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To: Texaggie79
Well, for one thing, the origin of life from simple organic and inorganic precursors into living cells is not expected to have gone from zero to a full eukaryotic cell in one fell swoop. For another thing, the argument about the origin of life, and the science of how new species had and have originated are two different issues. So, trying to condemn the theory and fact of evolution by talking about issues on the origin of life itself is misleading.
5 posted on 06/24/2002 3:05:11 PM PDT by RonF
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To: RonF; spqrzilla9; KayEyeDoubleDee; Physicist; staytrue
the argument about the origin of life, and the science of how new species had and have originated are two different issues.

So true. Evolution is like rust: I can argue that the model T is rusting away in the field. Rust is what is happening to it, but rust is not what created it.

Many creationists think that by talking evolution at all we are denying that God created life. Of course He created life. That doesn't mean life can't "evolve" or even "de-evolve" (which I think might be the more accurate description) after creating it. After all, I do not think man is as physically pure as he was when God initially created the first ones, male and female.

The big missing link, of course, with evolution theory is how life began in the first place. That is why many studying the evolution of life become believers in a "creator" while still trying to piece together what happened to life after creation.

The biggest problem with these "evolutionists" who believe there is a creator is that although they believe He could create the first DNA strand, they can't accept that He could have created a fully developed man, fish or planet. They believe to a point. Their creator or "god" is severely limited.

Worse, they presume to know why he would have created everything from a starting point of a single cell or DNA or RNA. They flatter themselves. To equate their staggeringly puny mental abilities to those of the creator of life itself is like my dog sitting in judgement on why I go to work everyday.

My dog's brain is limited. Our brains are too. Some of us have reached the mental heights to at least know that much. Others are such mental pygmies that they don't even know that they don't know.

He spoke, and it was made.
He commanded, and it stood fast. - Psalm 33

68 posted on 06/24/2002 4:00:25 PM PDT by RobRoy
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