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Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life (Creationists have been saying this for decades!)
New Scientist ^ | January 21, 2009 | Graham Lawton

Posted on 02/24/2009 6:37:38 AM PST by GodGunsGuts

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The tree-of-life concept was absolutely central to Darwin's thinking, equal in importance to natural selection...Without it the theory of evolution would never have happened. The tree also helped carry the day for evolution.

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For much of the past 150 years, biology has largely concerned itself with filling in the details of the tree. "For a long time the holy grail was to build a tree of life," says Eric Bapteste, an evolutionary biologist at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, France. A few years ago it looked as though the grail was within reach. But today the project lies in tatters, torn to pieces by an onslaught of negative evidence. Many biologists now argue that the tree concept is obsolete and needs to be discarded. "We have no evidence at all that the tree of life is a reality," says Bapteste. That bombshell has even persuaded some that our fundamental view of biology needs to change...

(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: atheisticmorons; christianmythology; christianmyths; creation; creeation; evolution; goodgodimnutz; intelligentdesign; mythology; myths; religiousmyths; superstition; treeoflife
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To: Cedric

And you still trying to ignore how the “DR” got put in front of a lawyers name? Did you copy and paste it from a disreputable source, or did you add it yourself?


121 posted on 02/24/2009 12:55:22 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

Java man


122 posted on 02/24/2009 12:55:33 PM PST by Cedric
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To: allmendream

What was the name of the “scientist” who bribed Chinese peasants to unearth fraudulent discoveries for him?


123 posted on 02/24/2009 1:06:00 PM PST by Cedric
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To: allmendream

So did you add the “Dr” yourself, or did you copy and paste it from a disreputable source?


124 posted on 02/24/2009 1:23:30 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: Cedric

So did you add the “Dr” yourself, or did you copy and paste it from a disreputable source?

Care to reveal your source?

........... I didn’t think so. It might cast a harsh light on your dishonesty.

Who again is the “Lord of Lies”?

Who do you think you are serving by such dishonesty?


125 posted on 02/24/2009 1:25:11 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

“Darwin sucks!”

Dr. Ota Benga


126 posted on 02/24/2009 2:02:26 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

Did you add the “Dr” onto that one as well?

Care to reveal your source. I am interested in knowing if you copy and pasted the Dr. or added it yourself.

Well?


127 posted on 02/24/2009 2:06:21 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream
trying to “pull a fast one?

Homo Habilis

128 posted on 02/24/2009 2:08:48 PM PST by Cedric
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To: allmendream
trying to “pull a fast one?

Dr. Homo Habilis

129 posted on 02/24/2009 2:11:07 PM PST by Cedric
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To: allmendream

In natural processes, a system will always lose order or stay the same.

Dr. Cedric


130 posted on 02/24/2009 2:14:14 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

So you think promulgating false information is funny?

Care to share your source?

Were they stupid and dishonest or were you?

I am beginning to get the feeling that it was you.


131 posted on 02/24/2009 2:14:37 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

There are several aspects of quantum physics which easily lends it to misinterpretation. The first is Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, which very specifically relates to the proportional relationship of quantities - such as position measurement and momentum measurement - within a quantum system. Another is the fact that quantum physics field equations yield a range of “probabilities” of what the outcome is. Together, the two have led some postmodern thinkers to believe that reality itself is completely random.
In fact, though, the probabilities go away when you combine them and expand the mathematics into our own macroscopic world. While the tiny world may be random, the sum of all that randomness is an orderly universe.


132 posted on 02/24/2009 2:16:20 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

Prov 16:33 The dice are cast into the lap, but every result is from the Lord.

So who do you think you are serving by dissemination of false information?

Who again is the “lord of lies”?


133 posted on 02/24/2009 2:18:27 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream
you think promulgating false information is funny?

Evos have provided side-splitting hilarity for a century and a half.

134 posted on 02/24/2009 2:18:45 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric
So you think that whatever “Evos” do in your imagination, then you are free to do it as well?

Because evolution is a “lie” to you, that means that you can lie with impunity?

Is that your “logic”?

Most people learn that the “they do it too!” excuse loses its appeal around first grade.

135 posted on 02/24/2009 2:21:19 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

1 Corinthians 15:39
All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.


136 posted on 02/24/2009 2:24:04 PM PST by Cedric
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To: allmendream

David lied to Ahimelech.


137 posted on 02/24/2009 2:26:58 PM PST by Cedric
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To: allmendream

Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them.


138 posted on 02/24/2009 2:28:15 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

So you admit you lied, and now claim it was justified?


139 posted on 02/24/2009 2:40:41 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream
Who again is the "lord of flies"?

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/flies/

140 posted on 02/24/2009 2:45:14 PM PST by Cedric
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