> I want to relate a story told me by a good friend who got a PHD in biology
> wanting to be involved in the creation\evolution debate. When he got out,
> he realized that the really tough issues are in geology. he then made the
> move in that direction and now is a very knowledgeable geoscientist. The
> entire issue of evolution lies inside of the rocks of the earth. All the
> evolution we see today is minor compared to what the record of life tells us
> from below our feet.
>
I fully agree that the greater problems lie in geology and not in biology.
But it's wrong that 'the entire issue of evolution lies inside of the
rocks of the earth' .First, at least many evolutionists won't agree : I've
rea dan article written by Mark Ridley( I think he's azoologist in
Oxford), which says that the fact on evolution does NOT lie in the fossil
record but ni observatins of biology.I don't have the article at hand but
I can look it up and give you the reference or direct quotes.
Second, the rocks can't tell us what kind of changes are POSSIBLE. If , as
I think, only minor changes are possible one has to interpret the fossil
record in adifferent way. A scientific explanation in historical
sciences may never assume what we know to be impossible.
Oliver Beck
student of physics