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Author Topic:   A Guide to the tactics of Evolutionists
Codegate
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Message 2 of 214 (364400)
11-17-2006 5:27 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by randman
11-17-2006 3:49 PM


As with jar's thread, I would like to point out that none of these are 'bait and switch' tactics but I also know what you are trying to say.
I would like to start off by asking you to expand on your points and give examples of each of them. It's hard for me to believe that a statement like "Claiming the fossil record shows evolutionary transitions when in reality, it shows the opposite." is anything other then a falsehood without something to back it up.
I also have some problems with how evolution is presented both in this forum and to the public in general.
1. Terms with multiple meanings, such as "evolution" are used freely without defining exactly what is meant in a particular context. This makes it difficult to understand what trying to be said. It's hard, if not impossible to debate a scientific topic without exact definitions.
2. I really dislike many of the pictorals that I see showing evolution in progress as they do use a lot of 'interpretation'. Often times a partial fossil find with an extremely limited selection of bones is taken and this wonderful picture is created that somehow shows how the actual creature looked. Every one of these should have a big splash across them saying that it is an artists interpretation of a limited fossil.
3. Many times people will imply, if not say outright, that we have a complete fossil record including transitionals. These cases are the exception and not the rule. Fossilization is a rare occurance and we just don't have that many for most of the taxa out there. Not only that but many of the 'transitionals' are not complete skeletons by any stretch of the imagination and require a great deal of interpretation. For some branches of the evolutionary process we do have a complete, and pretty irrefutable record, but as I said above, this is the exception rather then the rule.
(Note that I am making many blanket statements above which are from my current understanding of things. If I have made any false statements, please point them out and point me at a source where I can learn otherwise).

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