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Note that Reep (VadeRepo) at least has the decency to try to frame a relevant (albeit idiotic) argument regarding the question of features devolving while other featuers were evolving. Reep claims that all the features necessary to become a flying bird starting from being a coelurosaur or some such would obviously (to him at least) evolve together, thus after many thousands of generations of being disfunctional, the creature would magically one day have the flight feathers, wings, light bone structure, flowthrough hearts and lungs, balance parameters etc. etc. needed to fly.

Granted that's idiotic, Sadwin, but nonetheless you could set that minimal level of relevant argument up as a goal for yourself to try to achieve within the next year or two...

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. . . thus after many thousands of generations of being disfunctional . . .

No. Even when you try to nod toward anticipating and recapitulating the other guy's argument, you can't do it right. It takes me back to jennyp's point that any evo can cite all the creationist stuff perfectly, to the extent of even passing as a creationist. No creationist can pass as an evo, there's this psychological horror of the other side's position. Blasphemy, maybe.

It's like this. The population stays adapted. It changes over time because the environment changes and the population is staying adapted.