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To: Hill of Tara
1. Natural selection is not a strong enough force to have changed us from bacteria to humans even over a zillion years.

Actually, the time frame is approximately 4.5 billion years. In fact, I do not believe that "zillion" is a number.

How come other animals/beings (like other bacteria) havent changed?

Most of them have changed. Those that have not simply have not needed to change in order to continue existing through successive generations.

What was wrong with their natural selection?

Nothing is "wrong". Natural selection has no implicit goal or direction. A lack of change over generations in a population of organisms merely indicates that the organisms are well-adapted for successful reproduction within their environment. 2. The idea of evolution just being completely random doesn't wash.

Evolution is not completely random. The mutations that occur to change traits of an organism are random, however the selection process is based upon that organism's ability to successfuly reproduce in their environment. This is not a random event, as their are specific definable factors within each environment and organism.

There has to be an Intelligent Force controlling it.

This is an appeal to incredulity, and a logical fallacy. Merely being unable to comprehend how a process can occur without an "Intelligent Force" controlling the event does not actually necessitate such a force.



3. There was an issue with the propellors on the first organisms (one-celled.) The organism could not exist without the propellor, it could not survive, but the propellor had to have been brought about by natural selection, which couldnt have happened unless the organism was alive, which it couldnt be, if it didnt have the propellor.

I believe that you are referring to the "flagellum". Responses to claims that a flagellum could not have formed without intelligent intervention are found here. I will also note that the man who brought forth the claim of the flagellum requiring intelligent intervention himself accepts common descent as the most likely explanation as to how diverse life emerged. He merely believes that an intelligent agent intervened at various times to adjust the organisms.

4.According to the theory of evolution, in the distant past there was no life in the universe -- just elements and chemical compounds. Somehow, these chemicals combined and came to life. How'd that happen, what caused it, what caused that, and how did the chemicals and other elements get there?

The theory of evolution only explains events that occur within systems of reproducing organisms. While the question of the ultimate origin of reproducing organisms is valid, and a field of study for many biologists, it is not one that can be answered within the scope of the theory of evolution, as the mechanics of the theory do not apply. For the same reason, the theory of evolution cannot address the ultimate origins of matter, including the components that make up the first organisms. This is not a weakness of the theory; rather, it is a recognition of the scope of the theory's explanatory power, and an understanding that the theory cannot be used to address questions beyond its scope.

5. Why do we still have appendixes?

Why should we not? Thus far their continued presence has not created a sufficient reproductive disadvantage to pressure their removal from our species.

6. If evolution is caused by mutations, why are most mutations malignant and negative?

Most mutations are actually neutral. Other mutations are either beneficial or harmful depending on environmental conditions. Mutations that are absolutely harmful do not factor into evolution, as the organisms with such mutations will not successfully reproduce. In fact, in many cases such harmful mutations prevent a viable organism from forming in the first place. The existence of harmful mutations does not in any way disprove evolution. The only means by which mutations could disprove evolution is if it can be demonstrated that there are absolutely no mutations that are ever in any way beneficial for an organism.

• It has never been observed in any laboratory that mutations can cause one species to turn into another. Despite this, evolutionists believe that given enough time, some animals will eventually evolve into other creatures.

I do not understand why you place a laboratory requirement. Not all scientific observation is done within a laboratory. Moreover, evolution has been observed through successive generations of populations, even to the point of speciation.

• Sir Fred Hoyle, of Cambridge University stated that statistically the chances of one cell evolving was the same as a tornado passing through a junkyard and giving you a fully functional Boeing 747.

There are two problems with this statement. First, Fred Hoyle was not referring to the process of evolution, but rather the process of a single cell forming where none existed before. As I said earlier, this process would not be evolution, but abiogenesis, and would not be addressed by the theory of evolution. The second problem is that as an astronomer, Fred Hoyle did not have the qualifications to construct such a probability argument. In fact, without knowing all of the initial conditions of pre-life earth, it is impossible for even well-researched biologists are unable to know enough variables to formulate a specific probability calculation.

It should also be noted that Fred Hoyle never disputed the theory of evolution. He simply believed that the first life forms from which evolution started were seeded to Earth from space.

--There are many creatures that defy evolution. All of the examples below illustrate complex and sophisticated biological structures. It is difficult to believe that these creatures could have evolved, since all of their systems had to have been in place at the start for them to survive. Angler Fish; Chicken Egg
Beaver; Giraffe
Black And Yellow Garden Spider; Incubator Bird
Bombardier Beetle; Woodpecker

Please explain how the above creatures "defy" evolution. If you prefer to keep your response and research less exhaustive, select one or two from the list and explain them.
33 posted on 03/01/2006 3:18:31 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: Dimensio
The second problem is that as an astronomer, Fred Hoyle did not have the qualifications to construct such a probability argument. In fact, without knowing all of the initial conditions of pre-life earth, it is impossible for even well-researched biologists are unable to know enough variables to formulate a specific probability calculation

Then certainly an anonymous poster (that I call demented) has only admitted to being a computer help technician therefore has no qualifications to speak for or against evo
39 posted on 03/01/2006 3:30:44 PM PST by RunningWolf (Vet US Army Air Cav 1975)
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