[net.origins] More Misc Responses

ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) (09/20/84)

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>I have neither seen nor heard of any *scientific model* for creation
>that existed before the 1960's.

we're still waiting to hear about the one that's supposed to exist now.

>Yawn...either *all* the processes *were* natural, or *at least one*
>*wasn't*. Simple logic.

Either all the processes were natural, in which case some scientific 
theory can explain them; or at least one process was not, in which case
some religious theory must be called to explain.  Now, how does that
prove anything about any particular theory?

>Living fossils disprove it. By evolutionary chronology, the most recent
>coelacanth fossil is 70 million years old; the most recent tuatara
>fossil is 135 million years old. Both are still alive.

Living fossils?  I have heard some wild claims, but this is the best
yet!  Please, cite the reference.  Where can I go so see living stone?

>" >...the evolutionary model has a multitude of secondary assumptions"
>Okay I give up, what are those assumptions?"
 
>Overthrusts, continual (and convenient) sedimentary buildup and erosion,
>accumulation of micromutations to create new kinds, initial infusion of
>matter/energy into the cosmos, disappearance of large groups of
>transitional forms and initial cosmogony (preceding the "bang" or
>whatever") are a few of the assumptions.

In other words, the evolutionary model rests upon a solid foundation of
science.  The attack on evolution is really an attack on science.
-- 
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