> Platt: > > 2009/4/11 Platt Holden <[email protected]> > > > > > Changing finch beak sizes to adjust to changes in the environment is a > far > > cry from the birth of a entirely new bird species, like ducks. What is > > missing from Darwin's view of evolution that relies on small physical > > changes are intermediary forms in the fossil record that ought to be > there, > > leading to entirely new species. > > > There are, in fact, many 'transitional' fossils.The only way that the > claim > of their absence may be remotely justified, aside from ignoring the > evidence > completely or just being plain crass, is to redefine 'transitional' as > referring to a fossil as a direct ancestor of one organism at the same > time > as a direct descendant of another. However, direct lineages are not > required > and could never be verified even if found. A transitional fossil, in > keeping with the predictions of Darwin's theory, is a fossil that shows > a > pattern of features from an older and a more recent organism. > > Of the countless billions of varmints that have ever walked the earth > man > has found only a minuscule fraction that became fossils; its therefore > unreasonable to expect to find finely detailed sequences of fossils over > the > periods of time necessary for new species to arrive from old. > Nevertheless > fine gradations of fossils between species and even genera have been > found. > > But there's no point in arguing about it here. The MOQ accepts both > > accidental and purposeful theories of evolution. > > > > The MoQ might but you dont Platt - you reject Darwin's theory. > > Platt, you have suggested i read chapter 11 of Lila, i have read it > twice > recently and intend to read it again shortly for i have an outstanding > obligatory reply to Krimel. Might i suggest that you get hold of and > read > Darwin's book, little more than a pamphlet really, 'On Natural > Selection'.
Hi KO, I've read tons about Darwin's theory. One can hardly escape from it. But it wasn't until I read Lila that I learned the theory left some unanswered questions. That led me to others who question the theory for various reasons. As a result, I try to keep an open mind about the story of life just as I don't accept "chance" as a satisfactory explanation. If you're convinced Darwin has the answers more power to you. Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
