Posted on 03/20/2008 2:54:39 PM PDT by blam
“Evolution is a fact.”
...for varying definitions of the word “Evolution”.
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*slurp*
*glaze*
:::HELP:::
And the meaning of "is" is?
I see you’re “In the thick of the Muslim world”.
They’re stuck in the 7th century, what century are you in?
Look into my eyez....
If you guys are that sure you are right, then why get so defensive.? What is wrong with encouraging people to check out what they hear, and ask questions, whether about “the beginning, politics etc”
*spirals*
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*slack jaw*
I.
Am.
Your.
Willing.
Salve.
Master.
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come to me...
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*slaver*
Yes.
Master.
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*spiral*
What’s defensive about stating the truth?
I didn’t call you names.
Please explain to me what I said that was defensive.
People can check out whatever they want. They’re even free to create their alternate reality with leprachauns, gnomes, or whatever. I have a younger brother that believes in that crap.
Is it defensive to assert that science doesn’t support the concept of gnomes?
Say you asked “Why did this nation become a Democracy?” and I pointed out that we are not a Democracy, and Democracy was anathema to our founders; would you assume I was against you asking questions, or that I had specific problems with the specifics of the question?
Your statement that this was ‘just a theory’ shows that you have little concept of what a theory actually is. That you object to this being portrayed as ‘fact’ you show that you do not understand that theories are ABOVE facts in the hierarchy of Scientific Explanation.
It was as if we were talking about the conduct of a lieutenant and you came along and said “you know he is just a Colonel don't you?”; you would be elevating the subject without cause in an attempt to discredit the subject by applying a term that denotes MORE confidence.
I’ll lay in a case, just in case...
Well, spontaneous mutation and natural selection within species is fact. However, the notion that primitive species evolve into more sophisticated species is not fact. In fact, it appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics.
People who are uncomfortable the implications of this, postulate that infinite energy has been added to earth's ecoshere so that evolution is, in fact, possible.
Evolution is a fact.
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Which aspect is a fact?
Spike?
*drool*
*whispers*
:::Could we have chocolate with that case?:::
It was kind of cool when the girls Ironed their hair, long blond and smoking, lumpy know, time passes.
No, the 2nd law of thermodynamics in no way contradicts increasing complexity; this is an argument that even other creationists caution creationists not to use.
Earth is not a closed system and it would not take ‘infinite’ energy to allow for evolution (indeed infinite energy would destroy life) all it takes is a steady stream of energy from something we like to call Mr. Sun.
The fact that nothing on earth is a perfect replicator (mutation creates genetic diversity) and that natural selection acts on variation by increasing or decreasing the incidence of this variation based upon the relative advantage or disadvantage it confers.
Evolution happens every time. There is in fact no way to stop it.
Take a single bacteria and plate it and grow up a colony from that one specimen. Now plate that colony on 10 different plates and subject them to 10 different selective pressures (heat, cold, antibiotics, etc) and you will find that variation that did not exist within the original specimen is present in these selected colonies, and that these variations tend to allow for living in these adverse conditions. It happens every time.
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