Questioning Darwin
February 17, 2014 at 7:52 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2014 at 7:53 pm by Rampant.A.I..)
(February 17, 2014 at 7:47 pm)Lek Wrote: I believe most old earth creationists don't think that the earth was created just as it is now, but rather that God created life progressively over time. This allows for micro evolution within species, but not for macro or cross-species evolution. I'm no scientist. but it appears from the fossil record found in the earth's layers, new species seemed to arrive in bursts, rather that gradually over long timespans. It doesn't matter to me all that much if the current theory of evolution is correct or not. I'm bothered by the lack of undisputed cross-species fossils. But God could have used any method he wanted to create the universe and life on earth.
Micro and Macro evolution are church-invented terms. No one in science uses them, you've been lied to.
"Cross species evolution" is also a church-invented term.
"MISCONCEPTION: Gaps in the fossil record disprove evolution.
CORRECTION: While it's true that there are gaps in the fossil record, this does not constitute evidence against evolutionary theory. Scientists evaluate hypotheses and theories by figuring out what we would expect to observe if a particular idea were true and then seeing if those expectations are borne out. If evolutionary theory were true, then we'd expect there to have been transitional forms connecting ancient species with their ancestors and descendents. This expectation has been borne out. Paleontologists have found many fossils with transitional features, and new fossils are discovered all the time. However, if evolutionary theory were true, we would not expect all of these forms to be preserved in the fossil record. Many organisms don't have any body parts that fossilize well, the environmental conditions for forming good fossils are rare, and of course, we've only discovered a small percentage of the fossils that might be preserved somewhere on Earth. So scientists expect that for many evolutionary transitions, there will be gaps in the fossil record. To learn more about testing scientific ideas, visit the Understanding Science website. To learn more about evolutionary transitions and the fossils that document them, visit our module on this topic."
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary...faq.php#e4
