Posted on 08/19/2006 6:39:43 AM PDT by RaceBannon
----The Theory of Evolution has nothing to do with the survival individual members of a species. It only has to do with the survival of characteristics that change within the population of the species.---
In a nutshell!!
Thanks for the explanation and the time it took...
....so the human race does not not have superior intelligence to the races of bivalves? And since, as has been argued on these threads ad nauseum, there is no real distinction between "macro" and "micro" evolution, where does that leave us? How is it that through evolution, all the races of human kind turn out to be ........exactly even? What are the odds of that?
Uh...........If the individuals perish, the characteristics are not passed on.
Strawman. The only measurement of success in evolutionary terms is fitness. Surviving species are very successful in their particular niche.
Except they aren't different races. Humans are currently undergoing microevolutionary changes, such as the spread of heterozygous sickle-cell anemia or lactose tolerance. Heredity is precisely the mechanism that ensures the dominance of traits within a population.
"Uh...........If the individuals perish, the characteristics are not passed on."
Strawman. They weren't very fit in the first place then.
lol...the Nazi's are gone? Ya, they are exterminated. No longer around. Then you do the hokey-pokey...
On the contrary- Darwin is the King of Men. There was no one in man's time on earth, prior to Charles D., who ever had a clue to origin of species- much less what was involved in that process.
"...neglect the fact the Jews would have been systematically persecuted regardless of what Darwin wrote or whether or not Hitler believed in evolution/ eugenics theories." So, Popman, you know this as fact? How?
Hitler certainly didn't change the theorum of 2+2, now did he? No, he and his minions, certainly did not! And, if there is one set of facts the Axis forces pursued- it was full on advancement of science, at any cost.
Please provide a timeline that supports your theory, as to Darwin's provocative thinking and the events precluding and including the War of the States.Thanks!
Good thread, RaceBannon. The misinformed alway worship at the same altar of animus to G-d, in lieu of their proxy...themselves
Not to mention the fact that "favored" is not a synonym for "superior."
Last time I checked, bivalves were not a race.
What is "exactly even?" Homo Sapiens went through a genetic bottlenecking event sometime in the last 100K years, with the population reduced to a couple of thousand breeding individuals, so we're going to be fairly close genetically. Up to about 50K years ago, there were at least three human species on the planet (Homo Erectus, Homo Neanderthalensis and Homo Sapiens). If the Flores Man thing turns out to be another species then we're up to four (I doubt it will, though, but one must keep an open mind). Unfortunately, all Homo species had pretty much come to fill the same niche in each of their environments; as Homo Sapiens spread out he displaced the others who eventually went extinct.
Not that I expect you to actually assimilate the information in this post, but at least the lurkers will see it.
no, sorry, I was only trying to save bandwidth.
Sorry for the confusion.
Protestantism never taught anti-semitism, Luthor did.
wrong analogy
I know this because the Jews were persecuted long before the rise of Nazism, Marxism, Communism and recently Islam's fascist and have been the scapegoat for thousands of years before they were stuffed in ovens.
Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it.
I think you are forgetting the time-machine that Darwin used to (amongst other actions) influence Marx. Apparently he also used it to steal his ideas from Haeckel's mistake (both canards heard from creationist Freepers)
So, what are you saying? Even if evolution is true we should keep quiet about it lest fools draw stupid conclusions from a description of nature? Best keep quiet about atomic theory too. Someone might build a bomb.
Laugh it off right. Anybody who disagrees with evolution or dares to question it is a heretic.
Fact is Hitler was attempting to evolve a super race of Aryans through genetic evolution. He believed in Darwin and believed that man was still evolving. That is why he had to rid Germany of the "weeds" or Jews, Slavs and Gypsies as well as the handicapped for fear of diluting the race.
Funny how Darwin is going the way of the Dinosaur?
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