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Old 03-13-2012, 05:54 PM   #46
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Re: Darwin's Macro-Evolution: Why Unscientific?

In the age of the internet, is it a false dichotomy to say that to maintain TOE is unscientific is to be either ignorant, or dishonest?
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Old 03-13-2012, 06:12 PM   #47
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After reading this, its quite clear you don't have the slightest understanding of the theory of evolution. You continuously misunderstand the meanings of key terms, as well you continue to quote some engineer as if he has any sort of meaningful knowledge about the theory.

I always find it quite amusing when someone without the slightest understand of a topic, feels they know more than people who devote their entire life to studying that topic.
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Your response is the typical self-opinionated response of someone who doesn't want to face the music. I've read books and papers on the evolution theory and know exactly where I'm coming from.

You complained that I quoted from John Morris Ph.D., an engineer, in your initial response. I directed you to my OP in which I quoted from two different school textbooks that agree with what the "engineer" said. I also posted a response to you in which I quoted from a total of three different textbooks and gave you the definition of "microevolution" and "macroevolution" from all three books. All three textbooks are in agreement with what the "engineer" said.

Since you clearly are unable to overcome what's written in all three textbooks, you've reverted back to your earlier complaint that John Morris is merely an engineer--despite the fact that what he said is confirmed by the three school textbooks.

Your ploy is very familiar. Been there and done that too many times. I've debated evolutionists at other websites who do exactly what you're now doing. When presented with evidence they can't overcome (the three text books I gave you), they start running back to earlier rebuttals that have already been overcome. When it isn't that, they're claiming—like you're doing now: "you don't understand evolution theory."


I don't have time to waste playing "cat and mouse." Since that's where you've decided to go with this, the conversation between us is over.
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Old 03-13-2012, 06:18 PM   #48
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[COLOR="Navy"]Your response is the typical self-opinionated response of someone who doesn't want to face the music. I've read books and papers on the evolution theory and know exactly where I'm coming from.

You complained that I quoted from John Morris Ph.D., an engineer, in your initial response. I directed you to my OP in which I quoted from two different school textbooks that agree with what the "engineer" said. I also posted a response to you in which I quoted from a total of three different textbooks and gave you the definition of "microevolution" and "macroevolution" from all three books. All three textbooks are in agreement with what the "engineer" said.

Since you clearly are unable to overcome what's written in all three textbooks, you've reverted back to your earlier complaint that John Morris is merely an engineer--despite the fact that what he said is confirmed by the three school textbooks.

Your ploy is very familiar. Been there and done that too many times. I've debated evolutionists at other websites who do exactly what you're now doing. When presented with evidence they can't overcome (the three text books I gave you), they start running back to earlier rebuttals that have already been overcome. When it isn't that, they're claiming—like you're doing now: "you don't understand evolution theory."


I don't have time to waste playing "cat and mouse." Since that's where you've decided to go with this, the conversation between us is over.[/COLOR]
Yet you don't know the difference between a species and a family

science help us.
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Old 03-13-2012, 09:24 PM   #49
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Yet you don't know the difference between a species and a family

science help us.

Science lies!! It's all one conspiracy, we were not born out of monkeys nor our best friend dogs came one day out of lion's ass. God precisely designed each one of us! Yes! Men got nipples so that they would look cool and he gave us all blind spots cause he wanted to mess around with us.

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I used terminologies that are used by scientists in the evolution community for the sole purpose of exposing them as false terminologies meant to mislead laypersons. How else am I supposed to debunk this theory in a way people can relate, unless I use familiar terms that are used within the theory? In other words, both the terms "microevolution" and macroevolution" are trick-phrases and unrealities. They never happened.

The term "microevolution" is a trick-phrase that merely refers to variations of the exact same species of animal (Doberman dog, Rottweiler dog, Collie dog, etc.). In other words, the animal did not evolve into anything other than what it started off as: A DOG.

Dr. Morris is doing the very same thing that I'm doing. He's debunking the term "microevolution" by explaining that it's not evolution at all. It's simply variation of the same type or species of animal. In order for him to debunk the term "microevolution," he had to do what I'm doing. He had to use the word "microevolution," after which he explained that it's merely with reference to "variation" of the same animal. Variation is not evolution. That's the point being made.

If an interracial couple (1 is black and 1 is white) have a child together, the resulting child will be neither fully black nor fully white, The child will be a variation of both of its parents. Because a human being is involved, evolutionists do not hesitate to call it what it is: a variation of the human species. Yet, when the very same thing happens in the animal kingdom, they refer to it as "microevolution."
I already addressed your concerns in a previous post. We have many observed examples of speciation, even speciation which results in mutually infertile groups. "Cat to dog" is a severe mischaracterization and the time scales to see further divergence past the species level are simply too long, at least with current experimental protocols and technology.
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Old 03-13-2012, 10:32 PM   #51
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Haha, what a mess.
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Old 03-13-2012, 11:25 PM   #52
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I already addressed your concerns in a previous post. We have many observed examples of speciation, even speciation which results in mutually infertile groups. "Cat to dog" is a severe mischaracterization and the time scales to see further divergence past the species level are simply too long, at least with current experimental protocols and technology.
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You just don't get it. Whenever scientists in the pro-macroevolution community speak about "speciation" and "species transition," they're talking about variations of the exact same species of animal (for which they use the trick-phrase "microevolution") because there's no evidence in the fossils to support macroevolution (a squirrel evolves to a bat).

What I'm telling you is that the word "species" does not always refer to an entirely different kind of animal. For instance, dogs are considered a separate species from cats. But pro-evolution scientists turn around and apply the same word "species" to 30,000 species of fish--whether or not the fish can interbreed.


Do you understand the meaning of the often-used phrase: "Gaps in the fossil record"? The phrase is repeated in just about every paper that's written by pro-evolution paleontologists. "Gaps in the fossil records" means there is no evidence that transitions found in the fossils are part of the transitions to other "species".

So when you read a pro-evolution report that is talking about "transitional fossils," its with reference to the exact same species or type of animal. For instance, they may have found several "transitional fossils" of dogs--which amounts to variations of dogs ("microevolution"). Then they found "transitional fossils" of horses--which amounts to variations of horses (microevolution). Then they found "transitional fossils" of birds--which amounts to variations of birds (microevolution), etc.
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Old 03-13-2012, 11:30 PM   #53
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Your response is the typical self-opinionated response of someone who doesn't want to face the music. I've read books and papers on the evolution theory and know exactly where I'm coming from.

You complained that I quoted from John Morris Ph.D., an engineer, in your initial response. I directed you to my OP in which I quoted from two different school textbooks that agree with what the "engineer" said. I also posted a response to you in which I quoted from a total of three different textbooks and gave you the definition of "microevolution" and "macroevolution" from all three books. All three textbooks are in agreement with what the "engineer" said.

Since you clearly are unable to overcome what's written in all three textbooks, you've reverted back to your earlier complaint that John Morris is merely an engineer--despite the fact that what he said is confirmed by the three school textbooks.

Your ploy is very familiar. Been there and done that too many times. I've debated evolutionists at other websites who do exactly what you're now doing. When presented with evidence they can't overcome (the three text books I gave you), they start running back to earlier rebuttals that have already been overcome. When it isn't that, they're claiming—like you're doing now: "you don't understand evolution theory."


I don't have time to waste playing "cat and mouse." Since that's where you've decided to go with this, the conversation between us is over.
What is your actual argument, if you can sum it up for me in a single sentence?

Are you arguing that the theory of evolution does not have sufficient evidence?

Or are you arguing that the theory of evolution is incorrect? and that there is some sort of alternative that has greater explanatory power?
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Old 03-13-2012, 11:33 PM   #54
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What is your actual argument, if you can sum it up for me in a single sentence?

Are you arguing that the theory of evolution does not have sufficient evidence?

Or are you arguing that the theory of evolution is incorrect? and that there is some sort of alternative that has greater explanatory power?
My argument is that evolution is a myth. The Bible's creation account is correct.
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Old 03-13-2012, 11:42 PM   #55
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My argument is that evolution is a myth. The Bible's creation account is correct.
Thanks.

Do you believe that evolution is a myth because there is insufficient evidence to support it?

Or because the arguments or logic driving the theory are incorrect?
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Old 03-13-2012, 11:57 PM   #56
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Re: Darwin's Macro-Evolution: Why Unscientific?

Sorry, but why are you guys trying to correct someone who has shown to have no regard for what's true? If he did, he would have conceded his earlier basic errors and rethought his position. Anything you guys correct him on won't be accepted anyway

just seems sorta fruitless
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Re: Darwin's Macro-Evolution: Why Unscientific?

OP has convinced me
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Old 03-14-2012, 12:23 AM   #58
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Sorry, but why are you guys trying to correct someone who has shown to have no regard for what's true? If he did, he would have conceded his earlier basic errors and rethought his position. Anything you guys correct him on won't be accepted anyway

just seems sorta fruitless
I find it a great opportunity for me to learn something about his unique perspective. Although I may disagree with his conclusions, I still want to hear him out.
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Old 03-14-2012, 12:43 AM   #59
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I find it a great opportunity for me to learn something about his unique perspective. Although I may disagree with his conclusions, I still want to hear him out.
You know what his perspective is. The bible is true so evolution must be false. Not all that unique. Its not as though he arrived at this conclusion using investigative means. If you come up with something hes never heard before he'll just come up with some way that it doesnt work..
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My argument is that evolution is a myth. The Bible's creation account is correct.
Yet you're attacking evolutionary theory from a scientific perspective? Riiiiiiiight.

If the Biblical account is true, there are serious flaws with not only Evolutionary Biology, but also the rest of Biology (the theory of genetics as currently understood is simply nonsensical if evolution is false), Geology (Plate Tectonics alone should give you fits), Paleontology (the fossil record, even apart from evolution), Cosmology (the expanding universe, stellar fusion, the age of the universe), Anthropology (the development of primates and the human species), Archaeology (the presence of "civilization" that predates the Biblical Eden), Physics (radioactive decay), and History.

You'd better start working on those fields and forget about evolution for now.
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