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Originally Posted by stremba70
Dishonest or stupid? Which is it? You were provided with the FULL quote by Mayr, and it actually is anything but what you claim it is. It was most certainly NOT an argument against evolution.
stremba70:
You are suggesting that I am quoting Ernst Mayr out of context and that he did actually mean the following 1982:
"What one actually found was nothing but discontinuities:
All species are separated from each other by bridgeless gaps; intermediates between species are not observed . . . The problem was even more serious at the level of the higher categories."
Really? Then why did Mayr repeat the same thing 19 years later regarding gaps in the fossils record due to no intermediates? Notice the last sentence that I am quoting below from what Ernst Mayr said in 2001.
"When we look at the living biota, whether at the level of the higher taxa or even at that of the species, discontinuities are overwhelmingly frequent. . . .
The discontinuities are even more striking in the fossil record. New species usually appear in the fossil record suddenly, not connected with their ancestors by a series of intermediates."
Mayr, a proevolution paleontologist, confirmed the Genesis creation account (without intending to), namely, that creatures did not evolve into something entirely different but instead "appear in the fossil record suddenly,
not connected with their ancestors by a series of intermediates."
Scripture makes it clear that all creatures were created as-is, but with the ability to produce VARIATIONS of themselves. That's how we end up with different breeds of dogs, for example. In fact notice part of the Genesis creation account below. Take special note of the words that are bolded in blue within the quoted verses.
"{20} And God went on to say: 'Let the waters swarm forth a swarm of living souls and let flying creatures fly over the earth upon the face of the expanse of the heavens.' {21} And God proceeded to create the great sea monsters and every living soul that moves about, which the waters swarmed forth
according to their kinds, and every winged flying creature
according to its kind. And God got to see that it was good. {24} And God went on to say: 'Let the earth put forth living souls
according to their kinds, domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth
according to its kind.' And it came to be so. {25} And God proceeded to make the wild beast of the earth
according to its kind and the domestic animal
according to its kind and every moving animal of the ground
according to its kind. And God got to see that it was good." (Genesis 1:20-21, 24-25)
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