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To: BroJoeK
"Except that adaption = evolution = adaption = etc."

Thanks for sharing your opinions about this issue.

In your world view, it appears you believe these are equal.

In my world view they are vastly different.

Birds weren't anything other than birds. No new genes were created. Selection within the gene pool happened, yes.

56 posted on 04/13/2016 12:54:48 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
aMorePerfectUnion: "Birds weren't anything other than birds.
No new genes were created.
Selection within the gene pool happened, yes."

You're making a false straw-man argument, you misrepresent what evolution theory actually says.
In fact, before they were birds, their ancestors were a form of reptile, and the transition to birds took many millions of years -- that's what the fossil record confirms.

Bottom line: there's no such thing as adding or subtracting genes, that's just nonsense.
What happens are modifications to existing genes, mostly negative but occasionally helpful in survival, and so naturally selected.
Over very long times these modifications accumulate to the point where interbreeding between separated populations is no longer possible, and so we classify them as separate species.

That's it, that's evolution, simplified.

59 posted on 04/13/2016 2:05:17 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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