Daniel Smith
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Quote (oldmanintheskydidntdoit @ Jan. 30 2008,01:17) | Quote (Daniel Smith @ Jan. 29 2008,19:09) | But to answer your question: If I've "won", what I've done is introduced you to the works of Otto Schindewolf and Leo Berg, shown you that Darwin's is not the only theory out there with the word "evolution" in it, and hopefully expanded your horizons a bit. |
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See, I can be condescending too. Not that it's worth it with you.
So, Daniel, is it your understanding that the fossil record has a record of every thing that ever lived?
Quote | I'd like to draw your attention especially to item 2 in his list - the abundant evidence for smooth, gradual transitional evolution - which actually runs in parallel to these infrequent appearances of new forms; acting as a kind of control (if I'm using that term correctly) for the data. |
So, item A, a smooth, gradual transitional set of fossils. Item B, infrequent appearances of new fossil forms.
Both items have the same chance of being preserved (100%?) and as item B shows "jumps" that's proof of intervention by an external force (your god)? As Item A does not show the same "jumps" you conclude that god interfered with the development of item B but not A? Why? Why not interfere with both? Does logic even stand a chance here?
Is that it? Is that your understanding? |
Not even close.
-------------- "If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance." Orville Wright
"The presence or absence of a creative super-intelligence is unequivocally a scientific question." Richard Dawkins
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