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To: jbloedow; js1138
Are you really going to be happy with a ToE which presumes a divinely created original life form to get things started?

ToE is independent of the origin of life. As long as there is inheritable variation, mutation, and differential survival, there will be evolution. How could there not be?

898 posted on 12/30/2005 2:01:35 PM PST by Virginia-American
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To: Virginia-American
ToE is independent of the origin of life.

So even if there was no origin of life, ToE would still operate????

As long as there is inheritable variation, mutation, and differential survival, there will be evolution.

I think you meant to say that ToE assumes the origin of life, otherwise I'm not sure where you get your inheritable variation, mutation, etc.

How could there not be?

So what are you saying? You don't need any evidence of evolution now? It's just obvious? You can just assume there's no genetic boundaries to this inheritable variation?

Differential survival can just as easily (more so?) ensure stasis. Does your little creation cocktail make stasis so obvious too? If so, which is more likely? Don't you need to factor in the environment? What if that's constant?

900 posted on 12/30/2005 2:13:58 PM PST by jbloedow
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To: Virginia-American
As long as there is inheritable variation, mutation, and differential survival, there will be evolution. How could there not be?

This is an expression of faith that cannot be fully supported by evidence.

Minor evolution is not the disagreement.

The leap of faith is that minor evolution can be extrapolated to a change from one species to another.

One of the things to consider is that eyes are essentially the same in all mammels, whales, sharks, birds and other species that are not claimed to be in the evolutionary chain for each other.

When was the design of eyes fixed so that they could be inherited by all these species across so many unrelated lines?

The fact that species may have some of the same features does not show that they evolved from one to the other.

The claim that evolution will explain these issues is where the expressions of faith are necessary.

Expressions of faith are not wrong to explain what you don't understand. I do it all the time.

902 posted on 12/30/2005 2:25:01 PM PST by Dan(9698)
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