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But that isn't possible.

Are you suggesting that it is impossible for specific populations of organisms to go extinct? So dodos and passenger pigeons still exist?

Where did the population begin?

A common ancestor of all life forms.

Since it began, there are innumerable evolves in the chain that haven't made it to the top step.

There is no "top step". It's not an upward climb, it's just a succession of changes. There's no plan from the beginning, evolution simply occurs based upon variance in the gene pool and environmental selection pressure favouring specific heriditable traits.

Evolutionists certainly can't believe that the top of the chain is all there is.

"Top of the chain" simply refers to where things are now. It doesn't mean that there was an original plan from the beginning, and it doesn't mean that links won't be added on in the future -- in fact, evolution predicts as much.

Where is the bottom and the middle?

The bottom would be the very first life form. The middle is dependent on the species in question, and the midpoint will continue to change as said species evolves.

They must be there somewhere.

And?

In your line of thinking, since man evolved from the lineage of apes, if the human race, the top of the chain, was to die, out more humans would in time reappear.

Neither I nor anyone else has said this. Humans are no more "top of the chain" from the standpoint of evolution than chimpanzees, zebras and pigs. There's no single "chain". Each species represents its own chain, and many individual chains branched off from a single common chain.

Therefore, nothing becomes extinct in evolution, only in creationism.

If the number of members of a species who at one point in time had a nonzero population ever becomes zero, that species is "extinct". It would appear as though you are misunderstanding fundamental principles of both evolution and biology when you construct your arguments.

I am taking a break from CREVO threads for a little while.

I can't take all the lies and misrepresentations and malice from the CRIDer side.

Their "love" consists of calling all Evos Evil Nazi Atheists who want to Destroy Religion.

They can't understand the difference between faith and science -- and somehow think that attacking Evolution buttresses their mythology. My attempts to point out their lies have led to naught. They just change the definitions and move forward. Latest example: They say the AM "confirmed" you were a liar when the AM said to EVERYONE to stop calling people liars. A clear misrepresentation but they even had the stones to repeat it. What can we do with that kind of misrepresentation (i.e. lying)?

You have more patience and stamina than I. I have only been fighting this fight for the future of America a short while.

I thank you now for your continued work on this important task and wish I had your gumption, intelligence and knowledge.

I'll check back in a few months when my strength has returned.