believe in a young earth model?

And if there is agreement that the fossil record is old, then there can be a debate on how species form within that framework. Because if one poster believes in a young earth model and the other does not, you aren't gonna agree on anything because your worldviews are completely different. Too much of the debate on FR tends to skip the first step, which means both sides are yelling at each other over completely different premises.

17 posted on 03/09/2005 2:11:47 PM PST by dirtboy (Drooling moron since 1998...)
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To: dirtboy

You don't read like a moron. What's your single best evidence for an old earth?


54 posted on 03/09/2005 2:40:32 PM PST by metacognative (eschew obfuscation)
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