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To: Soliton
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And to say that the theory of evolution is based solely on good science is a complete pot of phooey.... All one has to do is go back to the mid-1900’s where prominent evolutionists prescribed to the idea that evolution of life was no longer a theory, but it was a fact... and then these great minds added that they did not intend to get bogged down in semantics and definitions regarding evolution.

Darwinism (the basis of evolutionary theory) is based on the premise of natural selection which basically boils down to the bare claims that some organisms leave more offspring than others....however, the real guts of evolution — which is how do you come to have horses, tigers, and such— is outside of this mathematical theory. Looking further into the weaknesses of Darwin's theory is in explaining the origin of species... natural selection (the basis of Darwinism) does not play any role until self-reproducing organisms ALREADY exist. As an explanation for the origin of self-reproducing organisms, it is a non-starter.... I can go on and on about the enormity of holes and poor science that goes along with the “theory of evolution” just as I can regarding global warming. To say that evolution is a fact, is well... wrong.

Let me give you a reading list:”Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing” by William A. Dembski; “Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution” by Michael J. Behe; “From Darwin to Hitler, Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany” by Richard Weikhart; “The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities” by William A. Dembski; “The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism” by Phillip E. Johnson.

38 posted on 08/02/2008 9:28:58 AM PDT by zimfam007 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: zimfam007
All one has to do is go back to the mid-1900’s

Why would you go back 150 years?

"Here we present a draft genome sequence of the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Through comparison with the human genome, we have generated a largely complete catalogue of the genetic differences that have accumulated since the human and chimpanzee species diverged from our common ancestor, constituting approximately thirty-five million single-nucleotide changes, five million insertion/deletion events, and various chromosomal rearrangements. We use this catalogue to explore the magnitude and regional variation of mutational forces shaping these two genomes, and the strength of positive and negative selection acting on their genes. In particular, we find that the patterns of evolution in human and chimpanzee protein-coding genes are highly correlated and dominated by the fixation of neutral and slightly deleterious alleles. We also use the chimpanzee genome as an outgroup to investigate human population genetics and identify signatures of selective sweeps in recent human evolution."

The argument is over. Darwin was right.

41 posted on 08/02/2008 9:36:43 AM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: zimfam007
Let me give you a reading list:”Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing” by William A. Dembski; “Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution” by Michael J. Behe; “From Darwin to Hitler, Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany” by Richard Weikhart; “The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities” by William A. Dembski; “The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism” by Phillip E. Johnson.

DO you real anything not written by fundamentalists?

52 posted on 08/02/2008 9:45:58 AM PDT by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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