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To: CarolinaGuitarman
No, it isn't. Evolution is concerned with the changes in allele frequency in populations, with one end result being the production of new species. It is an explanation for the biological diversity we see. It has never been about the origins of the universe or of the world. Or of life, for that matter. Darwin left all those off the table. They are outside the scope of the theory. Evolution isn't concerned with the origins of the universe any more than Germ Theory is concerned with the origins of germs.

Then why did darwin call his book "Origin of Species" in 1859.

Oh that's right his book agent suggested the name.(eyes rolling)

42 posted on 11/12/2005 7:53:18 AM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Dane
" Then why did darwin call his book "Origin of Species" in 1859. Oh that's right his book agent suggested the name.(eyes rolling)"

Because it was about the origin of species, not of life. I see you never actually READ the book, or you would have known that. The book is about how species come to be from existing life. Without a previously existing imperfectly self-replicating organism, evolution can't happen. Darwin specifically says in the Origin of Species that the origin of life is outside the scope of his theory.

So, either you already knew this and felt the need to lie, or you are woefully ignorant about Darwin and felt the need to denigrate a book you never read.

45 posted on 11/12/2005 8:00:36 AM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: Dane
Then why did darwin call his book "Origin of Species" in 1859.

Do you know the difference between a universe and a species? Can you even imagine that there is a difference?

79 posted on 11/12/2005 9:13:21 AM PST by shuckmaster (Bring back SeaLion and ModernMan!)
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