PoliticalChic
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In the recent past I have posted about Darwin's theory as related to fossils, new species, DNA, molecules, etc. which are thought to serve as proof of evolution.
Upon close inspection, none hold up as "proof" but rather as conjecture, and an appeal to logic.
Philosophy rather than science.
1. Until I actually spent time studying the Darwinian theory of evolution, I bought it like it was on sale, as many still do. Today, I look back on so many of the false examples and arguments, and see them as fraudulent and/or childish.
And- I wonder why it is so important for Darwinists that everyone believe it....or else!
a. When Chinese paleontologist Jun-Yuan Chen’s criticism of Darwinian predictions about the fossil record was met with dead silence from a group of scientists in the U.S., he quipped that, “In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America you can criticize the government, but not Darwin.”
Darwinocracy: The evolution question in American politics | Washington Times Communities
2. A quick reminder?
One of the most famous piece of evidence for Darwinism is a study of an English peppered-moth population consisting of both dark- and light-colored moths. When industrial smoke darkened the trees, the percentage of dark moths increased, due to their relative advantage in hiding from predators. When the air pollution was reduced, the trees became lighter and more light moths survived. Both colors were present throughout, and so no new characteristics emerged, but the percentage of dark moths in the population went up and down as changing conditions affected their relative ability to survive and produce offspring.
a. Of course, in order for a theory to account for the vast diversity of life on the planet today, there must be new DNA, which produces new and original structures and body plans. Clearly, the peppered-moth example is the environment making one shade or the other more adaptive. Strike one?
Once I saw how fallacious that 'example' was, ....as the saying goes "The 13th chime of a clock, not only does it make no sense, but it calls into question the validity of the 12 chimes that preceded it."'
3.Next: If all living species descended from common ancestors by an accumulation of tiny steps, then there once must have existed a veritable universe of transitional intermediate formsÂ…
Nay, nay.....new forms of life tend to be fully formed at their first appearance as fossils in the rocks. If these new forms actually evolved in gradual steps from pre-existing forms, as Darwinist science insists, the numerous intermediate forms that once must have existed have not been preserved.
Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism. Johnson, Phillip
a. High school and college science classes both claimed that said transitional forms existed all over the place. Not true.
"The complete transmutation of even one animal species into a different species has never been directly observed either in the laboratory or in the field."
Dean H. Kenyon (Professor of Biology, San Francisco State University), affidavit presented to the U.S. Supreme Court, No. 85-1513, Brief of Appellants, prepared under the direction of William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, October 1985, p. A-16.
So much for the peppered-moth as evidence, and the dearth of evolutionary dead end, or transitional fossils....and no it has been a century and a half! With more full time scientists extant than ever before!
OK...are we up to date?
Good.
Startin' to feel like you're the butt of the biggest hoax ever?
Monkeys comin' right up.
Upon close inspection, none hold up as "proof" but rather as conjecture, and an appeal to logic.
Philosophy rather than science.
1. Until I actually spent time studying the Darwinian theory of evolution, I bought it like it was on sale, as many still do. Today, I look back on so many of the false examples and arguments, and see them as fraudulent and/or childish.
And- I wonder why it is so important for Darwinists that everyone believe it....or else!
a. When Chinese paleontologist Jun-Yuan Chen’s criticism of Darwinian predictions about the fossil record was met with dead silence from a group of scientists in the U.S., he quipped that, “In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America you can criticize the government, but not Darwin.”
Darwinocracy: The evolution question in American politics | Washington Times Communities
2. A quick reminder?
One of the most famous piece of evidence for Darwinism is a study of an English peppered-moth population consisting of both dark- and light-colored moths. When industrial smoke darkened the trees, the percentage of dark moths increased, due to their relative advantage in hiding from predators. When the air pollution was reduced, the trees became lighter and more light moths survived. Both colors were present throughout, and so no new characteristics emerged, but the percentage of dark moths in the population went up and down as changing conditions affected their relative ability to survive and produce offspring.
a. Of course, in order for a theory to account for the vast diversity of life on the planet today, there must be new DNA, which produces new and original structures and body plans. Clearly, the peppered-moth example is the environment making one shade or the other more adaptive. Strike one?
Once I saw how fallacious that 'example' was, ....as the saying goes "The 13th chime of a clock, not only does it make no sense, but it calls into question the validity of the 12 chimes that preceded it."'
3.Next: If all living species descended from common ancestors by an accumulation of tiny steps, then there once must have existed a veritable universe of transitional intermediate formsÂ…
Nay, nay.....new forms of life tend to be fully formed at their first appearance as fossils in the rocks. If these new forms actually evolved in gradual steps from pre-existing forms, as Darwinist science insists, the numerous intermediate forms that once must have existed have not been preserved.
Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism. Johnson, Phillip
a. High school and college science classes both claimed that said transitional forms existed all over the place. Not true.
"The complete transmutation of even one animal species into a different species has never been directly observed either in the laboratory or in the field."
Dean H. Kenyon (Professor of Biology, San Francisco State University), affidavit presented to the U.S. Supreme Court, No. 85-1513, Brief of Appellants, prepared under the direction of William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, October 1985, p. A-16.
So much for the peppered-moth as evidence, and the dearth of evolutionary dead end, or transitional fossils....and no it has been a century and a half! With more full time scientists extant than ever before!
OK...are we up to date?
Good.
Startin' to feel like you're the butt of the biggest hoax ever?
Monkeys comin' right up.
