Evolution Fossils, Genes and Mousetraps 4-9

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2006
Lecture features Kenneth R. Miller, an Evolutionary Biology Professor at Brown University. Miller obtained his Ph.D in Biology from the University of Colorado in 1974, is a contributing author to a series of Pretince Hall Biology textbooks, as well as the following books dealing with finding common ground and reconciling evolution and religion in today's society.

In this lecture Ken Miller discusses the controversy surrounding the teaching of evolution, presents compelling evidence for evolution and reasons why "intelligent design" is not scientific.

Finding Darwin's God -- Ken Miller
http://www.findingdarwinsgod.com/

Coming soon: Only a Theory -- Ken Miller

Miller's Personal website
http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/

Full DVD lecture, and many others can be ordered for free at no shipping costs here: http://www.hhmi.org

Other information on evolutionary biology can be also obtained here:

http://www.biointeractive.org
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/
http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Evolution.html
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

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[Sageangel18000]

Also, Genesis says "By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust and to dust you shall return." (Genesis 3:19) Does it ever say anything that we came from apes? No. Now, looking back to the creation of man, Genesis says "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." (Genesis 1:26) "God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."...

[Sageangel18000]

cont.... an accurate representation of this event's probability. However, it does show that this event is extremely unlikely and only furthers to worsen the odds of macro-evolution in its entirety. Now, LoricaLady stated the scientific flaws with this "discovery" very very well. If you have read my flaws with this, read hers as well. They are far better than mine.

[Sageangel18000]

cont.... just say that this has not happened once in 2000 years. That would make this a very rare occurrence. Bear with me here as I pull some statistics out of nowhere. Not once in 2000 years, needing to happen at least twice, needing one to produce a male, needing the other to be a female, needing this to occur within the time span of 40 years, needing the two of them to meet up on a landmass that is very large. Don't bother calculating the odds because you will not get an accurate ...cont.

[Sageangel18000]

No, it does not say that an intelligent designer does not exist unless it wanted to fool us. It means that God gave us a brain and wanted us to use it. Meaning that if you had used your brain, you would have looked at the entire picture and not just look at what your biological beliefs wanted to see. Look at this from a mathematical standpoint. This event has not happened at all during recorded history. Being a nice person that I am and wanting to leave room for errors, let's just say ...cont.

[LoricaLady]

Cont. Chimps & tobacco both have 48 chromosomes & that's w/o even any fusions. Bats, birds & moths fly. Snakes & worms have very similar outer shapes. So? Correlation Does Not Imply Causation. 3. Incomplete Comparison Fallacy. Yes, there is a superficial number match if you count in the fusion but the contents of the chromsomes are very different. One leads to a chimp & one to people. Don't let evolutionary theory make a monkey out of you. This is the tip of the iceberg of its deceptions.

[LoricaLady]

Cont. About 1 in 1000 people have an additional fused chromosome besides the one mentioned in the vid,. Did the 2nd fusion come from apes? If one, why not both? But that wouldn't support their case as the 2nd one makes no numerical match - so it is simply not mentioned. 2. Correlation Does Not Imply Casuation. Ok, if you count the fusion there is a number match with chimps. (And even evolutionists don't say we descended from chimps, so there is another reason the argument is bogus.) Cont.

[LoricaLady]

"If in the lineage leading to us..." "If...might have...must have....could have....we can infer...we made a simulation..." are all evolutionary buzz words, replete in evo lit, which are presented as if they are some kind of evidence.

Along with speculation presented as if it is actually data, they build their case on numerous logical fallacies. Here is how they are using 3 of their favorites fallacies in the chromosome fusion "evidence" for "descent." 1. Fallacy of the Single Cause. Cont.