Not sure if I am supposed to edit the original post or clean it up and make a second one, so I will try the later option first. Not sure if I have enough of my own opinions included, but I think my stance is pretty clear. I think my opinion is irrelevant since I am asking where others stand IMHO.
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Does the Theory of evolution dissolve if one were to attack the current views on the history or time lines of species? Does radical restructuring of the current tree of evolution mean that the tenets of evolution are proved false? This relates to remarks such as made by Gould where he states that to discover a rabbit fossil in the pre-Cambrian era would prove evolution false(granted this example is extreme). Is the currently accepted time line of Evolution of life on earth equivalent to The Theory of Evolution? Or should we distinguish them from each other?
I personally think this only leads to the fallacious logical leaps that alterations such as we are seeing now with the recent hominid fossils is a victory to creationist and IDologists. I feel its false but would like some better supported input to this idea. Do we throw the whole thing out with every new piece of evidence? I think about this every time I see the stuff about how humans and dinosaurs co-existed, yes I think its ridiculous to believe, but even if it were proved, would that negate all of evolution or just our currently accepted time line?
Evolution is dead!!!! Long live evolution!!!
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As far as my sig, I am lazy, unimaginative and indecisive but reduced it anyways.
Edited by EighteenDelta, : not very bright
"Debate is an art form. It is about the winning of arguments. It is not about the discovery of truth. There are certain rules and procedures to debate that really have nothing to do with establishing fact ” which creationists have mastered. Some of those rules are: never say anything positive about your own position because it can be attacked, but chip away at what appear to be the weaknesses in your opponent's position. They are good at that. I don't think I could beat the creationists at debate. I can tie them. But in courtrooms they are terrible, because in courtrooms you cannot give speeches. In a courtroom you have to answer direct questions about the positive status of your belief. We destroyed them in Arkansas. On the second day of the two-week trial we had our victory party!"
-Stephen Jay Gould