A change in tactics (empiricism fails Evos, forcing them to retreat into arguments from analogy)

CMI ^ | August 18, 2009 | Calvin Smith

[GodGunsGuts]

For years, many evolutionists have been making statements similar to this:

Actually, there is superabundant evidence for animals evolving under our eyes: British moths becoming darker since the Industrial Revolution (industrial melanization), insects evolving DDT resistance since World War II, malaria parasites evolving chloroquine resistance in the last two decades, and new strains of flu virus evolving every few years to infect us.[1]

However, after years of withering fire being directed at the foundational structure of their evolutionary castle, it appears that Creationists and Intelligent Design proponents have finally caused enough damage to force some of evolution’s foremost promoters to change tactics. The outer wall reinforcing the “mound of empirical evidence supporting evolution” has collapsed, causing honest evolutionists to fall back behind “arguments from analogy”, or “inference”...

[GodGunsGuts]

Ping!

[GodGunsGuts]

Thought you might be interested in this one as well :o)

[boatbums]

The ‘so-called’ empirical evidence they cite here are only observing mutations within a species, not transmutations. I don't know of anybody who doesn't agree that mutations happen all the time. Why have no transmutations ever been observed? You would think that if there were millions and millions of them to get where we are today, surely, we'd catch ONE in the intermediate process, no?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Devil’s advocate ping

[SendShaqtoIraq]

What dumbasses.

British moths becoming darker: still a MOTH

insects evolving DDT resistance: still INSECTS

malaria parasites evolving chloroquine resistance: still MALARIA PARASITES

new strains of flu virus: still FLU VIRII

[Gordon Greene]

My argument all the while... even more intriguing is the presence of supposedly millions of years of fossil evidence and 0,000,000,000 fossils to support transmutation. The only mutation I ever see are the contortions the Evolutionists go through supporting their dead, decapitated, decomposed Darwin theory.

[B-Chan]

Popcorn popper to ON, quantity to MAX... engage.

[GodGunsGuts]

You make the death of Darwinian evolution sound so graphic!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[editor-surveyor]

Bump to the obvious!

[Wacka]

Straw man argument #1,234.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

causing honest evolutionists to fall back behind “arguments from analogy”,

Or back into metaphors, such as "genes are selfish". I wonder what these metaphors are supposed to prove.