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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
vaporwave Really apt user name writes: Again, the whole phylogenetic practice boils down to: IF evolution is true, this is likely how it happened. But it doesn't reveal more than that. Not at all. That is simply nonsense and not at all what any honest scientist would say. Rather what is said is that all of the evidence shows that evolution is a fact, that living things have changed over time and the the Theory of Evolution is the only explanation that has ever be presented that actually does explain what is seen.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Tangle writes: If you can find a mammal in the fossil record alongside dinosaurs, you win. Not too sure about that. I can think of no reason a mammal fossil should not be found alongside dinosaurs and a bunch of reasons to expect that we should see mammal fossils concurrent with dinosaurs. After all we find mammals filling many of the niches once filled by dinosaurs not all that long after the dinos exited stage left.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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waving vapor writes: It doesn't matter how much the various OoL theories may struggle, the general academic community knows with complete certainty that it happened completely naturally somehow. Again, utter and complete nonsense; that is not anything but a creationist might say. What is actually said is that so far no examples of non-natural causes have ever been found. Until someone actually presents a non-natural cause for examination and can explain how such non-natural causes work there is no reason to suggest non-natural causes.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
vaporwave writes: No matter how weak naturalistic origin of life theories may become, no matter how much that claim may appear to be false, the academic community will never consider the central idea of a naturalistic origin of life to be disproved. Perhaps rethought entirely but never dismissed or replaced... (indeed the alternative is not even to be considered) Again, more utter bullshit from vaporwave. Sorry but again you simply show you are totally clueless about even the most basic facts. If you can present an example of a non-natural cause and explain how it works then of course science would have to take non-natural causes into consideration. It really is that simple. Present an example of a non-natural cause and an explanation of how it works. The facts are we have the fossils so we win and we have the natural causes so we win. Creationism has been DOA for well over a hundred years and it smells like it's been dead far longer.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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It's really simple, there is ample evidence of natural causes but no one has ever presented any evidence of any un-natural causes.
Until someone can present one example of some un-natural cause for ANYTHING there is simply no reason to even consider un-natural causes.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
vaporwave writes: Can you give an example of what you're talking about.... Consider hippopotamus and whale.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
You really don't understand even the very basics of communication do you?
vaporwave writes: Darn... Tangle, you were just teasing I see. You refuse to back up this claim... just like Dr. Adequate...
Tangle writes: But without common descent there's no reason for DNA and form based taxonomy to agree on their classification If someone makes a statement that you think might be incorrect your job is to present an example that you believe might refute the position not simple play the three year old at the playground tactic of telling the other kid to prove it and then sticking out your tongue. If you have some reason to expect DNA and form taxonomy to agree then you should present your reason.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
The big challenge for Creationists really comes down to evidence and explanation.
The reality is that humans look at whales and noticed they breathed air unlike fish that breathed water so we decided they were mammals. The Creationist explanation for whales is God did it. The reality is that humans look at whales' anatomy and noticed they seemed to show vestigial legs so we decided they were mammals that once lived on land. The Creationist explanation for whales' anatomy is God did it. The reality is that humans look at whales' anatomy and noticed they seemed to show vestigial legs so we decided they were mammals that once lived on land and so there should be some land animals that are closely related to whales. The Creationist explanation for whales is God did it. The reality is that humans look at whales' anatomy and noticed they seemed to show vestigial legs so we decided they were mammals that once lived on land and so there should be some land animals that are closely related to whales and once DNA analysis became possible found that whales and hippos were closely related. The Creationist explanation for whales is God did it. The reality is that humans look at whales' anatomy and noticed they seemed to show vestigial legs so we decided they were mammals that once lived on land and so there should be some land animals that are closely related to whales and once DNA analysis became possible found that whales and hippos were closely related and so there must have been a common ancestor to both whales and hippos. The Creationist explanation for whales is God did it. The fact and reality is that Creationism explains absolutely nothing and so has absolutely no value.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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vaporwave writes: taq writes: Variation in cytB is higher than cytC, making cytC the choice for comparing more distantly related organisms. So in other words.... cytochrome B isn't something you want to show off when trying to sell evolution to people... so you cherry-pick cytochrome C instead. Makes sense I guess from a marketing standpoint. No, to imply that in other words taq was saying "cytochrome B isn't something you want to show off when trying to sell evolution to people... so you cherry-pick cytochrome C instead." is simply more utter dishonesty from you bujt that is to be expected from Creationists.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
vaporwave writes: This is essentially an admission that cytochrome B data does not reinforce the preferred evolutionary relationships very well, or at least would not look as convincing when making a case to the public. This is why evolutionists, when trying to make their case, always focus on cytochrome C instead. No, once again you are simply making shit up. This is why evolutionists do not use a hammer as the tool to tighten bolts. When trying to explain basics to those ignorant of a subject it is advisable to use the examples that are easiest for them to understand. Once they understand the basics it is then time to move on to the more complex. Instead of posting inane and incorrect assertions about what YOU think evolution says or what Scientists say, why not provide some support for your position. Why in the last 150 years have NO Creationists actually been able to present any evidence or theory that explains what is seen and supports special creation? Edited by jar, : capitalize no
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
vaporwave writes: I haven't said anything about creationist models, but it sounds like you're suggesting that one cannot group objects by shared traits (cladistics) unless those objects are related via common ancestry. We have noticed that neither you or any other Creationist have ever said anything about creationist models. Is there some reason no Creationist has ever been able to present a model, mechanism, plan, procedure, method or theory that explains the reality that is seen? Edited by jar, : fix sub-title
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Or make mud critters and then cough on them.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
DrA writes: No ... just ... no. I don't know where you're getting this idea from, but it can't be familiarity with the actual business of producing software. I know where he's getting it, from his desire to introduce a designer. But while we have the fossils, and we have the natural causes and we have the human designers, he ain't got nothing but fantasy. We got the fossils, we got the natural causes, we got the software designers; WE WIN!
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
We have the fossils and the fossils refute the Biblical Creation myths. We win.
We have the natural causes. We win. We have the designers. We win. Creationism has absolutely nothing, not even a single creation myth. Even the Bible has two mutually exclusive creation myths. If one were true the other must be false. We win.
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
vapor writes: You should probably think your comments through a little more instead of just kicking up dust and making noise every time I post. Maybe you might think about actually presenting something, anything, that might support your position if in fact you actually have a position and are not just kicking up dust and making noise. As it stands we have the fossils. We win. We have the natural causes. We win. We have the designers. We win. And we have the Theory. We win. It really is that simple. Edited by jar, : fix sub-title
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