tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post111899028594679303..comments2023-10-10T02:20:14.831-07:00Comments on New Covenant: Rusty Nails, 6/16/05...Rustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1120485813664155802005-07-04T07:03:00.000-07:002005-07-04T07:03:00.000-07:00Yes, we see genetic mutation occurring, but show m...Yes, we see genetic mutation occurring, but show me how it accomplishes the major tasks necessary to change a wolf-like creature into a whale? Anti-biotic resistance and beak-size differentiation are hardly show-stoppers. In fact, the change we do see occurring gives evidence that the species in question will remain static (something that the fossil record validates).<BR/><BR/>Gitmo: it seems Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1120103184714983252005-06-29T20:46:00.000-07:002005-06-29T20:46:00.000-07:00Paul,Lining up fossils that are admitted to not be...Paul,<BR/><BR/>Lining up fossils that are admitted to not be directly related, then noting that they are similar in form and that they (some of the time) appear in a purported sequence does not tell us how the creatures got there in the first place. Positing genetic mutation combined with natural selection is a nice story but is not robust enough to explain how the types of changes required to goRustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119709970582344632005-06-25T07:32:00.000-07:002005-06-25T07:32:00.000-07:00Paul,I agree, we should drop the first part of the...Paul,<BR/><BR/>I agree, we should drop the first part of the discussion since you insist on imposing your paradigm onto the data (vs. letting the data indicate where you should go). And it is certainly your right to ignore the inconsistencies with your interpretation.<BR/><BR/>I think you've painted yourself into a corner with the good/bad design concept. If you claim it is a bad design, then Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119378831893461862005-06-21T11:33:00.000-07:002005-06-21T11:33:00.000-07:00Paul,As I’ve posited, and as you’ve illustrated, t...Paul,<BR/><BR/>As I’ve posited, and as you’ve illustrated, the essential evolutionist explanation is that major, complex changes are no problem because they can (supposedly) be achieved by small changes over long periods of time. A nice hypothesis – but with no empirical support. It remains an extrapolation – unwarranted, in my opinion. To posit that the fossils are empirical support begs the Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119365256051105842005-06-21T07:47:00.000-07:002005-06-21T07:47:00.000-07:00(Sorry if I randomly add to the middle of a long d...(Sorry if I randomly add to the middle of a long discussion):<BR/><BR/>Having had a lot of experience with randomness, specifically, using it as component in various simulations and such I have run, and computer-generated images, that sort of thing,<BR/>I can say that randomness can be quite beautiful. In fact, I would say it approaches the beauty seen in the real, random world. <BR/><BR/>Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697040246092989242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119241126859949192005-06-19T21:18:00.000-07:002005-06-19T21:18:00.000-07:00Pardon me while I comment here, guys ;-)Rusty, tha...Pardon me while I comment here, guys ;-)<BR/><BR/>Rusty, thanks for the mention, and Tom, thanks for the compliment. <BR/><BR/>So Rusty...when will you be starting up “Intelli-gents,” the new team blog for guys? <BR/><BR/>(sorry)Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953261789901565879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119238063400881832005-06-19T20:27:00.000-07:002005-06-19T20:27:00.000-07:00Tom,It's not that blind and random processes are n...Tom,<BR/><BR/>It's not that blind and random processes are not beautiful... it's that blind and random processes have no way of giving me the appreciation of the abstract concept of beauty.<BR/><BR/>I have no problem with the mechanics involved in genetics or biochemistry. It's the unwarranted extrapolations I disagree with. For example, to posit that bacterial resistance to antibodies is an Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119194641337245162005-06-19T08:24:00.000-07:002005-06-19T08:24:00.000-07:00Rusty, re: my original comment: The beauty of evol...Rusty, re: my original comment: <I>The beauty of evolutionary theory is how it fits in with all the other sciences</I><BR/><BR/>And you said: <I>To claim that a disbelief in naturalistic evolution renders a disbelief in all science disciplines is a non sequitir.</I><BR/><BR/>This is shooting fish in a barrel...from encyclopedia britannica:<BR/> <BR/>Chemistry---"...studies materials as small as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119119368119513472005-06-18T11:29:00.000-07:002005-06-18T11:29:00.000-07:00The interesting thing with your thoughts on evolut...The interesting thing with your thoughts on evolution, Rusty, is that you often write things like this...that you did recently with the Heard lyrics.<BR/><BR/><I>...Tom, yes Heard was painting a pretty cynical picture of our world. I wouldn't characterize him as whining, but telling us what the world is like if we were merely the products of blind, random processes. </I><BR/><BR/>Why in so many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119048243648624642005-06-17T15:44:00.000-07:002005-06-17T15:44:00.000-07:00To claim that a disbelief in naturalistic evolutio...To claim that a disbelief in naturalistic evolution renders a disbelief in all science disciplines is a non sequitir. It's also a sly way that evolutionists attempt to frame the argument as a win-win situation. I don't discount the data... I discount the naturalistic interpretation of the data.<BR/><BR/>BTW, unlike the public school system, we structure our home schooling with an open minded Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1119027380048682172005-06-17T09:56:00.000-07:002005-06-17T09:56:00.000-07:00Well, if Paul is brave enough to wade in on Dick D...Well, if Paul is brave enough to wade in on Dick Durbin, I got his back then...<BR/><BR/>Rusty, take a look at the transcript of the remarks that Durbin read <I><B>quoting</B></I> an FBI agent about what he saw at Gitmo...<BR/><BR/>[The FBI agent reports]<BR/><I>"On a couple of occasions, I entered interview rooms to find a detainee chained hand and foot in a fetal position to the floor, with no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1118999661011614512005-06-17T02:14:00.000-07:002005-06-17T02:14:00.000-07:00Rusty,I cheer that you love your kids so much that...Rusty,<BR/>I cheer that you love your kids so much that you take on something like homeschooling. But we need to help you with that bio stuff obviously! <BR/><BR/>The beauty of evolutionary theory is how it fits in with all the other sciences. There's a good quote I just looked up in Michael Shermer's "Why People Believe Weird Things" (that's...ahem...your evolution-denial stance): "If Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com