-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 99-08-20 02:03:34 EDT, Keachie writes:
<< These critters have much more in common in their DNA than do say any of
them and horses.>>
You're walking on the beach. You see something glittering in the sand. You
dig carefully and discover a shiny, solid gold pocket watch. You snap open
the lid to reveal a beautifully crafted face, with gold hands ticking across
black roman numeral lettering. What can you assume about the watch? Do you
think that the sand and other minerals swirled together over millions of
years, and finally, completely by chance, "evolved" into a watch? Or do you
assume that someone crafted the watch from metals and glass, and "created" it
according to an intelligent design? Weighing the probabilities in your mind,
you come to the logical conclusion that an intelligent being crafted it,
organizing it from the elements.
The Fossil Horse Series
One of the first "proofs" of evolution readily cited is the so called fossil
horse series. It is a progression of transitional species which led up to the
modern day horse. However, as evidence, it is merely a product of
evolutionary theory put forth to prove evolutionary theory. It is nothing
more than a futile exercise in circular reasoning. This conclusion arises
from the numerous crucial flaws in it. First and foremost is the fact that a
complete series of fossils in the correct evolutionary order does not exist
anywhere in the world.1 Further, instead of the single series depicted in the
chart in textbooks, more than 20 different genealogical trees have been
invented, in order to desperately stretch the theory over conflicting
evidence.2 The "evidence" has been garnered spanning geologically isolated
regions. The series starts in North America, jumps suddenly to Europe, and
then back to America.1 The sequence in the series which presents transitional
forms between small, many-toed forms and large, one-toed forms, has
absolutely no fossil record evidence.3 The earliest member of the horse
evolution series, Eohippus, has completely no connection, by any sort of
link, to its presumed ancestors, the condylarths.1 Between each of the horses
in the series, no evolutionary intermediates exist. Each horse abruptly
appears in the fossil record, with no physical signs of transitional
species.3 The only types of teeth found for the horses have been either
grazing or browsing types. No other types of teeth have been discovered. So,
not even transitional teeth exist.4 Most shocking of all is the fact that two
modern-day horse species, equus nevadenis and equus occidentalis, have been
found in the same fossil stratum as Eohippus.3 This unequivocally proves that
modern-day horses could not possibly have evolved from Eohippus, since they
lived at the same time. Thus, as the supposed evidence behind the fossil
horse series has numerous fatal flaws, its citation as a proof of evolution
is merely wishful thinking theory posited as physical evidence.
<<Classic case in point.
Before the industrial revolution in England there was a moth species with
white
as a predominent color. The color had survival value, because the moth like
to
sleep and white trees and the moth blended in well with the bark. As the
industrial revolution brought in the burning of coal and England became a
land of
grey skies and black dust, the same species of moth continued on, but the
moths
with darker colorations became more numerous. This is not giving rise to a
new
species, but it does illustration the mechanism of change which does lead to
evolution. Acritter with valuable survival cahracteristics lives on. If a
human
evolved with lead shielding, perhaps it would survive a nuclear holocast.>>
Peppered Moths
The biston betularis species of moths of England have been put forth as a
modern day example of neo-darwinian evolution. There have always existed
light-colored, intermediate, and dark-colored varieties. Pre-industrial
revolution, the light-colored moths were well camouflaged against the
light-colored bark of the trees. Thus, they had a survival advantage over the
other varieties, and consequently represented the majority of the biston
betularis population. And, the dark-colored moths were disadvantaged, clearly
visible against the light-colored background of the trees. Therefore, the
dark-colored variety constituted an extreme minority of the population. When
the industrial revolution hit England, the smog and pollution of the
factories darkened the trees, and within 45 years, dark-colored became the
overwhelming majority and light-colored the minority. This phenomenon has
been lauded as "the most striking evolutionary change ever to be witnessed by
man", but is this really evolution? Since the dark-colored moths have always
existed, and no new adaptation, let alone a new species, has arisen, this is
merely a shift in the ratio of the population. The peppered moths do, in
fact, demonstrate natural selection, the survival of the fittest, but not the
arrival of the fittest, evolution.
<<No, there are many missing pieces, and it is possible that we are an alien
lifeform transplanted here, but, like a puzzle missing half the pieces, we
still
have a pretty good picture of what it will look like when all the pieces are
in.>>
The Confessions of Saint Darwin
"As by this theory, innumerable transitional forms must have existed. Why do
we not find them imbedded in the crust of the earth? Why is all nature not in
confusion instead of being as we see them, well-defined species? Geological
research does not yield the infinitely many fine gradations between past and
present species required by the theory; and this is the most obvious of the
many objections which may be argued against it. The explanation lies,
however, in the extreme imperfection of the geological record." Charles Darwin
Mr. Darwin, himself, has eloquently spoke of the ultimate "nail in the
coffin" of his own theory. The absence of transitional forms in the
geological record definitively refutes the theory of evolution. While he made
the claim that the record was imperfect, this was an observation of the
primitive state of paleontology during his time. However, today, after many
years of study and discovery, the geological record still lacks the critical
intermediate forms which evolution requires to survive as a viable theory.
George Neville remarks:
"There is no need to apologize any longer for the poverty of the fossil
record. In some ways it has become almost unmanageably rich, and discovery is
outpacing integration...The fossil record nevertheless continues to be
composed mostly of gaps."
<< I suppose having a driver's liecense means I'm "government chartered"
too.>>
There are many who assert that we are the property of government and
that we enter into an agreement with the government when we get a license to
drive, get married, own a gun, own a business etc, but that is another
subject.
<<Goodness gracious, if it is natural, it's ok to eat it. Ever wonder where
poisons made back in Rome came from ? natural products, one and all.>>
The point is aspartame has been found to cause many problems to many
people. Stevia has not caused problems, but the government has banned it?
or at least tried to stop it because the big drug companies cannot patent it
and make money from it.
<<So found your own and tell the government to go to hell ! >>
The religion of not paying money to the government ... not a bad idea,
but I'm sure the government wouldn't allow that.
Regards,
Bob Stokes
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