>I said nothing about "previous sequences by evolution". I am
>proposing *progressive creation* not "evolution.
Sorry, that's not the way I interpreted it, the problem may have been
on my end. The concept appeared so close to Gould's model that I easily
misinterpreted what you were saying.
You get an "A" for creativity, pun intended! :-)
>I don't claim that it was "evolution" in the first place! :-) The
>word "evolution" is so vague that I prefer not to use it, unless it
>is clearly defined.
Agreed
>"People called saltationists believe that macromutations are a means
>by which major jumps in evolution could take place in a single
>gcncration.
Then you are forseeing more of a situation
of "saltational creation", i.e. one
generational genetic macro-changes across
a species or population of organisms, by
creation, rather than "saltational
evolution"? (Just trying to understand your
model more clearly.)
>But the fossil record shows new designs emerging from old designs
Perhaps "suggests" is a better term... the
emergence is not shown, only a difference
between strata or between fossils.
We need to be careful about taking a
quantum leap in modeling on insufficient
data. For example, in your model one would
expect to find numerous examples of clear
and convincing :-) evidence of immediate
transition, within many geologic strata,
somewhere, of both the source species and
the newly created species.
> Rom 1:20
>obviously is not claiming that mankind was present at "the creation
>of the world", so any argument based on the relative length of the
>time interval between the "creation of the world" and the creation of
>man seems contrived. :-)
>But we must agree to differ on whether it "conforms best".
And on our respective readings on Romans
1:18-20, but disagree agreeably as brothers in Christ we do... and I thank you
for the kindness in our discussion.
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"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens
another." Proverbs 27:17"
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Paul Durham pdd@gcc.cc.md.us
Oakland, Maryland