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To: GodGunsGuts
From the introduction in “Darwin’s Ghost,” by Steve Jones. April 2001 edition

Every part of Darwin’s thesis is open to test. The clues – from fossils, genes or geography – differ in each case, but from all of them comes the conclusion that the whole of life is kin. That is no mere assertion, but a chain of deduction with every link complete. The biography of the AIDS virus, one of Nature’s newest and tiniest products, is almost complete and that of whales – the largest animals ever seen – is fragmentary, but they are cousins under the skin. The AIDS virus is change seen under the microscope, and the whale the same process viewed, in glimpses and over long ages, through a biological telescope. Evolution at the extremes of size is an apt prelude to the great drama that is Darwinism.

11 posted on 11/13/2009 8:48:10 AM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: OldNavyVet

You should go through that book and assign each sentence a verse number.


14 posted on 11/13/2009 9:06:30 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: OldNavyVet
"Every part of Darwin’s thesis is open to test. The clues – from fossils, genes or geography – differ in each case, but from all of them comes the conclusion that the whole of life is kin. That is no mere assertion, but a chain of deduction with every link complete. The biography of the AIDS virus, one of Nature’s newest and tiniest products, is almost complete and that of whales – the largest animals ever seen – is fragmentary, but they are cousins under the skin. The AIDS virus is change seen under the microscope, and the whale the same process viewed, in glimpses and over long ages, through a biological telescope. Evolution at the extremes of size is an apt prelude to the great drama that is Darwinism."

Fallacy of affirming the consequent on full display.

17 posted on 11/13/2009 9:15:51 AM PST by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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