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To: Hunble
How the first form of life originated is not known, or even included in the theory of evolution.

We're not talking about evolution, we're talking about how life originated. Those who reject the idea that God did it, must therefore claim that life just happened ... spontaneously. Unless you want to tell us there's another way that life came from non-life?

Evolution is the study of how existing organisms have changed over time.

Uh huh. And the fossil record tends to shows species popping up whole, not developing slowly -- a fact that the theory of punctuated equilibrium (among others) is attempting to explain.

When a Creationist can demonstrate the sudden appearance of a new organism, I will be very impressed and convinced.

Creationist theory demands that all organism were created at the time of Genesis and can not be altered. Any newly created organism must suddenly appear out of thin air, because of God's desire.

You permit no middle ground here, and are thus relying on a straw-man view of what "Creationist Theory" has to be.

Be that as it may, the fossil record does seem to show that something very close to this actually happened.

46 posted on 01/08/2004 8:52:00 AM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Creationist Theory: God created all forms of life on Earth.

HOW?

52 posted on 01/08/2004 9:01:53 AM PST by Hunble
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To: r9etb
Those who reject the idea that God did it, must therefore claim that life just happened ... spontaneously. Unless you want to tell us there's another way that life came from non-life?

Aliens seeding Earth. A causality loop.

Those are just off of the top of my head. Do you want me to really think about it?
565 posted on 01/19/2004 9:57:41 PM PST by Dimensio (The only thing you feel when you take a human life is recoil. -- Frank "Earl" Jones)
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