(December 6, 2012 at 10:10 am)John V Wrote: In this case it is. Someone typed that stuff out and set the colors, you know.
So, your argument is that, since this specific example is man-made, the entire process it describes is also man-made. Since the Bible is man-made, we can therefore conclude the same about it?
Quote:If you have a point, please make it. The strip mentions sunsets. In thinking about this earlier, I thought first of a rainbow, but that doesn't work, as all colors appear at once - there's no transition over time. I then thought of sunsets. I've never really watched a sunset to see if it fits. There would probably be a number of breakdowns in the analogy, but at least being man-made wouldn't be one of them, as in the case at hand.
The color metaphor does not rely on the passage of time to make its point. It uses the gradual shortening of light waves as an analogue to the passage of large amounts of time. Had I made the image myself I would have reversed the colors because the idea of cosmological redshift would have made it a more demonstrable analogy to evolution. Alas.
Quote:Have you looked in a mirror lately?
Just because you accept evolution doesn't mean you have to defend every argument made in favor of it. This one was lame. Deal with it.
It only appears lame to you because it demonstrates the absurdity of anti-evolution dogma. I defend it not because of the ideology but because it makes a good point childishly obvious to anyone who isn't stupid or deliberately obtuse.