Summary of the Evidences for Creation
Sigh, here we go:
"Mosaic" Organs: body parts that are very similar appear sporadically among species that are apparently unrelated (e.g., the eyes of the octopus and of man). Also, the protein structure of "unrelated" species show the same mosaic pattern (i.e., hemoglobin).
Firstly, there are no "unrelated" species. All life on earth is descended from a common ancestor (or appears to be so in every testable way). Secondly, the fact that useful organs (such as eyes) have apparently evolved independently many times, provides at least circumstantial evidence that it's not that difficult.
"Living Fossils": Animals that were long thought of as being extinct have suddenly turned up in virtually an unchanged form as their fossil counterparts. This shows that numerous mutations that statistically should have taken place over millions of years have not changed their form at all (e.g., tuatara lizard, cockroaches, starfish, gingko tree, coelacanth fish, bats, etc.).
No, it shows that these animals are very well adapted for their environment and that that environment has not changed significantly. When you say "virtually an unchanged form" are you allowing that a little bit of evolution has taken place?
Anomalous Fossils: There have been fossils found in rock strata where they should not be, because they were not supposed to have evolved yet. Yet they are there, and they show that the rock strata do not indicate a progression of life through evolution (e.g., Evidence of human artifacts and skeletons imbedded in Coal seams, pollen in Cambrian strata, etc.).Polystrate Fossils: In various localities, there can be found fossil trees standing up-right through several layers of rock strata. This indicates that the strata were not laid down over thousands or millions of years, but that the trees were buried rapidly before they could decay. This negates the geological column with its vast ages as well as evolution.
That's just not true. At all. It's made up by creationists.
No Transitional Fossils: For evolution to be true, one should be able to find various in-between stages between "related" species. None have been found to date that are undisputed among evolutionary scientists. Invariably, history shows that what was once thought to be a transitional fossil, turns out to be no transition at all.
Now Rex, that's just bullshit, and lazy, tired bullshit at that. Any fossil that is found is labelled either as a member of an existing species, or as a member of a new species. Nothing is ever labelled as "transitional." No organism is ever "on the way" to becoming a member of another future species. Evolution works on the genetic level, the here and now. Species are always well-adapted for their present environment or they become extinct.
Many "ape-men" fossils, and even the famous "horse series" and archaeopteryx has been discounted.
Rex, that's a lie. They have only been discounted by creationists, not by scientists who live in the real world.
Complexity of Organisms: Even the simplest of cells or even the proteins that are necessary for life are so complex that mathematically they would be impossible to form by chance even allowing many times over the 5 or so billions of years that the earth is supposed to have been in existence. Such was the conclusion of a symposium of mathematicians and evolutionists at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in 1966.
Working out the odds after the event is a pointless exercise at best, especially when you have to guess a lot of the numbers. Other simulations have shown the time available to be more than adequate. But they're all just simulations.
2nd Law of Thermodynamics: A basic fundamental law of physics and chemistry is that everything naturally tends to run down and to become more disordered with time. Evolution is in direct conflict with this because it says that life tends to become more complex and ordered as time goes on. Things as complicated as life can only become ordered and complex if there is a "factory" or ordering mechanism already in existence (e.g., enzymes, DNA, RNA, etc.) that can put the critical parts together in the right order. And even a "machine" cannot become more complex than the "factory" that makes it. With evolution there is no known mechanism that can do this. Matter itself is not capable of arranging itself in the complex orderly fashion that we see in even the simplest forms of life.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that entropy increases in a closed system. Earth is not a closed system. We are constantly receiving energy from the sun. Therefore, no violation of the law. It's easy to think of examples where order comes from disorder without intelligent input.
Evidences of Catastrophism: Fossil graveyards of huge numbers of trapped animals are found throughout the world. Some animals, such as clams, fish, mammoths, and dinosaurs show signs of being killed suddenly with an influx of sediment and water. Other fossils show signs of being transported distances by water. These widespread fossils indicate that fossilization is a catastrophic process taking place rapidly and not due to the slow deposition of sediments pictured in books. With no slow deposition of sediments, there are no vast ages in the geological column, and no evolution.
These "evidences" are getting weaker, Rex. "Some animals" drowned, huh? Wow!
OK, I'm not going any further here. I don't have the time or the inclination to pick apart every bit of bullshit that you've copied and pasted from worldbydesign.org
The argument is pointless because you will never give an inch on your fundamental premise, and will do everything you can to hold on to your beliefs.
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Ubi dubium ibi libertas
