Posted on 08/25/2019 2:15:58 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Renowned Yale computer scientist David Gelernter claims that he is abandoning Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Gelernter, who formerly served as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, published a column earlier this year detailing his move away from evolutionary theory. The column, which was titled “Giving Up Darwin,” provides Gelernter’s arguments against Darwinism.
Darwin’s theory predicts that new life forms evolve gradually from old ones in a constantly branching, spreading tree of life. Those brave new Cambrian creatures must therefore have had Precambrian predecessors, similar but not quite as fancy and sophisticated. They could not have all blown out suddenly, like a bunch of geysers. Each must have had a closely related predecessor, which must have had its own predecessors: Darwinian evolution is gradual, step-by-step. All those predecessors must have come together, further back, into a series of branches leading down to the (long ago) trunk.
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There is plenty of archeological evidence for evolution.
Care to elaborate?
How do you define “so far”?
Based on that picture? Surely that’s not the point you’re making!
That it stays within its species. A canine will not become a feline orviceversa, regardless of time you give for the possibility.
The only Bible, God’s word. Start with the King James. It’s old english, but it’s good.
That seems fairly arbitrary. Are you suggesting that a dog, say, can evolve to a different breed but not to a different species? What guardrails keep that from happening?
It is arbitrary, not by me but nature.
Yes, breeds of dogs are still dogs. A wolf is still a canine. A fox is still a canine. They are all versions of canines.
The genetic limits ensures because anything that goes too far towards the limit becomes sterile.
I suggest consulting a text book.
” Start with the King James.”
Which removed many verses ...
Oh? Which ones? Or do you mean the Catholic ones?
The old heretic name calling. I have read more about evolution than you have. Where did life come from?
You’re angry. What name did I call you?
And if he was? Do you not recognize the Christianity of Catholics?
You called me uneducated or stupid since I dare to question Darwinism.
Christian and Catholic are not interchangeable terms. Catholicism is not biblical, and they’ve killed millions of Christians. That’s a long topic to cover, but there is a lot of information on this for anyone willing to do any reading.
That’s a lie. A sin. I did nothing of the kind. If you are honorable, retract your pernicious lie immediately.
Wow. I thought bigotry against Catholics was forbidden on FR.
Actual history and truth is bigotry?
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