<<First, the theory of natural selection is a component of the evolution model
and as such, is important in supporting the theory.>>
This, itself, is tautalogical!
<<This is no more of a tautological problem for evolution than Christ's death
on the cross is a tautological problem for Christianity.>>
Not the same. Evolution predicts that the fittest organisms will produce the
most offspring. What are the fittest organisms? The ones that produce the most
offspring! That's classic tautology.
Christ's death on the cross? That is a historical fact (for Christians), an
event that has eternal significance, sure, but how is this coupled with any
tautology? What is being proved by being stated twice? Perhaps you meant
presupposition, but even then the cross does not fit, since it is data-based.
<<I see no philosophical problem with the feasibility of the evolution model,
and those of you who want to dismiss it outright on the feasibility point
are not doing a good job.>>
"Feasibility" on a theoretical level is one thing; on the empirical level it
is quite another.
Jim