IC & the Cambrian Explosion for Ahmad...cont..

Peter,PB: THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT THE GUToB PREDICTS. It is however NOT evolutionism. Evolve = slowly developing, like a story plot develops. It is from Latin: evolvere.DB: First of all, the word "evolution" is from the latin root -evolutio- which means "to unroll".After reading your posts I begin to wonder if you are not a preformationist in disguise?

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Bail out? On the contrary. Nobody showed anything that is worthy discussing.
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The Archeopteryx is a bird according to cladist. What else do you have?
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For instance, if we only had known the platypus from the fossil record it probably would have been 'recognised' as a primitive transitionform. It is however nothing but Platypus (MPG). I expect from the fossil record only the Platypus (MPG), probably with minor variations with respect to size of bonestructure.quote:
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A scull of a dog-like reptile? Doglike reptile? Reptile? Assumptions, assumptions, and claims based upon assumptions. That's all you have. Anyway, if you can show me the evidence, be my guest.
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If you go to a watch a soccer game the looser wins, I presume. Yes, the evo's logic is amazing. And they are also famous for drawing conclusion (later more about that).
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A flying squirrel is on its way to a become a bat, I guess.It should be clear that I do not belief a single word of evolutionism's claim that a random process gave rise to man from microbe. It is a genetic impossibility.
It's been proven that I was right in my claim on NRM (still denied by the atheists on this board), and I will be right again.Best wishes,
Peter

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Edge: Well, maybe that has to do with your starting material. We were simply pointing out that evolution explains the fossil record that we know about. Creationism does not.

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PB: Assertions based upon assumptions. I am pretty sure that creationists will not agree with you, and are able to present you a scientific alternative. Do you actually read their mails?

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Really? You think that creationists will disagree with me?And just what 'scientific alternative' will they present to us? I haven't heard one yet. Are you talking about something like the multiple surge, fast-slow, violent-gentle, wet-dry, rapidly-slowly depostion model of TC and TB? The same one they both say has some serious problems? Or are you talking about Baumgardner's catastrophic plate tectonics model that sterilized the earth 4000 years ago? This is the type of model that is usually presented by creationists.

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From a GUToB stance I would expect that producers and reducers are the first organism to prepare the planet for the coming of man. And now you will point at the dinosaurs. However, do you know what function they had in the big picture? If yes, please let me know.

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Maybe they just wanted their kids to go to college. Why should the dinosaurs have a purpose? Why do you anthropomorphize?

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The Archeopteryx is a bird according to cladist. What else do you have?

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Another meaningful statement from PB. Nevertheless, we all have some features in common with both birds and reptiles... Just why is that?

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But why was there confusion? Why was archie confused with a reptile? Could it be that it is a transitional form?

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PB: If you think that I am avoiding questions you must be new on this board. However, you are not, so you are obtuse deliberately. I never avoid questions, but for me some questions are not so interesting anymore.

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Yeah, I know what you mean. The 'dust on the moon' argument makes my eyes glaze over.

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Like whether Archaeopteryx is a bird or a reptile. It is neither. It is Archaeopteryx (MPG).

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Really? Once again, your logic astounds me. Since it is neither do you think it could be a transitioanl form?

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For instance, if we only had known the platypus from the fossil record it probably would have been 'recognised' as a primitive transitionform. It is however nothing but Platypus (MPG). I expect from the fossil record only the Platypus (MPG), probably with minor variations with respect to size of bonestructure.

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Okay, just what would platypus be transitional from and to? You logic falls down here.

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A scull of a dog-like reptile? Doglike reptile? Reptile? Assumptions, assumptions, and claims based upon assumptions. That's all you have. Anyway, if you can show me the evidence, be my guest.

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BS. You have already decided. Your many earlier statements make this clear.

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I say it isn't, and I already provided compelling evidence for that. You, on the contrary keep claiming things without provision of compelling --beyond any doubt-- evidence.

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I am not a biologist, so I cannot judge your evidence, though I trust others here who are more knowledgable than I. However, your fossil discussion has provided no evidence at all, much less compelling evidence. And I don't even require 'beyond any doubt' type of evidence. I'm easy to please.

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Oh great! Sure. Providing compelling evidence to an absolutist is impossible. THanks for the task!

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Not assertions based upon assumptions, please. For stories I will attend a Dawkins lecture, so please keep it scientific.

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This has all been done in the literature. Perhaps you have missed it.

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Well, I don't feel myself to be an elementary school teacher. You will need to figure this out on your own.

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It should be clear that I do not belief a single word of evolutionism's claim that a random process gave rise to man from microbe.

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Well, there's your problem. You only know the cartoon version of evolution presented to you by professional creationists. Try reading some mainstream literature.

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It is a genetic impossibility.

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But a paleontological necessity. There is no other viable way of explaining the fossil record.

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It's been proven that I was right in my claim on NRM (still denied by the atheists on this board), and I will be right again.

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I will leave this to others to refute. As far as I know this board is not about NRMism vs creationism.

DBlevins,Welcome aboard. Hope you have some fun here.

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Dear DB,DB: The argument of the fossil record's incompleteness as evidence for your position is specious. The supposed lack of transitional forms has two good reasonings behind it.PB: I was expecting good reasons.DB: 1) The fact that everything that dies doesn't become fossilizedPB: Since this is true it would be expected that the fossil record reflects this. Isn't it peculiar that all major transition forms are missing? As if erosion and the fossilisation process is discriminatory.DB: 2) Evolutionary change is episodic.PB: No, it is not. Evolution is something that has never been observed. It is not episodic. It is non-existent. This whole episodic thing has been invented to explain away the observation.DB: By the way, Paleontologists have discovered many examples of transitional forms.PB: like the Archaeopteryx and cynodontia I guess. I know you will eagerly take them as transitional forms, but nothing transitional here. Simply another complete MPG.DB: If you have time I recomend you read:Thewissen, J. G. M. and M. Aria 1994. Fossil evidence for the origin of aquatic locomotion in archaeocete whales. Science 263: 210-12.PB: Yeah, I know this paper. Fossil evidence of another MPG.DB: Evolution is a fact: it is the mechanism that is open to debate.PB: "Variation is a fact: the mechanisms for variation are preexistent in the genome"DB: By the way, this is my first post but hopefully not my last.PB: Depends on several factors.Best wishes,
Peter

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So, no, it's fallacious, & not "brilliant" at all. Try again.My comment stands:

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And they are also diapsids, peter, a sub-clade of that is the dinosaurs, so they are dinosaurs, too. It's also a sarcopterygian if your really serious about cladistics. Although I'm not sure how quoting cladisical results helps your case, since the evolutionary lineage from birds shows they are clearly related to the reptiles, oop, sorry, basal amniotes.Mark------------------
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Dr Borger, did all whales come from one MPG (Ambulocetus?) or should they be split into three MPGs (archaeocetes(paraphyletic), toothed whales(paraphyletic), baleen whales (monophyletic)) or four (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins (including orca)) or five (archaeocetes, baleen whales, sperm whales, dolphins, orca) or one MPG=one genus, or one MPG=one species like Homo vs Pan?[This message has been edited by Andya Primanda, 02-08-2003]

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dear Edge,Thanks for you lengthy response. The following is tale telling for mankind:Edge: I am not a biologist, so I cannot judge your evidence, though I trust others here who are more knowledgable than I.PB: Trust others? And if they tell you stories? How do you discriminate?Edge: However, your fossil discussion has provided no evidence at all, much less compelling evidence. And I don't even require 'beyond any doubt' type of evidence. I'm easy to please.PB: So you don't require THE evidence and you are easy to please? Well that explains a lot, isn't it.best wishes,
Peter

Peter B/ The Unartful Dodger,

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PB: Talking about circular definitions. What about "survival of the fittest"? Darwin's brilliant invention?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------MP: What of it? I'm not arguing it, it's irrelevant to the discussion.PB: So, you agree that Darwin set up a tautology? If he is allowed to set up a tautology, why not me?MP: Now, define "transitional form" as a prediction of the ToE.PB: Since you agree not with my definition why don't you define it yourself. O, you already did that? An organism halfway becoming another organism? Who is going to judge that it is halfway? You? Or me? Evo's or creo's? That's the question. It all depends on the paradigm.
It is clear, however, that there used to be flying, unfeathered MPGs. Why is it so hard to get that there were also flying, feathered MPGs like Archaeopteryx? We still see that today. Unfeathered flying MPGs (commonly known as bats) and feathered flying MPGs (commonly named birds). [Sometimes they even have claws to climb (Hoatzin MPG)]Biology with the GUToB is easy.Best wishes,
Peter

Peter B,

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Er, I DID define "transitional form", but it has nothing to do with your irrelevant parody. If you want to see what it was, track back through this thread, I'm not doing the work for you.Now, for the 8th time, define "transitional form" as predicted by the ToE.We both know you won't, because that would be an admission that the ToE's predictions are borne out in the fossil record, & that can't be allowed, can it? You'd get caned if you actually defined it. This is the worst sort of intellectual dishonesty: sticking your fingers in your ears, closing your eyes, & going "lalalalala". The longer you hold out, the more ridiculous, evasive, & dishonest you look. & in all honesty, Peter, this is the only reason I continually ask you to commit yourself, it makes you look sillier, & sillier. Not that most posters here need convincing, but the lurkers have seen your evasion, they've seen your fallacious definition, & they've seen your equivocation. What will they think when you try to force GUToB down their throats at a later date? Not much, I'll warrant, they know how you operate.Mark------------------
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