[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The assumption that the Universe was entirely empty before that point is as much a non-sequitur as assuming some supernatural being did it.

Then, categorically, they are both immaculate conceptions...

Thank Aristotle for logic.

[KMJames]

I've been reading these evolution/creation threads for a long, long time - and simply want to know what predictions we can make in light of evolution.

It seems that we can make no definitive predictions other than that "changes will occur" in allele frequency. We need to define the mechanism for these changes, right? Are we still saying that natural selection is the mechanism of evolution?... cause I have a bit of a problem understanding how it works to bring about speciation.

Can someone help?

[LogicWings]

Then, categorically, they are both immaculate conceptions...

Not if the Universe wasn't empty.