[PatrickHenry]

Everyone be nice.

[schu]

Interesting article. I am not an evolution/ID scholar, but there are some issues IMHO:

1. Who invented this scheme, from where did it derive?

2. How did life begin?

3. In commentary

“Therefore, when the avalanche is falling, there's no soft voice that says: "Oh, this one has such nice genes, let's whisk it out of harm's way."”

Seems a bit presumptuous, how do you know?

4. In commentary

“The evolution algorithm is marvelously elegant in its operation -- but it's not what we would expect of an intelligent designer.”

How do you know what the IDer had in mind? What was your expectation? Most things in this world, including humans, are flawed.

Are these really flaws? Why would you expect the process of plants and animals adapting to changing circumstances not to have some flaws?

Why cannot evolution exist within the framework of an Intelligent Designer?

FWIIW, schu

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Ohhhh....then you're NOT talking about THIS sort of "evolution" then.... :-)

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

I actually thought THIS was the most plausible evolution explanation.... :-)

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Here's a good pictorial evolution of man and woman.... :-)

[JCEccles]

Evolution in five easy steps ~ How to be a millionaire and never pay taxes.

First, get a million dollars.

Funny stuff, PH. Not nearly as funny as the Steve Martin routine but funny nevertheless.

[TheRobb7]

"Evolution in Five Easy Steps"

Creationism in One Easy Step:
"In the beginning God create the heaven and the earth."

I'm not dissing anyone. That's just what I believe.

Have a great day!

[onja]

I applaud you at how simple this explanation is. I'm a high-schooler and a creationist and I still understood it :)

But one thing seems left out. I already knew about the gradual processes, reproduction, etc. But to me, one of my big questions is: How do we know they actually do change the creatures and is a testable example of bodies changing in an irreversible way? Yes, it theoretically works, but I don't know of any evidence showing that there is such change. Not trying to debate and I'll gladly accept explanations. Just curious.

BTW-I'll probably be getting a lot of this now. I used to live in Tennessee but moved to Arizona and am now going to a university high school. Really intense, and most people are flaming liberals, democrats, and evolutionists. And, probably, there'll be a number more intelligent than me.

[Creationist]

Commentary: From our point of view, the filter (nature's evolution algorithm) can result in an enormous amount of waste.

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[DungeonMaster]

I'm a lizard and I have this little flap of skin in my arm pits that may one day be wings. My lizard parents don't have it and it isn't hurting anything nor getting my lizard ars kicked on the playground so I'm OK. Wow, I'm 0.0000000001 percent of the way to evolving to a bird.