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gluadys
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Message 46 of 65 (481883)
09-13-2008 9:44 AM
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09-13-2008 8:49 AM


Re: What Christians believe
I don't pick and choose what part of scripture to believe.
But just like you I do choose how to interpret the text. I just think that it is ridiculous to insist on literal interpretations that don't make sense and have no basis in reality.
I believe God created a real world, not the fantasy world of YECism.

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Message 47 of 65 (481886)
09-13-2008 9:58 AM
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09-13-2008 8:33 AM


Proof in science
Evolutionary ”science’ is based on hypothetical possibilities that are certainly not proven.
Please name one theory in science that is "proven."

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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kuresu
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Message 48 of 65 (481887)
09-13-2008 10:02 AM
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09-13-2008 8:33 AM


Re: Haeckel's Embryos
Stephen Meyer is a crackpot. He's not a credible scientist in any regard. His Ph.D is in the history and philosphy of science, for crying out loud. Hhis one teaching spot was in philosophy, and he has never done any real research in geology, which he only has a B.S. in. His one "peer-reviewed" article was pulled because, surprise, it wasn't peer-reviewed. Your paraphrase of him is completely invalid because the guy knows squat about what he's talking about.
Jonathan Wells is no vertabrate embryologist. He failed to finish a B.S. in geology, got a Ph.D in religious education (in 1986), and in 1994 got a Ph.D in cell and molecular biology--not embryology. He had a grand total of 3 peer-reviewed articles (none of which on the outside are anti-evolution, but he has been fighting against evolution since he was a member of Moon's Unification Church. He is known for not only getting science wrong, but getting it very wrong. His famous contribution to ID--irreducible complexity, has been falsified numerous times.
I can't find info on Adam Sedgewick or William Ballard.
Some of the strongest evidence for Darwin’s theory (according to Darwin at the time) is that the vertebrate embryos are most similar in their early stages -except that they’re not
First off, Haeckel came up with the "recapitulation theory", which has been discredited since the early 1900s. Further, his "theory" is not in support of Darwin, but a different, falsified evolutionary theory called Lamarckianism.
As to the similarities, guess what:
from wiki:"The backbone, the common structure among all vertebrates such as fish, reptiles and mammals, appears as one of the earliest structures laid out in all vertebrate embryos"
further:"If a structure vanished in an evolutionary sequence, then one can often observe a corresponding structure appearing at one stage during embryonic development, only to disappear or become modified in a later stage. Examples include:
Whales, which have evolved from land mammals, don't have legs, but tiny remnant leg bones lie buried deep in their bodies. During embryonal development, leg extremities first occur, then recede. Similarly, whale embryos have hair at one stage (like all mammalian embryos), but lose most of it later.
The common ancestor of humans and monkeys had a tail, and human embryos also have a tail at one point; it later recedes to form the coccyx.
The swim bladder in fish presumably evolved from a sac connected to the gut, allowing the fish to gulp air. In most modern fish, this connection to the gut has disappeared. In the embryonal development of these fish, the swim bladder originates as an outpocketing of the gut, and is later disconnected from the gut."
Here's a hint Beratta. Look up the real science, not the false bullshit promulgated by the ID crowd. If you want to attack evolution, you need to do what Wells tried--actually study what it says, not what you think it says.

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Message 49 of 65 (481890)
09-13-2008 11:38 AM


Haeckel Thread Please
To avoid cluttering this thread too much can we take some issues to other focused threads please?
For Haeckel: Haeckel in Biology Textbooks

  
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Message 50 of 65 (481943)
09-13-2008 3:24 PM


Debunking Well's Icons
An excellent article that goes through each one of Well's "icons" and decontructing his argument with the light of facts and reality:
Page not found | National Center for Science Education
I suggest anyone arguing for Well's position read this.
In addition to the Haeckel thread that Admin Nosy mentions there is also a Peppered Moth thread
http://EvC Forum: Peppered Moths and Natural Selection -->EvC Forum: Peppered Moths and Natural Selection
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Message 51 of 65 (481958)
09-13-2008 4:51 PM
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09-13-2008 3:24 PM


Brining it home
You are supposed to bring such information here. We have the two "icons" covered in existing threads. Can you post summaries there from your site.
And pick the next one for a new thread? You'll do a better job than pretty well anyone.

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Wounded King
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Message 52 of 65 (481962)
09-13-2008 5:24 PM
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09-13-2008 10:02 AM


Re: Haeckel's Embryos
Jonathan Wells is no vertabrate embryologist. He failed to finish a B.S. in geology, got a Ph.D in religious education (in 1986), and in 1994 got a Ph.D in cell and molecular biology--not embryology.
I'm not standing up for Wells here but there is no reason why someone with a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology couldn't be a vertebrate embryologist. Modern developmental biology, effectively embryology, is principally a discipline of cell and molecular biology.
TTFN,
WK

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kuresu
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Message 53 of 65 (481966)
09-13-2008 5:43 PM
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09-13-2008 5:24 PM


Re: Haeckel's Embryos
Okay, you've got me there. However, two of his thre peer-reviewed articles appears to be, on second inspection, close to vertebrate embryology--"Confocal microscopy analysis of living Xenopus eggs and the mechanism of cortical rotation". Development 122 (4): 1281-9; "Microtubule-mediated transport of organelles and localization of beta-catenin to the future dorsal side of Xenopus eggs". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (4): 1224-9. (from wiki).
He appears as one of five authors in both articles. Does that even come close to making him an authority on vertabrate embryology?

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Message 54 of 65 (481978)
09-13-2008 6:17 PM
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09-13-2008 4:51 PM


Re: Brining it home
And pick the next one for a new thread? You'll do a better job than pretty well anyone.
Thanks, let me consider it.
We have the two "icons" covered in existing threads. Can you post summaries there from your site.
Actually we have three(+) threads, as there are ones on Darwin's Finches too.
http://EvC Forum: Galapagos finches -->EvC Forum: Galapagos finches
I'll work on the summaries.
Enjoy.

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Message 55 of 65 (481987)
09-13-2008 7:09 PM
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09-13-2008 10:02 AM


Re: Haeckel's Embryos
kuresu writes:
His famous contribution to ID--irreducible complexity, has been falsified numerous times.
It's not really your day, I'm afraid, but you seem to be confusing Wells with Behe.

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Message 56 of 65 (481989)
09-13-2008 7:56 PM
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09-13-2008 7:09 PM


Re: Haeckel's Embryos
You know, I began to realize that when I tried to find out what Wells taught at Lehigh University.
A year ago I had them all straight. This is either what happens when you leave the debate or have heard it too much (I'm assuming here)--everyone becomes the same. Was it Wells or Behe at the Dover v. Katzmiller trial who said letting ID in would also mean letting astrology in? I'm going to guess that was Behe.
If only these people would debate in areas I'm actually familiar with, such as the rise of Sweden in the 17th century or the causes of the American revolution (yes, it was over tea in a convoluted sort of way). Although in all honesty, I don't actually know that much about those subjects either. I know, let's debate music!! ugh.

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Message 57 of 65 (482023)
09-14-2008 2:53 AM
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09-13-2008 10:02 AM


Re: Haeckel's Embryos
Ad hominems are always a last ditch cry of desperation when the facts are against you.
As for your stories of embryos, none of that changes the fact that embryos are not most similar in their earliest stages so there is no ontogenic recapitulation of phylogeny after all.
Haeckel was charged with fraud at his own university.Why did Haeckel invent the story? Because he desperately wanted to find evidence to support Darwin.Darwin was utterly impressed with the fraud too.
You tell me why that nonsense has been used to fool people into becoming believers in evolution for more than a century if there's so much evidence out there?

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Message 58 of 65 (482035)
09-14-2008 6:52 AM
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Re: Haeckel's Embryos
I've replied to your Message 57 over at Message 12 in the Haeckel in Biology Textbooks thread.
--Percy

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kuresu
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Message 59 of 65 (482037)
09-14-2008 7:05 AM
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Re: Haeckel's Embryos
I've copied my message over to the same thread:
http://EvC Forum: Haeckel in Biology Textbooks -->EvC Forum: Haeckel in Biology Textbooks
Edited by kuresu, : No reason given.

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Message 60 of 65 (482063)
09-14-2008 12:58 PM
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09-14-2008 2:53 AM


Re: Haeckel's Embryos
Ad hominems are always a last ditch cry of desperation when the facts are against you.
As for your stories of embryos, none of that changes the fact that embryos are not most similar in their earliest stages so there is no ontogenic recapitulation of phylogeny after all.
Haeckel was charged with fraud at his own university.Why did Haeckel invent the story? Because he desperately wanted to find evidence to support Darwin.Darwin was utterly impressed with the fraud too.
You tell me why that nonsense has been used to fool people into becoming believers in evolution for more than a century if there's so much evidence out there?
Because some textbook writers apparently thought that this was valid evidence too, so they mentioned it. This is because they had Haeckel's erroneous pictures confused with the correct Darwinian predictions about embryology.
Obviously the T.o.E. can get by fine without Haeckel's pictures, which is why, when scientists exposed Haeckel's error for you, they continued to be convinced by all the genuine evidence for evolution.
---
PS: as every creationist argument has been exposed as bogus, perhaps you guys should learn from the example of scientists. They plucked the mote from their eye, could I draw your attention to the beam in yours?
Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

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