(November 22, 2016 at 2:10 pm)The Joker Wrote: 8 Examples of Evolution in Action are all examples of variation within a kind they are not evolution.
This is going to get repetitive ...
(November 22, 2016 at 8:47 am)Mathilda Wrote: Your argument about 'kinds' shows that you do not understand the theory of evolution. Only creationists refer to 'kinds'. No scientist ever does and scientists are the ones who have researched evolution. You can't breed a fox and a donkey, but both species have a common ancestor. Evolution works in very small steps (or variation if you will) and these small steps accumulate over time. Speciation occurs when a population finds a separate evolutionary niche that can be filled and the subsequent generations become adapted to it instead.
You're the one using the term 'kinds'. How do you define a kind of animal? Do you define it as two species that cannot breed? In which case all you are doing is stating a tautology.
Try learning what evolution actually is before you try arguing against it otherwise all you do is perform a strawman argument.
(November 22, 2016 at 2:10 pm)The Joker Wrote: When it comes to dating the age of the earth.
"A circular argument arises: Interpret the fossil record in the terms of a
particular theory of evolution, inspect the interpretation, and note that it
confirms the theory. Well, it would, wouldn’t it?"
Tom Kemp, "A Fresh Look at the Fossil Record", New
Scientist, Vol. 108, Dec. 5, 1985, p. 67.
We also know the age of the Earth based on geology. I am not a geologist, I married one and have just asked him about it now as he as walked through the door.
Radiometric dating tells us that the Earth is over 4 billion years. We have rocks from the moon, zircon crystals that do not change once they form and the oldest one found is 4.4 billion years old. There is no chance that Zircon is pre-Earth. The heat of the Earth is consistent with our understanding the age and the radioactive material within. We can observe solar systems forming in other parts of the galaxy which is consistent with our understanding of the age of the Earth.
The fossil record is just one extra bit of observable evidence.
