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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 Many biologists now argue that the tree concept is obsolete and needs to be discarded.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

I know I am, but what are you?

You are an Al-taqiyya Creationist.


181 posted on 02/25/2009 12:54:40 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

You’re really not very good at this.


182 posted on 02/25/2009 12:55:29 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric
Juvenile name calling? I'll leave that to the experts.

You have disgraced yourself and your side. Even GGG is embarrassed on your behalf.

You were dishonest, got caught in your clumsy dishonesty, then attempted a scriptural “Al-taqiyya” defense that it was somehow OK to lie to those who disagree with you.

I would say that it is you who is “not very good at this” after getting caught in a dishonesty and embarrassing your own side.

183 posted on 02/25/2009 12:59:20 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream
No, that's an honest assessment: You're really not very good at this.

To prove my point: You implied “nothing (I) say is to be trusted.”

I responded, “allmendream is a heterosexual.”

As I previously pointed out, you really aren't very good at this.

Run along.

184 posted on 02/25/2009 1:06:13 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

I have outside evidence on that one, I don’t need to “trust” anything you say on the subject. I didn’t say “everything you say is the opposite”, child.


185 posted on 02/25/2009 1:12:00 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: Cedric
So, now we know that GGG doesn't tell me what to do, don't we ladies?

Of course, but GGG is not who you should be worried about.

Rev.21 [8] But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

186 posted on 02/25/2009 1:17:44 PM PST by Ken H
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To: GodGunsGuts
I found this rather amusing; for what it's worth.

As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, we await a third revolution that will see biology changed and strengthened. None of this should give succour to creationists, whose blinkered universe is doubtless already buzzing with the news that "New Scientist has announced Darwin was wrong". Expect to find excerpts ripped out of context and presented as evidence that biologists are deserting the theory of evolution en masse. They are not.

Nor will the new work do anything to diminish the standing of Darwin himself. When it came to gravitation and the laws of motion, Isaac Newton didn't see the whole picture either, but he remains one of science's giants. In the same way, Darwin's ideas will prove influential for decades to come.

Source.

The entire article is an interesting read (not the editorial, but the article sourced in the OP). I'd highly recommend it.

187 posted on 02/25/2009 1:41:26 PM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: allmendream

Well, look at the bright side.

Think of all the evolutionist bilge you weren’t able to spew all over this thread while I had you tied up in utter frustration, jerking your chain at my whim.

I used your sophomoric “gotcha” fetish to take you right out of the game.

You’ve been had.


188 posted on 02/25/2009 2:20:52 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric; ToGodBeTheGlory
So you lied deliberately in order to “yank my chain”?

I think my point was well served in showing the childishness, irrationality, dishonesty, and ludicrous attempts at scriptural justifications for the absurd that Creationists engage in.

Thanks for the brilliant performance as today's idiotic dishonest creationist. You may have even outdone ToGodBeTheGlory (who even metmom thinks is such an embarrassment that she joins speculation that the person is only pretending).

189 posted on 02/25/2009 2:27:33 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

I’d thank you not to drag me into your petty feuding.


190 posted on 02/25/2009 2:46:19 PM PST by ToGodBeTheGlory ("Darwinism" is Satanism.)
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To: ToGodBeTheGlory

It was a courtesy ping because I mentioned you. No need for you to get involved, unless you feel some comic relief is needed.


191 posted on 02/25/2009 2:47:55 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream
I understand.

You guys are continually getting your butts kicked, so you've resorted to grammar, spelling, attribution and punctuation “food fights”.

I could see where you were headed and I decided to let you run right off the cliff.

I never responded to your initial accusation, so you decided, arbitrarily, to elevate it to “lying” status.

Then you went nuts lying about my (alleged) lie.

Thank you for the entertainment.

192 posted on 02/25/2009 2:53:15 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric
Nothing alleged about it, you actually engaged in an attempt at scriptural justification for lying. It was a lie that you posted, either yours or another, and as you will not disclose your source you own the lie.
193 posted on 02/25/2009 2:57:18 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

You’re all the comic relief we need, troll.


194 posted on 02/25/2009 2:58:06 PM PST by ToGodBeTheGlory ("Darwinism" is Satanism.)
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To: allmendream

Yes, thank you for first posting a (partial) Bible verse, no doubt, in an effort to “get” me.

I took it as an invitation to post lots and lots of scripture for you.

I trust you read it all very carefully and, even now, it is speaking to your heart.


195 posted on 02/25/2009 3:07:59 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

I don’t want to “get” you, I just want everyone to know how you and your philosophically aligned ilk operate, with the attitude that you have a God given right to obfuscate and promulgate falsehoods. I have seen Creationists with some rather bizarre scriptural interpretations, but that one takes the cake.


196 posted on 02/25/2009 3:35:09 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream
scriptural interpretations

I'm very please to honor your request for more scripture.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

197 posted on 02/25/2009 3:46:46 PM PST by Cedric
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To: allmendream
Corrected: (So you can read this much needed Bible verse twice.)

scriptural interpretations

I'm very pleased to honor your request for more scripture.

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Hebrewas4:12

198 posted on 02/25/2009 3:51:04 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies


199 posted on 02/25/2009 3:57:13 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: allmendream

Ah, the godpel of John!

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

John 1:1-5


200 posted on 02/25/2009 4:08:07 PM PST by Cedric
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