quote:
What are the attitudes of creationists towards the concept of reproductive isolation as a fudamental criterion for definition of a species, how does this clash or dovetail with concepts of Kind?
You're not asking me, right? I'm an evolutionist, who's only a creationist in the sense I believe God did it.
It seems apparent to me from this web site, however, that some creationists believe reproductive isolation is a great dividing line for species, and who also see it as a dividing line for kinds. Others think it's okay for species, but kind equals genus or family. Others believe in speciation based on reproductive isolation, but speciation has only happened since the flood, and the new species are all part of the same kind. In other words, they appear to believe anything and everything, IMHO.
I can't figure out why that last one isn't just evolution with some bizarre beliefs about the age of the earth. God created kinds, but their was only one cat kind, and it got on the ark, then evolved dramatically into every sort of cat on the planet in 5,000 years or less. That cat kind even has various species in it, meaning they all speciated since the flood, and yet they claim to be opposed to evolution. It's pretty bizarre.
™ Version 4.2
