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To: jlogajan
Creation "evidence" happens to be about as convincing as evidence for flying saucers and extra sensory perception.

You failed to distinguish between young-earth and old-earth creationism in your criticism. I agree that young-earth creationists are unconvincing. Old-earth or progressive creationism is well-documented, both Biblically and scientifically. Failing to distinguish between them is an inadequate argument.

17 posted on 06/09/2003 7:01:19 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Look it up!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
You failed to distinguish between young-earth and old-earth creationism in your criticism.

Actually, both of them have to deny the fossil record.

And in both cases they start from the Bible and then select the details they wish to prove their assumptions.

Darwin was led to his remarkable discovery by the evidence. Since then the evidence has amassed to support his initial discovery ten thousand fold.

So in evolution we have a fossil record that agrees with contemporaneous examples of species selection. Since 1953 we've known the very structure of the genetic blueprints called DNA. And many living creatures now have their genes mapped and compared to others to demonstrate past genetic links.

Creationism and Intelligent design, on the other hand, have hand waving criticisms from poorly applied "statistical impossibilities." In general they don't as much attempt to prove their case as to poke holes in various fossil chains -- hoping against logic that therefore if they can muddy the water -- people will leap on their theory as the ONLY replacement. A logical fallacy of its own.

35 posted on 06/09/2003 8:16:27 PM PDT by jlogajan
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To: Hebrews 11:6
"Failing to distinguish between them is an inadequate argument."

It's all the argument they can muster.

72 posted on 06/10/2003 6:38:26 AM PDT by MEGoody
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