Posted on 01/08/2009 9:19:50 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
Nature Struts Darwin Gems
Jan 2, 2009 —- Like a showcase of pearl-handled revolvers, an armory of evidences Nature calls “Darwin’s Gems” have been exhibited to warn creationists that Darwin Day will be defended next month with a show of force. The authors, Henry Gee (former editor of Nature), Rory Howlett and Philip Campbell have made their 15 Evolutionary Gems freely available “and encourage its free dissemination.” Why? “Given that the concepts and realities of Darwinian evolution are still challenged, albeit rarely by biologists, a succinct briefing on why evolution by natural selection is an empirically validated principle is useful for people to have to hand.” This collected ammunition, they feel, demonstrates the “breadth, depth and power of evolutionary thinking.”
Their list includes 5 evidences from paleontology, 6 from ecology, and 4 from genetics and molecular biology (see Commentary for items on the list). The outline is followed by summary arguments for each “gem” of evidence for Darwinian evolution....
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What stops microevolution for evolving into macroevolution?
They can keep their “Darwin Gems” and “Origin of the Species”. I’ll raise them one Bible and let my bet stand. I know which one is the winning hand.
Amen to that!
==What stops microevolution for evolving into macroevolution?
According to the Bible, God created boundaries between each kind. As to what the mechanism is, I don’t know. But the book of nature testifies that those boundaries do in fact exist.
Microevolution X 3.5 billion= Macroevolution.
Reality (the basic laws of mathematics, genetics, probability etc.)... Why?
According to the Bible, God created boundaries between each kind. As to what the mechanism is, I don’t know. But the book of nature testifies that those boundaries do in fact exist.
False. The "book of nature" shows evolution very clearly, to those who have not willfully blinded themselves with religious belief.
And no realistic mechanism has ever been proposed to prevent micro-evolution from adding up, over time, to macro-evolution. All we have are creationist's claims that there is such a mechanism...somewhere.
Once again you are promoting anti-science religious apologetics. And you folks get so incensed when you are called on being anti-science. Heh!
Please explain.
Reality (the basic laws of mathematics, genetics, probability etc.)... Why?
I see. So the "basic laws" of stuff just kick in and put a stop to that evolutionism thingy before it goes too far and winds up with crazy concoctions like birds that swim and mammals that fly and fish that walk. I'm glad that's settled.
Percentage wise the biggest group of evoloserism deniers in the world is probably mathematicians and not Christians. Evolution is not compatible with modern mathematics or probability theory.
How is it not compatible.
Evolution basically stands everything we know about probabilities on its head; the basic requirement is for essentially infinite sequences of absolute zero-probability events.
What is an example of a absolute zero-probability event?
Silly, don't you know that whenever a critter evolves too close to "the edge," the Intelligent Designer smiteth it?
Sorry, not necessarily true.
Making Genetic Networks Operate Robustly: Unintelligent Non-design Suffices, by Garrett Odell, professor, Biology, University of Washington
Description: Mathematical computer models of two ancient and famous genetic networks act early in embryos of many different species to determine the body plan. Models revealed these networks to be astonishingly robust, despite their 'unintelligent design.' This examines the use of mathematical models to shed light on how biological, pattern-forming gene networks operate and how thoughtless, haphazard, non-design produces networks whose robustness seems inspired, begging the question what else unintelligent non-design might be capable of.
What is an example of a absolute zero-probability event?
Welllll....you stopping with silly questions, pretense and circular logic...or in your case illogic...
those immediately come to many minds.
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