Susan:
In your recent response to David Bradbury you spoke of "...a *Fact* of
evolution - its been observed to occur..." As I understand matters, you
are here speaking of the 'micro' variety, are you not? Since you later
refer to misunderstandings regarding the definition of 'evolution',
shouldn't you have been more careful in the phrasing of that earlier
opinion?
You also say of the level of proof required: "if applied to the judicial
system, (it) would empty the prisons." But the tremendous claims that
are being made in the name of science surely demand rigorous proofs! -
otherwise we are still in the realm of metaphysics - rubbing shoulders
with the rest of the world's 'believers'!
Throwing all caution to the winds, you round up with the outrageous
claim that "It's been known for a while that evolution often takes place
in a small portion of a population that has become isolated for some
reason." This insight, no doubt, acquired by divine revelation! Isn't
the truth of the matter rather that this theory has been cooked up to
overcome some otherwise insurmountable problems with the evolutionary
enterprise?
You will gather that I do not share your beliefs. It would help me
greatly (and, perhaps, others also) if you were to take us through the
alleged transition 'fish to amphibian', for example. As I see it, the
earlier stages in the assumed exchange 'leg for fin' must be accompanied
by a loss of swimming efficiency with no compensatory advantage; hence,
a reduction in the host's ability to gather food, to survive and to
reproduce. I suggest that the absence of such forms from the fossil
record merely confirms what a little clear thinking should, from the
outset, have rejected as illogical - indeed, impossible! But, perhaps I
am overlooking something significant.
Sincerely,
Vernon
Vernon Jenkins MSc
[musician, mining engineer, and formerly Senior Lecturer in Maths and
Computing, the Polytechnic of Wales (now the University of Glamorgan)]
http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/index.htm
http://www.compulink.co.uk/~indexer/miracla1.htm
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