Re: Micro and Macro Evolution ?


"Toadface" <mr_toadface@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The Theory of Evolution can be divided into two parts,
> micro-evolution and macro-evolution. Micro-evolution
> deals with small changes within a species which adapt
> that species to be better suited to its environment.
> This process is well supported with scientific
> evidence and doesn't conflict with a Christian
> understanding of reality.
>
> Macro-evolution claims that through major genetic
> mutations one species can evolve into another, so over
> a long period of time fish could evolve into insects,
> birds and mammals. From this concept it's suggested
> that all life could have evolved from simple chemical
> structures, thus life could have resulted from natural
> processes without the need for a creator.

But we have seen one species evolve into another.

And, no, fish could not evolve into insects under an evolutionary model.

And, no, there is nothing within the theory of evolution which says that a
creator could not have been involved.

> Macro-evolution is highly contentious and its more
> extreme interpretations challenge conventional
> Christian thinking. It's sometimes suggested that God
> chose to create life through evolution, however,
> there's now a weighty and growing body of both
> scientific and philosophical evidence that discredits
> macro-evolution. This article very briefly surveys
> that evidence.

No, even macro-evolution is not a threat to Christian thinking, only to one
particular and over-literal interpretation of Scripture.

And, no, there is not a weighty, or growing, body of scientific evidence
that discredits macro evolution.

Please point to five scientists in the relevant fields associated with
evolution that do not accept macro-evolution whodo not also have a religious
objection to it. There are about 470,000 of them, so five should be easy.

.

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