| >Such changes are the accumulation of minor changes (which have been observed), but are not observable in aggregate in modern times because there has not been enough time to observe them. // Is that really true? Drosophila are used for genetic studies with a [shortest] breeding cycle of 7 days and have several ways to introduce mutations that would mimic natural mutagenic mechanisms [but accelerated] as well as being able to apply a lab version of selective pressure [which again would seem to be accelerated]. So far as I can tell we've been doing evolution experiments on drosophila since 1910 or earlier; but lets say a conservative 60 years. That's a potential 3000 generations. What's the least related variant? For comparison the youngest Neanderthal ancestor is dated as 45000 years old (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html#morpho...) which puts it within this order of generations. Macro-evolution isn't rigorous. For example we've long been told it's incontrovertible that 'humans developed from a common ancestor with [knuckle-walking] modern chimps', that this should be believed as a facile result of evolutionary theory and holding out on that assertion is unscientific - http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html#morpho... is an example. Then some evidence is actually found http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091001/full/news.2009.966.ht... that disproves the assertion that was supposed to be based on sound scientific theory and evidence. But of course the theory stand unfalsified because it didn't demonstrate the result claimed at all, it was bad science in the first place. But 'dogs definitely evolved from modern wolves though!' ... http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0117/Did-dogs-really-e.... But at least we have evidence of speciation and evolution of dinosaur features: >"the diversity of dome shapes, and their association with boss and spike ornamentation, suggests that the domes were important for spe-
cies recognition (Goodwin and Horner 2004)." ... and the following year everyone agrees that in fact that Dracorex, Stygimoloch and Pachycephalosaurus are just different aged version of the same animal (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091031002314.ht...). And there were similar results for other "species" of dinosaur. I like this http://www.walkingwithdinosaurs.com/news/editorial/t-rex-gro... as an example of the type of thinking going on. The professor writing it is clearly holding on to the concept that you can give valid incite in to speciation and evolution based on the visual appearance of very limited fossilised remains despite the point of the article being that doing this in the past failed completely in producing truthful results. It's seems pretty clear relying on "indirect evidence" isn't producing valid results in these cases. On to your last para. There are enough holes in most Creationists viewpoints not to need to lie about the problems. You say creationism "completely ignores where the designer came from" but it's uncontroversial Christian theology [in common with the other Abrahamic religions] that God is eternal. 'Well who created God?' is the usual response. That, perhaps ironically, exactly mirrors one objection to the Big-Bang - the need for a prime mover. If the Big-Bang doesn't need a prime mover why does God, and vice-versa? |