Evolution in Action

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[Helge129]

@thealienwarlord Not at all. Evolution-related Mutations only happen during reproduction.

[Helge129]

@thealienwarlord No. To evolve means "To change". Not to advance or to get better, but just to change over time. You don't have species "unevolving".

[max2right]

If a fact arose that proved evolution wrong there would still be no evidence that gods exist.

[warren52nz]

@AlainSta60 Oh and here's a link to the issue about irreducible complexity. The old flagellum argument was sorted out long ago and Michael Behe was discredited.

watch?v=W96AJ0ChboU&feature=su­b

Personally I find the Venus Flytrap a better candidate for I.C. but I know it must have evolved.

[warren52nz]

@AlainSta60 Of course if we hadn't looked at the evidence ID looks obvious. Life is just TOO complex to happen by chance. Or is it? Anyone who DOES study the evidence properly will discover that Evolution explains everything once the first life arrived. It's not possible to find some detail that would topple the theory, there's just too much harmony in it. I think the main problem most people have with it is that they can't properly grasp what 4 BILLION years means. The Earth is very, very old!

[AlainSta60]

@warren52nz Initially it was irreducible complexity which to me meant intelligent design, and a design that reeked of an artist. I grew up in an era where common sense prevailed and disbelief in evolution was not yet almost illegal. If it smells like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, chances are it's a duck. We are told it 'appears' like ID, has all the 'attributes' of ID and operates like ID, but it isn't ID. My investigation began. It was 1980 (Where's my evidence :D)

[warren52nz]

@AlainSta60 " I was born, raised, educated and drilled as a Darwinian evolutionist..."

That's interesting. What specifically changed your mind? I'm interested as long as the reason isn't because it contradicts a religious text.

To make those links work you have to copy and paste them to the end of the YouTube home page right after ".com/" (the forward slash must be there)

[AlainSta60]

@warren52nz That's my point, Darwinian Evolutionists confuse facts with theories. You didn't answer my question. Give me EVIDENCE that would have a species locked up in jail for having evolved. Then, and ONLY then can you talk about facts. Couldn't get your links to work. Could be PC. I was born, raised, educated and drilled as a Darwinian evolutionist and also raised to view Theists as "brain Dead". It was hard core OBJECTIVE search for facts and truth that led me where I stand today.

[warren52nz]

@AlainSta60 "The facts keep changing"

Facts never change, theories do though, sometimes. That's how Science works and that's why it produces the incredible things it does. I'm not here to teach you, you should have learned this in High School but there are some good videos on the subject. I can tell you're not interested in truth though:

watch?v=RqwsIAVQnxw&feature=di­gest_refresh_mon

watch?v=FWUDvF-Twts&NR=1

watch?v=Pb6Z6NVmLt8&feature=di­gest

watch?v=kfTbrHg8KGQ&feature=sd­ig&et=1262923627.92



[AlainSta60]

@warren52nz "Evolution has been proven to be the mechanism that created all of the species from the first life forms." Prove it!! with evidence that evolution HAPPENED and is the result of life as we know it today. Start with what even Darwin knew to be the most important evidence required, the fossil record. Oh and which 'fact' nails it for you; the facts of the 30's or the facts of the 60's  or the facts of the 70's or the facts of the 90's or the current facts. The facts keep changing. Cheers

[warren52nz]

@AlainSta60 "natural selection IS NOT evolution"

And the Bible isn't Christianity.

Evolution is random change in genes followed by Natural Selection (in a nutshell).

Did you drop out of 3rd form or what?

If you think there's no evidence for Evolution you're brainwashed. Evolution has been proven to be the mechanism that created all of the species from the first life forms.

Oh and pity about the rugby. 8^P

[AlainSta60]

@warren52nz And my family are breeding just fine. Thank you for your concern