Evolutionary Theory Explains Diversity

Anti-Lie writes

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Biological macroevolution requires long periods of time for dramatic changes to take effect.

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By using the word "dramatic", anti-lie effectively used a strawman against the theory of evolution.Consider the following. Suppose you walk from New York to Washington State and it takes you 2 years to walk all the way there. Would anyone in his right mind ever use the word "dramatic" to describe the shift in position of this person, especially over such a long period? The change in position of this person is very gradual and anything but dramatic.The word "dramatic" is typically used to describe a change that happen over a relatively short period of time. By using the word "dramatic", he implied that the theory of evolution states that creatures change from something like a dog to a monkey in a short amount of time. This is a strawman argument. As a Christian, anti-lie should know better than try to portray evolution in deceptive light.

But he needs to realize that evolution doesn't happen over night. The whole point is that you have more than 5 days. You have years. Just like evolution, which has hundreds of millions of years.The way he phrases his messages makes his argument a strawman.