Is evolution based on empirical science?

So that the thread can begin with a focus on evidence right at the outset, could you add to your topic proposal two or three examples of the kind of evidence for evolution that you'll be disputing?

Sure. Can you provide a couple examples of the kind of evidence for the evolution of fruit flies and bacteria that you'll be disputing?

Hi CrytoGod,You have in mind experiments in evolution conducted on fruit flies and bacteria, right? In that case I think almost everyone would agree with you that at those levels of classification, fruit flies and bacteria, we've never observed family or domain boundaries being crossed through evolutionary processes, so there's nothing to debate, unless there's some specific evidence for evolution that you'd like to dispute.

Hi CrytoGod,I'm not trying to have a pre-debate with you. As moderator I don't have a position on the issue, but I am very familiar with many aspects of the creation/evolution controversy from both points of view. The goal is to put your thread proposal in shape to be promoted, but you haven't yet identified any meaningful debate issues.I can close this proposal if that's what you'd like, but I received the impression that you actually wanted to discuss the laboratory evidence for evolution from experiments on bacteria and fruit flies. If you can add a few evidence-based specifics that you'd like to discuss then I think it would improve your proposal a great deal.