Posted on 05/31/2005 12:03:06 PM PDT by PatrickHenry
Could this be -- gasp! -- macro-evolution? O the horror! Everyone be nice.
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> Could this be -- gasp! -- macro-evolution?
No, it can't. If it was macro-evolution, the stickleback would have evolved legs, rack and pinion steering and warp drive. Anything less is *micro* evolution, and is wholly irrelevant to everything. Look away.
Did it turn into something other than a fish?
Yeah....but a fish is still a fish as time goes by.
Seriously, they may have demonstrated how one type of fish turned into another type of fish, but I don't see a fish turning into a dog or a giraffe. If this process is actually true, why isn't it still happening, or why haven't we found any real examples of intermediate species anywhere in the fossil record (that I'm aware of). Something that truly appears to be a cross between one species and another. Like the Creature from the Black Lagoon.....
Wow! Let's see, we start with a "stickleback" fish, covered with armor, and after "evolving" it loses this armor. It happens over and over again, and the result is... a "stickleback" fish that has lost its armor. Sorry, I don't see it. Is this the best that science has to offer as proof of evolution? That is weak.
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You can imagine seraphims and cherubims, but your imagination is so limited that you can't imagine a fish evolving into a frog over millions of years?
Yes, maybe those pieces of skeletal armor will turn into little wings and the fish can fly away on them.
If a fish doesn't give birth to a petunia, it isn't macroevolution.
Ditches to be defended:
It's still a Sticlkeback.
It's still a fish.
It's still an animal.
It's still material.
Stalin became a Communist due to Darwin.
To help you to become aware:
29+ Evidences for Macroevolution. Yes, macro-evolution.
Plagiarized Errors and Molecular Genetics. Anatomic similarities are confirmed by DNA similarities and copying errors.
Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions. There really is evidence out there.
Macroevolution: Evidence. Great info & links from the U. of Illinois website.
Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ. Yes, transitional fossils exist.
Fossil whale with legs. Land animal to whale transitional fossil.
Feathered Dinosaurs.
Archaeopteryx. Reptile-to- bird transitional fossil.
Archaeopteryx: FAQS . A true transitional fossil
Further information:
The List-O-Links.
How to argue against a scientific theory.
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Who said I can imagine seraphims and cherubims? You're assuming something that I certainly never said. What I would say here is that there is no evidence, that I am aware of, of an actual intermediate species - something between say, a fish and a turtle. Imagination, no matter HOW LONG it takes is not science nor evidence. It's....imagination. A fish is still a fish. Show me the evidence, don't show me imagination. In dem waters do dragons live.
If sticklebacks taken from one locale can still interbreed with the others, what does this prove?
Seen some pretty goofy looking families -- especially those with too much inbreeding -- but they are just "normal" variants within the human species. Or consider our friend canis familiaris, with the chihuahua and the Great Dane. No one would seriously argue that either has become "less dog."
Of course genes drive morphology!
This does nothing to verify macro-evolution. It does more to ridicule the claims of macro-evolutionists.
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