(February 13, 2015 at 1:25 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(February 13, 2015 at 1:16 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: Exactly. Given enough time and genetic isolation, it is possible a new species would result. But, in the slave case, there was neither time nor genetic isolation.
400 years not enough? keep in mind, "speciation" has been produced in a lab. Either way, you're saying that given enough time a different species of slave would be produced?
It's not really the number of years. It is the number of generations.
That's why, as others have pointed out, bacteria and fruit flies are used for experimentation.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
