RE: Creationism and Ignorance
May 2, 2018 at 3:01 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2018 at 3:03 pm by Amarok.)
(May 2, 2018 at 2:51 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:That results in a shift in taxonomy above species . That way the creationist can't employ his denial tactics of "that's microevolution " We all know the tricks they pull to keep their insistence that things stay in their own "kind bubble"(May 2, 2018 at 2:49 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Yeah, it helps to clarify that it isn't through any action taken by an individual organism which changes his own morphology, but just the advantage to the future generations of the lucky individual with the positive natural mutation whose offspring will inherit the that random change.
How about "Changes in allele frequencies in populations over time, as directed by natural selection." That's still a pretty concise, neat sentence.
(May 2, 2018 at 2:54 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:I see your point(May 2, 2018 at 2:53 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: But that's just it FAF the definition your working from is perfect for the creationist . That way they can play games and not have to accept the full implications of what evolution is . They can just cut it off at a point that's ideologically convenient ."oh i'll accept X can change but that does not mean humans are related to non humans etc etc "
Sure, but it doesn't mean they're right. No matter how detailed an explanation or definition you create (hah), creationists will always just deny it. That's not the fault of a concise definition that creationists will attack it. You could link to a 50 page article defining every facet of evolution and they'd still just say "nah!"
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