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To: allmendream

The theory of evolution says that all life is descended from one single common ancestor. This absurd claim cannot possibly ever be proved and is a religious belief based entirely on circular logic.


30 posted on 04/17/2012 1:13:55 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Wrong again. The theory of universal common ancestry states that all life is descended from one single common ancestor.

Abiogenesis = a hypothesis about how life could come about through physical means.

Universal Common Ancestry = a theory to explain how all known life shares features of common ancestry.

Evolution = a theory about how life changes in response to selective pressure upon genetic variations within a population.

For the typical Creation story to be true - all terrestrial life had to have come from those few species that could fit on a boat of known dimensions. This entails semi-universal common ancestry between “kinds”, and speciation and evolution at a rate far beyond that proposed by evolutionary biology.

So the difference seems to be that creationists accept evolution so long as you don't call it evolution, they accept speciation and common descent - but only within a non defined “kind” - and at a very rapid rate.

Do you think mice and rats are the same “kind”?

Are tigers and lions the same “kind” or a different “kind”?

Are old world vultures and new world vultures the same “kind”?

33 posted on 04/17/2012 1:35:52 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to DC to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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