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Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
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Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:40:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
> Evolution is not observable.
See Larry's post here:
http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=8724
The source you quote on abiogenesis doesn't discuss evolution as a force in
living things, presumably since it is irrefutable, and eminently observable.
He focuses on the least observable, most speculative and most important
aspect, the origin of life. Obviously life evolving from non-life is a much
larger step, which might well be impossible to prove, if there is no longer
any physical evidence of what happened. However, if evolutionary theory can
explain the process, then I personally prefer it to the "blink of the divine
eyelid" theory.
> And to state it again - I'm not attempting to convince you of Creationism here
> - just that evolution is impossible. You've tried to loop creationism and
> spirituality back into things - sorry if it appears that that is what I'm
> doing.
Sorry if my point seems unfair, it's just that most people I have come
across who have any interest in disproving evolution are Creationists. I
don't think it's reasonable to to continually attack a generally accepted
tenet of modern science without admitting thatt you have religious
motivations for doing so.
--DaveL
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Oh, but that's just MY view of the observations and how they fit together. The serious creationist will easily dismiss the evidence of bacterial evolution by saying "God has changed the bugs in our lifetime to teach us the folly of thinking (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
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| Perhaps it would be helpful to break apart the different things that are ascribed to the term "evolution." Common usage of the word "evolution" is the idea that living things in our world have come into being through unguided naturalistic processes (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Evolution is not observable. And to state it again - I'm not attempting to convince you of Creationism here - just that evolution is impossible. You've tried to loop creationism and spirituality back into things - sorry if it appears that that is (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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