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Message 11 of 210 (359014)
10-26-2006 12:14 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by nator
10-25-2006 6:07 PM

Some obvious consequences

of "evolution is false".

the alleged great flood still didn't happen;

there were still biologically modern humans, long before the alleged time of Adam and Eve;

the creation stories in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 still contradict one another.

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Message 20 of 210 (359056)
10-26-2006 2:47 PM

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10-26-2006 2:05 PM

Re: Some obvious consequences

If evolution is not true, the alternatives are rather limited, to put it mildly.

Correct. And creationism is not one of those alternatives.

If evolution is not true, as currently stated, then it will probably just need a little tweaking.

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Message 24 of 210 (359066)
10-26-2006 3:05 PM

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10-26-2006 2:58 PM

Re: Some obvious consequences

I see no other alternative to evolution than creationism of some sort or other.

The YEC version of creationism is thoroughly refuted. And that refutation does not require evolution.

Sure, there could be other versions of creationism, the deist's version for example. But those satisfy neither the YEC nor the requirements of biology.

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Message 136 of 210 (359662)
10-29-2006 12:48 PM

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10-29-2006 11:24 AM

Re: "The same evidence"?

I'm sure the consensus is that it is attributed to continental drift. There is another theory that the magnetic polarity shifts every few thousand years and the poles reverse. Some have tried to make persuasive arguments in defense of it to explain why tropical plants are in an arctic region, but this particular claim lacks some backbone.

I don't think there is much doubt that there have been magnetic polarity reversals. However, I can't recall that ever being used as an explanation of the evidence of fossils of tropical plants in what are now frigid regions. My understanding is that the actual evidence of magnetic reversals is mostly obtained in the vicinity of mid-ocean ridges.

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Message 145 of 210 (359752)
10-30-2006 1:36 AM

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10-30-2006 1:23 AM

Re: Sorry to bug you, but...

Whether by Divine hand, or some unknown and alien natural mechanism, the appearence of DNA, is miraculous!

The correct statement, is that the origin of the first DNA is unknown. It is premature to declare it miraculous.

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