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To: Dataman
"Variation is observed. Evolution is not."

That's not true. Look up the example of the Peppered Moth in Britain that changed color when their tree trunks where stained black by coal soot during the Industrial Revolution. Before that, most of them where white, but there where a few black ones (variation in species). In a short time, the white ones mostly disappeared and the black ones predominated. That's a perfect example of selective pressure causing a species to change. True, they did not become a new species, but the example shows how species change due to environmental pressure.

Also, the fossil record shows many examples of evolution. Species appear and disappear in the fossil record throughout time. The Creation story doesn't explain that.

83 posted on 01/12/2005 9:00:36 AM PST by Batrachian
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To: Batrachian
That's not true. Look up the example of the Peppered Moth in Britain that changed color when their tree trunks where stained black by coal soot during the Industrial Revolution.

That is one of the errors that will be eliminated once laws requiring textbook accuracy are eliminated. It has been discovered, much to the embarrassment of evolutionists, that the moths are nocturnal and are not found on tree trunks during the day. They were glued there for a faked photo. But even if it were not faked, evolutionists have conceded it is not evidence for evolution.

Also, the fossil record shows many examples of evolution. Species appear and disappear in the fossil record throughout time. The Creation story doesn't explain that.

The flood explains the fossil record better than evolution. Evolution expects the record to show gradual change over time with intermediate forms. Creation predicts fully formed organisms and no intermediate forms. The flood would leave mass graves of rapidly buried and often disarticulated organisms. Evolution has no adequate mechanism for explaining the mass graves. Creation would anticipate polystrate fossils. Evolution is at a loss. Creation does not have "out of place artifacts". They are a constant problem for uniformitarians.

Decades ago I was an evolutionist like you. My biggest objection to special creation was the supposed fossil men. Upon closer investigation it became apparent that the missing link is still missing. Of course you will be told that there aren't any missing links, as my anthropology teacher insisted, yet there isn't any evidence stronger than speculation to support the evolution of man. If there were, evolution would be a fact and have public support, which it isn't and doesn't.

If evolution were true, the textbooks wouldn't need to promote the peppered moth hoax. If evolution were true, evolutionists wouldn't need to fabricate evidence to support it.

109 posted on 01/12/2005 9:30:20 AM PST by Dataman
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