[highball]

Right, he says it, then he tries to take it back. Sorry, no take backs.

Wow. "No take backs?" That's your idea of a scientific argument?

Darwin anticipated objections to his theory, then addressed each of the objections in turn, showing how his theory withstood such a criticism. For you to single out his anticipated criticisms while then ignoring his response to them is disingenuous at best, and the very definition of "quote mining."

[dotnetfellow]

“The extreme rarity of transitional forms is the trade secret of paleontology ... The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with gradualism: 1. Stasis. Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking much the same as when they disappear; morphological change is usually limited and directionless. 2. Sudden appearance. In any local area, a species does not arise gradually by the steady transformation of its ancestors; it appears all at once and ‘fully formed.’” [S.J. Gould (evolutionist); Natural History 86:14 (1977)]

Ah, how convenient, fully formed. Gould. What a dip weed.

[VadeRetro]

Wow. "No take backs?" That's your idea of a scientific argument?

I think we have another giggling 15-year-old here.