(March 12, 2015 at 12:25 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Is there something wrong with you?

Yes. He's a theist.

This is the problem. If you don't understand what you are trying to disprove, you don't know how to disprove it.

Anyone talking about a cat giving birth to a dog needs to start again at the very beginning. Please.

(March 12, 2015 at 12:25 pm)Esquilax Wrote:

(March 12, 2015 at 12:15 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Now show me where (for example) canines have been observed evolving into felines, or something similar.

Can I ask why you'd get into a conversation about evolution, and then ask for an example of something that's not only not evolution, but would actually disprove evolution?

Is there something wrong with you?

That was an example of what I mean by completely different species.
Is it your view that ALL life has a common ancestor?

You don't get to input your own incoherent definitions and then still pretend that you're talking about the actual theory of evolution.

Everything (likely) has a common ancestor, but that doesn't mean that every animal family family is descended from every other, or vice versa. Your aunt can't give birth to your brothers, to use a metaphor.

(March 12, 2015 at 12:33 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: You don't get to input your own incoherent definitions and then still pretend that you're talking about the actual theory of evolution.

At least you acknowledge it as a theory.

(March 12, 2015 at 12:32 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: That was an example of what I mean by completely different species.
Is it your view that ALL life has a common ancestor?

Try reading a book before shoving your head further up your duodenum. Such as The Ancestor's Tale. (Don't worry I know you won't, I'd never accuse you of being a bibliophile...)

(March 12, 2015 at 12:37 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: At least you acknowledge it as a theory.

Calling it a theory does not diminish the reality of the claims presented.

After all, there is a distinction between a regular theory and a scientific theory.

http://www.livescience.com/21491-what-is...heory.html

Quote:When used in non-scientific context, the word “theory” implies that something is unproven or speculative. As used in science, however, a theory is an explanation or model based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning, especially one that has been tested and confirmed as a general principle helping to explain and predict natural phenomena.

Any scientific theory must be based on a careful and rational examination of the facts. In the scientific method, there is a clear distinction between facts, which can be observed and/or measured, and theories, which are scientists’ explanations and interpretations of the facts. Scientists can have various interpretations of the outcomes of experiments and observations, but the facts, which are the cornerstone of the scientific method, do not change.

Please don't say evolution is only a theory....

OK, do say it. Go ahead.

(March 12, 2015 at 12:36 pm)robvalue Wrote: Everything (likely) has a common ancestor, but that doesn't mean that every animal family family is descended from every other, or vice versa. Your aunt can't give birth to your brothers, to use a metaphor.

That's not the point, the point is, where has one animal family been observed to split off into a separate animal family? (however you wish to define it)