Re: Five major misconceptions for evolution

Kant wrote:

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>>lowramw2000@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>>unrestrained_hand@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>>>Kant wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The five propositions below are among the most troublesome to
>>>>>evolutionary
>>>>>theory. Evolutionists have worked hard to counter them, but with no
>>>>>genuine
>>>>>success, because they are based on empirical scientific data and/or
>>>>>scientific laws.
>>>>>http://www.trueorigin.org/isakrbtl.asp
>>>>
>>>>Here they are:
>>>>1. Evolution has never been observed.
>>>>2. Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
>>>>3. There are no transitional fossils.
>>>>4. The theory of evolution says that life originated, and evolution
>>>>proceeds, by random chance.
>>>>5. Evolution is only a theory; it hasn't been proved.
>>>>
>>>>1. Yes, it has. But even it it hadn't been, so the freak what? Like
>>>>forensic science and history, much of evolutionary science is in the
>>>>study of the results of evolution. Would you say that mountain building
>>>>exists only if you can see it happen?
>>>>
>>>>2. This simply illustrates your pathetic grasp of science. I'll type
>>>>this slowly, so that you might be able to follow: the Second Law of
>>>>Thermodynamics describes the transfer of heat. "Heat cannot, of itself,
>>>>pass from a colder to a hotter body." Evolution does not demand any
>>>>chemistry or physics that you do not see in daily life.
>>>
>>>Second Law of Thermodynamics (1850). R.J.E. Clausius stated the law of
>>>entropy: All systems will tend toward the most mathematically probable
>>>state, and eventually become totally random and disorganized (*Harold
>>>Blum, Time's Arrow and Evolution, 1968, p. 201). In other words,
>>>everything runs down, wears out, and goes to pieces (*R.R. Kindsay,
>>>"Physics: to What Extent is it Deterministic," American Scientist 56,
>>>1968, p. 100). This law totally eliminates the basic evolutionary
>>>theory that simple evolves into complex. *Einstein said the two laws
>>>were the most enduring laws he knew of (*Jeremy Rifkin, Entropy: A New
>>>World View, 1980, p. 6).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>3. All fossils are transitional, unless the species went extinct. What
>>>>do *you think a transitional fossil would be?
>>>
>>>
>>>No intermediates...end of story.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>4. Your saying this again and again establishes you as a bloody liar,
>>>>but I'll explain again for the lurkers: mutations are random, but
>
>
> Fossil evidence in the sedimentary rock strata is supposed to provide
> evidence that species evolution has occurred in the past, and natural
> selection and mutations are the only means (mechanisms) by which it could
> occur.In the chapter on Fossils and Strata, we will learn that there is
> simply no evidence that evolution of life-forms has ever occurred in the
> past. In the chapter on Natural Selection, we learned that the accidental
> gene reshuffling (which evolutionists call "natural selection") can indeed
> produce changes within species-but are totally incapable of producing
> different species.
>
> http://evolution-facts.org/Ev-Crunch/c10a.htm
>
Remarkably incoherent, complete with creationst ALL CAPS, underlining,
and exclamation points. Is this the best cut-and-paste you could find to
respond to criticisms of your last cut-and-paste? Can you actually write
anything in your own words?

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