[Matchett-PI]

"The argument is about whether the 'change' that is observed can create a man out of an amoeba or whether it is limited e.g. to generating dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, etc out of an original canine kind."

Try this :)

"..man is not descended from animals, but rather, vice versa. Put another way, the human being is not "animal plus X." Rather, various animals are "human prototype minus X," just as life is not "matter plus Y," but "life minus Y."

("If I recall correctly, this was an argument in Schumacher's Guide For the Perplexed." ).

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Saturday, May 12, 2007: Drinking from God's Firehose

[GourmetDan]

"...man is not descended from animals, but rather, vice versa. Put another way, the human being is not "animal plus X." Rather, various animals are "human prototype minus X,"..."

Ever think how that might fit with Genesis 9:5a, "And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal."

"...just as life is not "matter plus Y," but "life minus Y."

I assume that he meant that *matter* is "life minus Y", not that *life* is "life minus Y"? That would fit better with his previous statement about humans/animals.