5stringJeff
Senior Member
Mariner said:You wrote that evolution and creation "science" are in the same boat when it comes to provability, because we can't reproduce evolution on a grand scale. I disagree--I think the small-scale ways in which we see evolution work (e.g. moths evolving their colors to match sooty cities, pigeons evolving in city environments, dog breeding--remember that all dogs came from a single wolf-like creature and now look different simply by selective breeding) combined with the breathtakingly detailed and consistent evidence of the distribution of species (Darwin's evidence), the equally breathtaking evidence in the fossil record (which accords perfectly with radiocarbon dating, all sorts of geologic dating, etc.), and finally the equally breathtaking evidence from genetics (we share 98% of our genes with chimps and an amazing percentage with plants, for example) provides adequate support for evolution and the unity of life from all sides. But even if someone doesn't accept all this evidence as absolute proof, he/she still has a ton of work to do to propose an alternate theory. Simply saying "God made it" doesn't count as a scientific-type explanation, since there are millions of specific details to be explained.
Intellegent Design advocates point out several flaws in evolutionary theory that make the case that the universe, and life, must have been created. Among these are the Precambrian Explosion in the fossil record, the concept of irreducable complexity in cells... I could go on for a long time, but frankly, I have to use the bathroom. More to follow.