RE: So much stupid
August 4, 2013 at 7:27 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2013 at 7:30 pm by Rahul.)
(August 4, 2013 at 5:55 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Creationists consider "the process of evolution" to be "macro-evolution" where one "kind" evolves to another "kind" over millions of years i.e. a cow evolving to be a whale. Since no one has seen such a thing occur then saying that it has occurred is an unproven statement of "faith".
A cow evolving into a whale? Really, Tea. I expect better from you.

I've been debating theists online for six years. I know what they mean. Believe me. I've been awash in their ignorance and idiocy for years.
However, humans have observed speciation (macro-evolution).
Quote:5.3.1 Drosophila paulistorum
Dobzhansky and Pavlovsky (1971) reported a speciation event that occurred in a laboratory culture of Drosophila paulistorum sometime between 1958 and 1963. The culture was descended from a single inseminated female that was captured in the Llanos of Colombia. In 1958 this strain produced fertile hybrids when crossed with conspecifics of different strains from Orinocan. From 1963 onward crosses with Orinocan strains produced only sterile males. Initially no assortative mating or behavioral isolation was seen between the Llanos strain and the Orinocan strains. Later on Dobzhansky produced assortative mating (Dobzhansky 1972).
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-speciation.html
That's just one example. But not the only one at all. Not near so.
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