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Saying, "Darwin admitted this or that," is a poor argument, since he was around in the very infancy of the idea of evolution and has nowhere near the evidence we do now.

And the long period of time was referring to the rarity of a mutation, not the transition species themselves. The temperature on the Earth has varied so much over the many years that many species not suited would end up extinct. Things like ice ages and mini ice ages, as well as global warming, and when I say global warming I'm not talking about now. There have been many times of global warming in the history of the Earth. These are just some of the examples of how much the environments of the world have changed that could potentially cause the extinction to some species but not others.

Quote:Saying, "Darwin admitted this or that," is a poor argument, since he was around in the very infancy of the idea of evolution and has nowhere near the evidence we do now. wasn't it his idea though?

Quote:Saying, "Darwin admitted this or that," is a poor argument, since he was around in the very infancy of the idea of evolution and has nowhere near the evidence we do now. wasn't it his idea though?

No. He brought the idea of Natural Selection to the public's eye (others had tried before). And even if it had been his idea, there are many other ideas that people have come up with long ago that we have a much better understanding of now than they did then. We understand much more about Calculus than Newton did.

so he didn't form the theory of evolution? Then the text books in all the public schools are wrong. And why do they refer to evolution as Darwanism? this is all false information.

Well where are these transitional species? How does weather affect these species? If they couldn't survive than evolution could not have happened because you can't jump from one species to another. And yes we haven't unearthed every fossil ever, but due to the amount of organisms and time to reproduce they had, we should have seen and unearthed a lot more than we have. I seem to think that archaeopteryx was a rare case that didn't succeed.

There would be a long period of time that they could survive until the original species is a completely different species, and there may still have been some transitional species. However, since the Earth is constantly changing over very very long periods of time, a lot of the ones in the middle may not have been suited well. In fact, species past the survivor may have died off as well. And are you in expert in fossils? I highly doubt it. So you don't know what exact requirements are required to keep fossils preserved. There are many things that would cause fossils to be destroyed. Animals digging through the fossil, water breaking up the rock and other means of destroying the rock, etc. Also, have you ever wondered why oil and such are called fossil fuels? They were created from bio matter, which would greatly cut into the amount of fossils that could be found. Understanding this only takes a bit of knowledge and logic.

you've yet to answer my question, amigo.

accepting God only takes a little bit of knowledge and logic.

either position you choose requires a big leap of faith. I'm taking the side that gives me an afterlife.

Originally Posted By: bobalicious

How do you know that?

God told me. :grin:

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