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"What you and your cohorts resolutely refuse to address, presumably because you are unable to, is the evolution from lower life forms to higher orders, which is what the theory of evolution is REALLY about. "

I thought it was science that determined what a theory is, not you? Am I wrong?

The ToE states that through natural selection and genetic drift (and other mechanisms) organisms change in such a way that they, if traced back far enough, share a common ancestor with other organisms. It says nothing about a cat turning into a dog.

[blueblazes]

I'm done debating with you folks. I've said everything that I think can be said on the subject - from my perspective anyway, and I'd just recommend that anyone who is so inclined go back and read my posts. If I keep posting, I'll just keep repeating myself over and over again, and that is pointless.

[blueblazes]

What I was obviously referring to is that there no proof that any species has ever turned into another COMPLETELY different species, even in stages. There is no proof geologically, biologically or through direct observation. You are taking animals that appear to be similar to each other and postulating a relationship that exists solely within your own framework. Someone else who is not invested in the ToE might come to completely different conclusions. Your framework dictates the outcome. You find what you are "looking" for.

I use cat/dog, whatever to illustrate the point. I realize it is a simplification, but not everyone reading these posts is a microbiologist, and sometimes arguments need to be drilled down to their most basic or fundamental components. In short, to directly answer your point - there is NO proof of any common ancestor shared by all of these various species going back to the primeval ooze, nor of any lower order mutating into a higher order, or a completely different species (i.e., a cat turning into a dog rather than a tiger), nor any proof that this is an on-going process as nothing of this nature has been observed in recorded history. All that has been observed are mutations from one type of plant to another type of plant, or one type of animal into another animal that is obviously from the same general family. A tiger is still a cat. A wooly mammoth is still a type of elephant. I don't know what a hyena might be related to, but it doesn't matter anyway unless it decides at some point to turn into something other than a hyena. Maybe it's ALWAYS been a hyena or hyena like creature.

This will have to be my last word on the subject as I'm just going to be repeating myself.