Posted on 08/27/2012 1:42:32 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
They conflict. Which one do you believe?
I did not know there was a conflict however I will err on the side of safety.
I believe the Bible when it says that God created the earth in 7 days and it just looks like it is millions of years old. Just like a newly created Adam would look like he is twenty years or older.
We have to stop your dissent because it is harming the children!
So it isn’t a life until the moral police who don’t believe in a “God” concept decide it is a life? On what basis? Preserving a “right” to abortion on demand?
It is a simple question. And observable. Life deniers won’t admit it.
The problem with most evolution theories based on randomness is that they largely depend on mutation. The same people who insist that science should be based on objective observation fail to admit that the overwhelming majority of mutations make a creature less adaptable. I can see certain instances where, perhaps, a genetic predisposition to certain coloration or patterns may make an animal a better hunter or a more difficult prey, but most random mutations adversely impact the health of the organism.
Exactly. Put another way, when asked what is the mechanism for evolution, the reply is:
"The Survival of the Fittest"
Question: define "fittest" (this is a problem for evolutionists, because there is absolutely no way to determine the 'fittest' of a species beforehand: this only becomes clear after observing which members of the species manage to survive over time)
Hence the answer: "those who survive"
Thus, evolutionists are stating a meaningless tautology by actually saying that a central mechanism of evolution is "The survival of those who survive."
Evolution does not explain Creation. - Charles Darwin”
Was it supposed to?
“overwhelming majority”
Well, those words are key, aren’t they? all it takes is a “small minority” for evolution to work.
Just a heads up... The Hebrew word for “day” in Genesis is the same word for amount of time or space of time....
Evolution according to who’s theory? There are a lot of them out there.
silliness, survive = reproduce
those that survive to reproduce are the 'fittest'
We’ve seen species disappear. We’ve seen species that were thought to be extinct re-emerge in small numbers. We’ve seen plants and animals migrate (via hobbyists/scientists/shipping) to new regions of the world where sometimes they thrive.
New lifeforms springing up, not so much.
True enough, but in that regard, intelligent design is a more rational theory.
I can, for example, imagine the types of mutations that would slowly change a reptilian scale into a more feather-like structure, and give it's bearer certain advantages in flight characteristics. By that same token, even beneficial mutations typically come as a trade off and have some disadvantage for the advantage they provide. If it was only one individual, or even just one brood that bore the initial mutation, the chances of it/them surviving and succesfully transmitting the mutation would be more probable if they were "meant to."
Evolution does not explain Creation. - Charles Darwin
“Creation does not disprove evolution.” - Me
So, this guy hosted a kid’s show for five years, ending 14 years ago... Why is his opinion at all relevant?
Ask any 8 yr. old now who Bill Nye is.... I bet it is close to 1-5% know.
Yeah ... but that “evening and morning” thing puts a damper on any attempt to get away from a literal day.
Please demonstrate how life came from non-living and maybe I will accept that some of evolution is valid.
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