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Destroying the theory of evolution in one post
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RE: Destroying the theory of evolution in one post
(December 21, 2008 at 2:50 am)bodhitharta Wrote: In order for evolution to occur the living organism must be able to metabolize which includes waste management and have the capacity to reproduce/replicate.

If a living organism has the capacity to evolve it is already developed enough to render the idea of evolution being primary useless in the scheme of life.

Firstly it would be interested to know what you understand evolution to actually mean, it seems to me you are a little confused.

Consider a species of moth, which is yellow. Now let's say a tiny genetic mutation happens in a minority of the population causing them to be brown instead of yellow.
Now let's say this species of moth spends it's time primarily on tree trunks.

The yellow moths will have a much greater chance of being spotted and eaten by it's predator. Therefore, many more moths with the brown gene will be reproducing (since they haven't been eaten). So it follows that over time the popuation will tend to become more brown, until eventually yellow moths are in the minority, if they continue to exist at all.

And the species has evolved! It was a species of yellow moths and is now a species of brown moths.

Clearly the yellow moths could metabolise and had waste management and the ability to replicate. So it had what you define as the "capacity to evolve", and it did evolve (which you claim couldn't happen).
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
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Destroying the theory of evolution in one post - by bodhitharta - December 21, 2008 at 12:45 am
RE: Destroying the theory of evolution in one post - by lukec - December 21, 2008 at 1:03 am
RE: Destroying the theory of evolution in one post - by lilphil1989 - December 21, 2008 at 11:38 am
RE: Destroying the theory of evolution in one post - by lukec - December 21, 2008 at 7:41 am
RE: Destroying the theory of evolution in one post - by CoxRox - December 21, 2008 at 12:10 pm
RE: Destroying the theory of evolution in one post - by bozo - December 21, 2008 at 7:34 pm
RE: Destroying the theory of evolution in one post - by Giff - December 22, 2008 at 9:11 am

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