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To: Diamond
...than the result of an impersonal, random, ...

Herein lies the crux of the problem. Creationists believe that evolution is a random event. It isn't. The mutations to the genome are random, yes, but those mutations are filtered through the environment -- the result is not random at all, but rather adaptations to that environment. Why is this so difficult to understand?

141 posted on 09/27/2001 1:51:18 PM PDT by Junior
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To: Junior
Creationists believe that evolution is a random event. It isn't. The mutations to the genome are random, yes, but those mutations are filtered through the environment -- the result is not random at all, but rather adaptations to that environment. Why is this so difficult to understand?

Please notice in my post that my last sentence ends with two words; first the adverb 'randomly', followed by the verb 'mutating.' I am also using the word 'random' to describe existence of the entire biocosm, in the evolutionary framework, as the result of non-purposed, non-directed, unintelligent, impersonal forces.

Cordially,

145 posted on 09/28/2001 7:28:35 AM PDT by Diamond
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