On Sun, 11 May 2008 08:36:46 -0500, Free Lunch <lunch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Sun, 11 May 2008 08:23:17 -0500, Antares 531
><gordonlrDELETE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>On Sat, 10 May 2008 21:52:12 -0400, Christopher A. Lee
>><calee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Where did you demonstrate this hypothetical god's existence before
>>>asking such a remarkably stupid question?
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>>I didn't "demonstrate" anything. I just asked a civil question. Do you
>>have an answer, or any rational ideas, or are you limited to juvenile
>>level ranting?
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>You would have to show how the Cambrian explosion is congruent with a
>well-defined theory of creation.
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The Cambrian Explosion occurred about 540 million years ago and lasted
for about 10 - 20 million years, during which time all phyla that
exist today came into being. I'm talking macro-evolution here, not
micro-evolution.
After the end of the Cambrian Explosion, this macro-evolution process
stopped and no new phyla have come into existence since. "And God
rested after His creation work."
How should one explain how the Darwinian macro-evolution process
worked so vigorously during the Cambrian Explosion, then stopped
completely, afterward? Gordon
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>>>>The evidence of this Cambrian Explosion is certainly verifiable, and
>>>>indeed has been verified my many paleontologists, geologists and
>>>>biologists.
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>>>>All phyla that have ever existed came into existence during this very
>>>>brief Cambrian Explosion interval. No phyla have come into existence
>>>>since. This certainly slams Darwinian Evolution down. So, what does
>>>>explain this sequence of events? Gordon
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>>>How does it do that, moron?
>>>
>>Darwinian evolution, if it is valid, should have kept on working, even
>>after the Cambrian Explosion. Why didn't it? What caused it to stop?
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>Your question assumes facts that are contrary to the evidence. Evolution
>has not stopped working.
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There are two levels of evolution...micro and macro. We have verified
micro-evolution in our domestic animals. That is, by selective
breeding we have produced a very large number of variations in our
domestic animals. This micro-evolution process also continues in
nature, without human intervention. So, yes, this aspect of Darwinian
evolution is still working.
But, macro-evolution seems to have ceased and we have not been able to
revitalize or demonstrate it at all. Not one new phyla has come into
existence since the end of the Cambrian Explosion, some 520 million
years ago.
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>>On the other hand, the Bible says that God's creation was completed
>>and he rested. This is congruent with the observable facts described
>>above.
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>Which facts? Please specify why creation explains better than current
>theories of cosmology and of evolution.
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Geological/Paleontological records that show no new phyla after the
end of the Cambrian Explosion of life forms.
Creation and cosmology are in very harmonious agreement as far as I
can tell. The beginning...without form and void (neither form (matter)
nor void (empty space), just a point, then the big bang
occurred)..."Let there be light"...the initiation of light after some
of the big bang quark soup had transformed into matter that could emit
light. And so on through the entire process.
Gordon
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