Evolution V Creation

[Welsh cake]

I regard evolution as one of the best explanatory and predictive theories on the diversity of living organisms on Earth to date. While I'm also open to the hypothesis that viruses could be responsible for the mutations evident in many species, I do not "believe" or have "faith" in the study.

It should be pretty clear from my posts elsewhere here that I believe that God created the universe. And while I do not have a problem with evolution in the sense that things/creatures change via natural selection, I reject evolution in the sense of common descent.

Which I'm fine with, except that Natural selection is a key mechanism of evolution. You either accept evolution as scientific fact or you don't rjh4. There is no in-between. You can't pick and choose like with the Bible.

So says you. You know that the classification system is manmade don't you? It is not like the classification system proves that we are animals just like all others.

That's a terrible argument that only demonstrates your ignorance. By your own omission then, we cannot use observation or deductive reasoning to class or categorise ANYTHING that exists from ANYTHING ELSE that exists. You can't attack the classification system because it's a human concept through reasoning; you're dismissing the same thing you're trying to build up a case against. Ironically though, you continually assert that man is distinguished from the rest of animal kingdom, so clearly you do have some kind arbitrary subjectively true "class system". ^^

Humour me rjh4, how do you distinguish your men's from the women's toilets?

(In fact, it is clear we are not just like all the other animals. As evidence you just need to look at the list of man's accomplishments cited by your athiest friends here. The animals have no such accomplishments. Man is far above the animals.)

(Evolution is not a ladder.)

I disagree for reasons already stated.

Huh? You said earlier that you agree with the concept of Natural selection. This was the point I was making before, you can't agree and disagree with something simultaneously, so please, explain your position on Evolution.

I am surprised you do not know my position on that issue. As I have said many times before here, mine is a young earth creation position so I think the universe is 6000-10000 years old.

So you're saying that you disagree with Evolution purely because the biological changes to evolve from a common ancestor would've have taken a long time? Is that correct?