"The pertinent question to ask is, what evidence exists where the mutated type is more viable than the parent type in a normal environment?"
There's hope after all!
"Does the nylon example qualify? A quick read of the link and you will see it doesn’t. A huge cost is incurred in efficiency, and thus in a normal environment the mutated strain could not last long (AiG also argues plasmid xfer, but the enzyme effeciency loss alone in the article cited by zephyr is sufficient to dismiss mr. nylon as a hero of the evolutionary faith). Does sickle-cell qualify? Of course not."
Of course not! But that part isn't advertised since it doesn't help the 'cause'.
I really can’t believe the number of evolutionists who use a DISEASE as evidence of evolution!!!
Their choices are few and far between so they gotta go with what they have. It's sort'a like when they're asked for evidence of a 'transitional fossil'. Archaeopteryx has been used so many times that the blasted thing doesn't have any feathers left ... it's been plucked clean! (heheh)
Joralex
[This message has been edited by Joralex, 09-26-2003]