My understanding of logic greatly exceeds my knowledge of biology. On the other hand, I understand enough about biology to recognize that evolution has many very large gaps that simply cannot be explained away.
Perhaps you should try making use of it in your posts here. It would save us all a great deal of time.
I understand enough about biology to recognize that evolution has many very large gaps that simply cannot be explained away.
Do tell, I am all agog to know what you, someone who patently knows almost nothing about biology, can bring to our attention that nullifies the work of the hundreds of thousands of biologists over the last 150 years who have found ToE logically and evidentially persuasive. And of course your skepticism has nothing whatsoever to do with religious prejudice. Nah.
Creationists keep making this claim, but when asked to actually didentify any of these alleged "many large gaps", they either run away or post complete twaddle.
So to date, the evidence indicates that the creationists don't know what in the hell they're talking about when it comes to biology.
and you use this as a "valid disproof" of the ToE, all the time, in thread after thread after thread, no matter how many timese the specifics you cite get rebutted.
yet, you also claim to be extensively expert in logic. Fine. Again, I challenge you:
IF, as you have repeatedly asserted, "there are gaps in the fossil record of transitionals" equates to "There IS NO fossil record of transitionals"
THEN, by your "logic", "I have gaps in my teeth" MUST EQUATE TO "I have NO TEETH"
As this latter set is demonstrably contrary to fact, the "logic" of its construct is obviously false. It is a logical fallacy, in any application.
Recognize this, and henceforth modify your arguments, or you automatically VOID your claims to logic and rationality.
your choice.
My understanding of logic greatly exceeds my knowledge of biology. On the other hand, I understand enough about biology to recognize that evolution has many very large gaps that simply cannot be explained away.
Evolution does have gaps. But, the whole of evolutionary data and theory presents a convincing and workable body of evidence. There is very little disagreement within the profession on the overall picture, and a lot of disagreement over small details.
I think that you are coming from a belief system that says "evolution has to be wrong somehow" and so you will seek out any perceived gap or error and gleefully run with it.
You spend a lot of time on these threads, but I don't see science and evolutionary theory as very important to you. Rather, I see you defending a religious belief.
That's fine. But really, to do science you must be aware of the rules of science, have some passing familiarity with the vast literature of each specific field of science, and stick to observable evidence.
That seems to be where we have the divide here: you are arguing a religious viewpoint and "doing heated battle" with the godless evilutionists. Evolutionists and other scientists are defending their fields of study against religious intrusion (seen as superstition, etc.).
Things were at a standstill, with each in its own corner until CS and ID started the current PR campaign.
[Anyway, that how I see it as of this post; I still have a hundred or two to go to catch up.]