[[Again baraminologists haven’t yet defined what a “class” is. I’ll simply quote the article,]]
There most certainly is a working definition of class which more closely describes the major taxon than does the hypothesis of common anscestry. Shal I point out the major classifications problems with Phylogeny? Are you asserting that a system needs to be problem free to be concidered ‘true science’? The definiotion of ‘class’ is based on several criteria, which as you know full well, presents a problem even amoung phylogentic classifications. Again, if you have scientific evidence that Baraminology isn’t a valid classification, then present it. Their definitions of Class isn’t nearly as problematic as you make it out to be, and infact is LESS problematic than the phylogentic one- They’ve been able to take hte scientific evidences, based on several ligitimate fields’s explanations, and coem to a logical conclusion that you may or may not agree with- but an objective annalysis shows to be as ligit if not more so than previous examples of classifications.
[[Observation is not prediction.]
That is bull dookie- Evos ‘predicted’ that we should double hinged jaws, and by golly, they found a double hinged jaw animal- they took evidence that they had, predicted what could be OBSERVED in the fossil record, and it was found to be true when the double hinged jaw was found.
Baraminology predicts that there will be a genetic disconect between major classes, they find evidnece that supports this throguh testing and observation.
Please, srop the disingenious insults about ‘it’s just observation’ because the majority of science is based on observation. You’re attemptinjg to downplay this issue and make it out that it is so simplistic that it shouldn’t be called science when the FACT is that there is Far Far more to the system than observation. It is more scientifically involveed than you are willing to admit because doing so would undermine your ‘it’s simple observation’ insult. Your argument is severely lacking in scientific rebuttles.
You have yet to specify what the discontinuity is.