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Faust13 wrote:Yeah even them actually use science, logic, and empirical evidence. How about actually reading it instead of mentally blocking it? Do you think I'm religious Dan?
No, but you are scientifically inept and incapable of seeing religious bias.
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Show me the religious bias Dan

Is it in the science? no it's not, and that's the important part that you blatantly ignore. You can't argue the science so you dishonestly evade the whole issue. I'm an atheist yet I'm using the same scientific arguments, now what?
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Faust13 wrote:Show me the religious bias Dan

Is it in the science? no it's not, and that's the important part that you blatantly ignore.
The difference between science and religion is that science is open to correction by the facts.

You gave an example where science used to think that we were about 99% genetically the same as the apes, but now are moving towards thinking we are only, say 80% similar. That is an example of how the scientific view changes in accordance with the facts.

That's not how religion works. Religion doesn't care about the facts whatsoever.

In addition, even if we are only 80% genetically the same as the other apes, that still shows that we are closely related.
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Kevin Solway wrote:
Faust13 wrote:Show me the religious bias Dan

Is it in the science? no it's not, and that's the important part that you blatantly ignore.
The difference between science and religion is that science is open to correction by the facts.

You gave an example where science used to think that we were about 99% genetically the same as the apes, but now are moving towards thinking we are only, say 80% similar. That is an example of how the scientific view changes in accordance with the facts.

That's not how religion works. Religion doesn't care about the facts whatsoever.

In addition, even if we are only 80% genetically the same as the other apes, that still shows that we are closely related.
Science and religion, if we wish to be precise, are no more open to correction (by facts) than is a motor car. However, there are scientists who are open and scientists who are closed. There are religious people who are open to facts and those who are not. Ideally religious people are guided by science (and vice versa). Ultimately spiritual development is a science.

It is ignorant and shows unwise prejudice to say religion doesn't care about facts whatsoever. It is all too easy to slam institutions (which may be corrupt) and not acknowledge core ideas as sound, as in the case of Christianity some of those expressed by Kierkegaard, for example, and some of what is attributed to Jesus.

And on the subject of biology, how are you so sure evolution explains our past? From what I have read there is at least room for doubt, and perhaps quite a different truth behind the establishment theories.
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Carl G wrote:And on the subject of biology, how are you so sure evolution explains our past?
100% sure. Step-by-step causation is the only possible explanation for the existence of anything.
From what I have read there is at least room for doubt, and perhaps quite a different truth behind the establishment theories.
Even if humans were created by some kind of alien being, or by a computer programmer, that creator must themselves have been formed by a step-by-step cause and effect process (evolution).
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Kevin Solway wrote:You gave an example where science used to think that we were about 99% genetically the same as the apes, but now are moving towards thinking we are only, say 80% similar. That is an example of how the scientific view changes in accordance with the facts.

That's not how religion works. Religion doesn't care about the facts whatsoever.
but the evolutionists haven't bothered trying to fix the problems and trying to find more evidence to refute the problems. Sort of like religion. You're being lazy and dishonest when you mentally block the impossibility of evolution as what we know now and what we have seen in the fossils, and resort to just saying that it's right anyways because religious people are promoting it.
In addition, even if we are only 80% genetically the same as the other apes, that still shows that we are closely related.
you're assuming that evolution is true in order for this to be true. Not only that, but the fact that even humans can be 10-20% different from each other, is a huge blow against evolution. Humans should be 99.9% similar to each other, but they're not. If you actually bothered to study the mechanisms of genetic inheritence and mutations, you would realize that it is impossible for a species of monkeys to somehow "create" NEW genetic DNA never before existing from previous genes. Mutations don't "add" new genes that never existed in the gene pool, they only shut off or damage the DNA, but this doesn't contribute to complexity and speciation. Evolution would require literally an alien anomaly in an animal, such as occasionally seeing feathers in monkeys, or wings in reptiles. This is what is required for evolution. Even a 3rd arm in a human isn't helpful, because it's just a copy of the arm genes in the fetus, it's not wings or feathers.

The links between ape and human are also thoroughly debunked, as shown for Austrolopithecus in my last post. The fossil evidence shows exactly the opposite, that intermediate forms have never been found for any organism. Unsurprisingly, you provide no real way of how apes can turn into humans given that their bipedalism is completely genetic, and is essential to their survival. No ape has been born bipedal, nor has any mutation turned an ape bipedal, nor do apes genetically pass on bipedalism if they learned how to do it. Bipedalism would be nothing but a terrible disadvantage for apes, as they would not be able to run swiftly or efficiently climb trees. Bipedal monkeys would die in their natural environment.

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Kevin Solway wrote:Even if humans were created by some kind of alien being, or by a computer programmer, that creator must themselves have been formed by a step-by-step cause and effect process (evolution).
umm, what about a Supreme Being? You haven't realized that infinite regress is a huge blow against a universal concept of causality yet? To have an infinte chain of causes going backwards in time acting on things, requires that matter or substance be here without cause in the first place.

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Faust13 wrote:
In addition, even if we are only 80% genetically the same as the other apes, that still shows that we are closely related.
you're assuming that evolution is true in order for this to be true.
I grant that if we were created by some kind of alien being, it could just be that they simply re-used the same parts in making different animals, because they were too lazy to start from scratch each time.
Not only that, but the fact that even humans can be 10-20% different from each other, is a huge blow against evolution.
No. Evolution is about variation. If we are all too similar, and catch a disease, then it might wipe out the whole lot of us.
it is impossible for a species of monkeys to somehow "create" NEW genetic DNA
New genetic material comes about through mutation.

Mutations don't "add" new genes that never existed in the gene pool
Genes are just patterns of bases (CGAT, from memory). Different patterns of these bases constitute new genes.
shut off or damage the DNA
When bits of DNA are shut off, damaged, removed, or added, this creates more variation, and hence speciation.
Even if humans were created by some kind of alien being, or by a computer programmer, that creator must themselves have been formed by a step-by-step cause and effect process (evolution).
umm, what about a Supreme Being?
If we were created by an alien being (for which there's no supporting evidence), it's up to you whether you want to call them "supreme" or not. I personally would just call them an "alien being".
To have an infinte chain of causes going backwards in time acting on things, requires that matter or substance be here without cause in the first place.
The same can be said of your "supreme being".

By the way, there's no point in your making long quotes from creationists, as its just like pasting whole chapters from the Bible. You can provide links if you want.
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why did you remove those "unattributed quotes"??? If you wanted the links I could have given them. Seems to be a case of insecure censorship.
Kevin Solway wrote:I grant that if we were created by some kind of alien being, it could just be that they simply re-used the same parts in making different animals, because they were too lazy to start from scratch each time.
even being created by alien beings raises other important questions.

Aside from that, these same apparent "homologous" structures have another problem, they don't even code for the same place or for the same genes on the DNA of these different species. also, many creatures don't have these homologous structures, and some are downright exotic. The problem lies in that mutations would need to be so drastic (which haven't happened) as to create entirely alien structures, regardless if it's "gradual," making it "gradual" doesn't change anything, the problem lies in that these alien structures would kill the fetus.

Unsurprisingly, no true intermediate fossils have ever been found.
No. Evolution is about variation. If we are all too similar, and catch a disease, then it might wipe out the whole lot of us.
no, evolution is about speciation, which has never happened, nor have we found any conclusive evidence that it has happened.
New genetic material comes about through mutation.
Hah. Mutations don't "create" new genetic DNA that leads to say wings. No genetic mutation has ever created or been led to create alien structures in a creature, not even a feather on a reptile. Mutations destroy genetic information, and reduce complexity, they never increase complexity.

http://www.trueorigin.org/mutations01.asp
Genes are just patterns of bases (CGAT, from memory). Different patterns of these bases constitute new genes.
not at all. It's not that simple. It's also how these genes are combined and where they are, drastic mutations simply destroy existing information, they always have to get something in exchange for losing something else. Furthermore, mutations that are too drastic (which is what are needed in evolution since mutations don't successively build on each other, and not even in the same location) kill the fetus. It's like cows giving birth to giraffes, and no "gradual" process is going to stop the deformities, because all those gradual steps require drastic mutations that will abort the fetus.
When bits of DNA are shut off, damaged, removed, or added, this creates more variation, and hence speciation.
umm no, variation does not equal speciation. Variation in human height, does not create a new species out of humans. Mutations do not add new bits of genetic info "from the outside" they always use the existing one and hence reduce complexity and information. This is like mutations in bacteria that make it antibiotic resistant, the receptor is damaged so nothing can latch on to it, which reduces complexity, and it certainly has not advanced in becoming something other than bacteria.
If we were created by an alien being (for which there's no supporting evidence), it's up to you whether you want to call them "supreme" or not. I personally would just call them an "alien being".
I didn't necessarily say that. I said a supreme being could have created humans, and also other aliens.
The same can be said of your "supreme being".
yes, but I never said that causality was a "logical absolute." I atleast admit that the supreme being would be uncreated and hence an exception to causality
By the way, there's no point in your making long quotes from creationists, as its just like pasting whole chapters from the Bible. You can provide links if you want.
these aren't just "long quotes from creationists" they are using scientific observations. You conveniently put in "creationists" to defame and mindlessly try to dismiss them. How about I put quotes from atheist evolutionists?

Grassé: "No matter how numerous they may be, mutations do not produce any kind of evolution."

Frank Salisbury: "Even something as complex as the eye has appeared several times; for example, in the squid, the vertebrates, and the arthropods. It's bad enough accounting for the origin of such things once, but the thought of producing them several times according to the modern synthetic theory makes my head swim"

J. Darnell: "The differences in the biochemistry of messenger RNA formation in eukaryotes compared to prokaryotes are so profound as to suggest that sequential prokaryotic to eukaryotic cell evolution seems unlikely"


of course Kevin isn't interested in scientific validity and evidence, he has contempt for such things you see, as it doesn't fit with his worldview. Instead he calls scientific observations "quotes by creationists"
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Faust wrote:Variation in human height, does not create a new species out of humans.
It certainly could. Let's say that in US you were financially rewarded for being a basketball player, and punished for doing anything else. In this case the taller people would be expected to breed more than the smaller people. You would then expect the average height of Americans to increase. Now let's say that in another country the taller you were, the more you were punished. In that country the average height would tend to decrease. Eventually you might find that Americans were 15 feet tall, and those from the other country were 1 foot tall. These two types of human may not be able to physically breed, in which case they would be regarded to be two different species.
the supreme being would be uncreated and hence an exception to causality
Unless the supreme being is identical with the Totality it must be caused.
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Kevin Solway wrote:Eventually you might find that Americans were 15 feet tall, and those from the other country were 1 foot tall. These two types of human may not be able to physically breed,
How do you figure?
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divine focus wrote:How do you figure?
Their genital parts may not be compatible (too much size difference), or the womb of a 1ft female may not be large enough for a large foetus from a 15ft person, etc.
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LOL

I must not have read your post properly before.

It doesn't matter if they couldn't breed naturally. If the egg of one could be artificially inseminated with the sperm of the other, they would be considered the same species, in scientific terminology.
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That's nowhere near true. By the textbook definition, sexually reproductive species (with a very few exceptions, like Irish Wolf Hound with Pomeranian) must be able to breed naturally and produce viable and fertile offspring of both sexes.

By your definition, all of the Panthera genus (big cats), for example, would be the same species. They don't even need the artificial reproduction as they can reproduce naturally but one or other of the sexes produced is always sterile. So male Ligers (male Lion + female Tiger) are always sterile.
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Dave Toast wrote:By your definition, all of the Panthera genus (big cats), for example, would be the same species. They don't even need the artificial reproduction as they can reproduce naturally but one or other of the sexes produced is always sterile. So male Ligers (male Lion + female Tiger) are always sterile.
I did not know that was possible--that is, taking your word for it.

In that case, the categorization of "species" is very vague to me and seems somewhat arbitrary. What exactly would be "speciation" and why?
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divine focus wrote:In that case, the categorization of "species" is very vague to me and seems somewhat arbitrary. What exactly would be "speciation" and why?
The definition of a species is fairly clear. A species is capable of interbreeding, in natural conditions, to produce fertile offspring.

As to "why". Once a group of animals are no longer able to breed with other animals, they will tend to become even more different from those other animals because they are not mixing their genes with them. So it is a useful definition to make.

As far as "arbitrary" goes. It's no more arbitrary than the existence of any other thing, such as "life".
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