RE: 1984 & A/S/K revisited
April 13, 2013 at 4:41 pm
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2013 at 4:52 pm by Undeceived.)
(April 13, 2013 at 2:26 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Of course creationism explains the facts: magic can explain anything.There are other reasons for believing God exists. From those, we derive Creationism. Creationism did not appear in response to Evolution, but has been a staple belief since the beginning of humanity. The number one reason: life/material cannot create itself. In order to avoid infinite regress there needs to be a first efficient cause. By definition, any cause outside of the natural world is supernatural. Even if you throw the (circular) “quantum fluctuations” argument at me, that process would still be called supernatural and therefore, to use your word, "magical".
Quote:http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary...vograms_04
Take a look at that exceedingly well mapped list of fish to tetrapod transitionals.
Do you see the big difference between the digits of the Tiktaalik and Acanthostega? We are looking for transitional fossils between these two. None of the species here are close enough to be considered a modified version of another. They each boast tremendous differences, and are found across the world. The Acanthostega is half the size (or less) of the Tiktaalik. It's skull is stouter, and so on. Every part is slightly or moderately different. Hundreds, if not thousands, of beneficial mutations lie between.
Of course the species are well mapped. That only shows good artistry. Do you have any links to hard evidence for the dino-birds and fish-tetrapods-- some that are actually close in relationship? The links you have provided so far have only further demonstrated to me how vague arguments are for Evolution. Which suggests (to finally being the point around) how much the theory is reliant on one's prior beliefs. There is no confirming, undeniable evidence for macroevolution, and it doesn't appear there will ever be.