tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post7251859001383430772..comments2024-03-24T12:43:16.575-04:00Comments on Truthbomb : The Magic Wand of EvolutionChadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449550583016519343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-62344045911856307772014-05-07T11:49:13.898-04:002014-05-07T11:49:13.898-04:00Hello Brooke,
Thank you for making me aware of th...Hello Brooke,<br /><br />Thank you for making me aware of the broken link! It looks like the site I linked to is no longer up and running.<br /><br />You can find the original author's site <a href="http://darwins-god.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">here.</a><br /><br />Dr. Cornelius's site is a great place to keep up with the ID/evolution debate!<br /><br />GodspeedChadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449550583016519343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-3240029179701377912014-05-07T10:31:31.231-04:002014-05-07T10:31:31.231-04:00Chad your link to Dad won't predictions led me...Chad your link to Dad won't predictions led me to a vaping site, can you recheck that?Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336405658042529416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-6348376069066417172012-06-29T23:07:10.516-04:002012-06-29T23:07:10.516-04:00Hello Mark and thank you for taking the time to co...Hello Mark and thank you for taking the time to comment.<br /><br />My goal in this post was not to:<br /><br />1. Argue against Darwinian evolution <br />2. Argue for "creationism"<br /><br />As I stated above, <b>my main contention is this post is that simply saying "evolution did it" while offering no justification isn't really an explanation.</b><br /><br />Again, this seems obviously true.<br /><br />Now, although I am not defending any other premise than the one above, I will, however, offer some links that you and other readers may find interesting.<br /><br />You wrote:<br /><br /><i>"Evolution is widely accepted as a fact because the theory makes testable predictions that are always found to be true."</i><br /><br />You may want to checkout <a href="http://www.darwinspredictions.com/" rel="nofollow">Darwin's Predictions.</a><br /><br />You stating some evidence for ape/human common ancestry. Here, as I've stated before on the blog, I simply encourage people to <a href="http://www.truthbomb.blogspot.com/2011/08/humanape-common-ancestry-follow.html" rel="nofollow">follow the evidence!</a><br /><br />Thank youChadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449550583016519343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-8691369758998028342012-06-27T20:04:11.703-04:002012-06-27T20:04:11.703-04:00Evolution is widely accepted as a fact because the...Evolution is widely accepted as a fact because the theory makes testable predictions that are always found to be true.<br /><br /> For example, all great apes have 24 pairs of chromosomes, whereas humans have 23. It is inconceivable that a species could suddenly lost a chromosome pair and still survive. So the theory of evolution predicted that one human chromosome pair would be a fusion of two great ape chromosomes, and we should find two centromeres (chromosomoe centers) in one pair.<br /><br /> And when scientists looked, lo and behold, human chromosome 2 had two centromeres, and provided strong evidence for evolution. This is one of thousands of experiments that confirmed evolution.<br /><br /> In contrast, creationism makes no testable predictions (at least none that I'm aware). Heck, they don't even describe a plausible mechanism by which a creator could have created the human race. Did he have microscopic angels pushing protons and electrons into the right position? Or was it more like how Gargamel created the smurfs, I.e. did God enter a bunch of ingredients into a cauldron, and pull a human out?Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-72956700401389202712012-06-25T11:45:49.060-04:002012-06-25T11:45:49.060-04:00Btw, my main contention is this post is that simpl...Btw, my main contention is this post is that simply saying "evolution did it" while offering no justification isn't really an explanation.<br /><br />This seems obviously true.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449550583016519343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-44070583997693742732012-06-25T11:44:13.115-04:002012-06-25T11:44:13.115-04:00Hello Robin,
Thank you for taking the time to com...Hello Robin,<br /><br />Thank you for taking the time to comment.<br /><br />I would like to offer a few thoughts.<br /><br /><b>"...you hear a nonanswer like “God did it."</b><br /><br />You have attacked a straw-man here. As I mentioned in the post, the theist argues for the <i>best explanation.</i><br /><br /><b>"Life from non-life is abiogenesis, not evolution."</b> <br /><br />I agree with you. However, as I mentioned in the post, this post stems from blogging experiences, conversations and personal reading. In a recent conversation I had with an atheist, when I asked about how we got the first life, his solution was an evolutionary process. I will adjust the post accordingly so that this is more clear.<br /><br />Your comment perfectly illustrates my point. You <i>simply assert</i> that evolution explains the vast complexity of life and the emergence of moral behavior. An assertion does not equal an argument.<br /><br /><b>"You might find such explanations satisfying if you learned the science behind them."</b><br /><br />I would love to hear how you could possibly know that I haven't.<br /><br />Take careChadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449550583016519343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-11930324287929246972012-06-24T00:27:27.973-04:002012-06-24T00:27:27.973-04:00So, when we refer to a theory overwhelmingly suppo...So, when we refer to a theory overwhelmingly supported by multiple independent lines of scientific evidence, you hear a nonanswer like “God did it.”<br /><br />Life from non-life is abiogenesis, not evolution. But evolution does explain the vast complexity of life, and the emergence of moral behavior. You might find such explanations satisfying if you learned the science behind them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113358989259865484noreply@blogger.com