RE: Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution
July 23, 2013 at 2:05 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2013 at 2:05 am by Undeceived.)
(July 22, 2013 at 6:04 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(July 22, 2013 at 4:07 am)Undeceived Wrote: I've learned not to trust any article that manipulates the facts for persuasive purposes.
Some birds have teeth. Some birds have scales on their legs. Both fill vital roles now--unrelated to history.
Baleen whales have a hox gene that, when switched, can affect expression. But there have to be other genes to produce the legs once turned on by the hox gene. These genes do not exist.
Human embryos have tails in certain stages of development to aid assembly of the vertebrae. Later in life, people have tailbones to support their spinal cord. Both are in full use today.
The question evolutionists should be asking is this: If evolution is happening today, why do DNA codes contain no new dormant genes from which to build future organs?
Evolution explains the phenomenon handily: they all had ancestors with those features and still carry genes for them that can be activated by a point mutation or by a 'hormonal event' during gestation.
Don't you mean Natural Selection explains the phenomenon? If an organism used to have certain genes and lost them, that is a loss of genetic data. Losses of genetic data are consistent with Creation. All the example above shows is that God created birds with teeth, or the switch for teeth when needed, and that certain birds lost or haven't yet had the need for teeth. Take the appendix, for example. In primal and medieval times, its ability to store good bacteria fended off many illnesses. Today, with medicines and health codes, we have less need of the appendix.
