I've had the same thing brought up. The quasi-creationist admitted that:
1) Evolution occurs, because descent with modification through natural selection has been observed, especially in microbes. 2) Despite the abundant evidence of modification, no speciation through natural selection has been observed. 3) Therefore, the idea that evolution drives speciation is, at best, a theory. As near as I can tell he's @#$% right. On Saturday 13 April 2002 05:32, you wrote: > I was having a discussion with some pretty intractable creationists the > other day, and one of them was making the particularly specious argument > that evolution is bad science because it is not based on observed > experiments. That is, no one has ever actually observed the creation of a > new species over successive generations. > > Obviously that's not going to happen in human lifetimes - but it occured to > me that bacteria have unusually short generations. So, does anyone know > of a case where science has produced a new species of bacteria? > > Thanks. > > JDG > __________________________________________________________ > John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685 > "We fight against poverty because faith requires it and > conscience demands it." - George W. Bush 3/22/02
