Why Darwinism is wrong

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And I also know this: I have not come to this earth to die.

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Everybody dies.

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What you don't realize is that creation science actually agrees with most of evolutionary theory, sans macroevolution.

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LOL!Then it doesn't agree with evolutionary theory, because "macro" evolution is just regular evolution over long time scales.Besides, you posit an unneded entity, so Creationism is less parsimonious as an explanation than plain old Biology.

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I never said things don't grow or change. I said that one species does not turn into another. That is the nature of genetics.

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First of all, would you please be so kind as to define what you mean by "species"?It's my understanding that these days most creation "science" groups have had to grudgingly admit that speciation occurs, simply because there is so much field and lab evidence for it. They have now just moved the goalposts to say that genus or family level evolution cannot occur.I imagine that when humans have continually observed the evolutionary process long enough to see and record genus or family-level evolution, the goalposts will be moved again.What is the barrier that would prevent many, many small changes in allele frequencies from accumulating over time so that eventually a new species would branch off from the parent species?Show us.

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A mutation is not another species.

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No, it isn't.

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It is a modification of an already-established species.

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Actually, a mutation is a modification of an individual.The mutation has to be either neutral or beneficial to spread throughout the population/species. A beneficial mutation will spread more quickly than a neutral one.

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And most mutations are bad.

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Actually, most mutations are neutral with regards to fitness. Mutations have to change a gene that controls the making of a protein to have an effect.

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What is the likelihood of a successful mistake, dear Frog?

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Well, we know mutations happen. You yourself have around 50-100 mutations, and around 3 that matter. all humans do.And we know that the harmful ones are weeded out because those unlucky organisms don't reproduce successfuly, so the mutation doesn't spread throughout the population.The neutral ones are just there, and of course, then we are left with the beneficial ones which do get spread throughout the population because they confer some benefit to success in reproduction.Remember if a mutation is "beneficial" or not depends upon the environment in which the individual exists. If the environment changes, then what was "beneficial" before might be "detrimental" now.Likewise, a "neutral" mutation might become "beneficial" if the environment changes to favor those individuals with that mutation.Seems pretty straightforward, doesn't it?This message has been edited by schrafinator, 05-01-2005 09:23 AM

Jianyi, where did you earn your Biology degree, and what degree level are you at?

Who was your advisor, and can we read any of your published papers?This message has been edited by schrafinator, 05-08-2005 07:52 AM

I am just interested in reading your other work.Can you list a citation, please?Also, who was your advisor for your PhD work?

I guess you must have missed my message #143.I'd really like to read some of the publicatons you have written as a PhD.Please provide the citations.Also, who was your PhD advisor?

Please give me some citations for your published work.Who was your PhD advisor?

Why are you not providing any citations to your publications?I would very much like to read them.Who was your Biology PhD advisor?I am starting to think you maybe made a mistake when you said you have a PhD in Biology.

True, but it would give us an idea of the honesty of our opponent.

[quote]My thesis or publication is about oncogene, somehow, my name was spelled wrong in the paper for PhD.

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I use my real name here, it is insane to lie at front of public.
Besides PhD, I also have MS in preventive medicine. Since I do not think any of these degree related with the topic, I do not understand your motivation. Can you tell me what kind education you have?

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Frankly, my motivation in asking you about your qualifications as a molecular biologist is because, in the past, many people who share your general views regarding Evolution whao have also claimed to have Biology degrees had not actually been truthful about having earned those Biology degrees, had not published any relevant research, etc.While I definitely agree with the others whom have said that it's the strength of the argument, not the degree, that matters in debate, I still think it's important to get a good impression of the character of one's opponent.So, when someone like you, who espouses views so completely outside the views of any reputable, professional Molecular Biologist I have ever read or known about, I simply begin to wonder if perhaps you are one of those people I mentioned above.