(May 3, 2011 at 4:45 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Every fossil discovered is a missing link in the tree of life. Well, less like a tree and more like a tumbleweed. Every new fossil of species found fill in gaps of other branches that were not connecting well to the rest. Same with humans. Each new species found is a missing link. Missing link is something drug out by creationists who prey on peoples ignorance of biology. The reason why some smarter creationists use it is they know "it" cannot be found, as the missing link is an on going quest, not a goal. Here is the true definition of "missing link"
Exactly. Evolution isn't a chain with a monkey at one end and a human at the other. The only people who use the "missing link" strawman are creationists trying to disprove evolution. They actually believe that until we produce a half-man, half-monkey skeleton, then there can be no proof of the missing link. And even if we did produce some kind of half-man, half-monkey skeleton, they'd claim that it was a forgery.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
