Evolution is not a theory in crisis. It is not teetering on the verge of collapse. It has not failed as a scientific explanation. There is evidence for evolution, gobs and gobs of it. It is not just speculation or a faith choice or an assumption or a religion. It is a productive framework for lots of biological research, and it has amazing explanatory power. There is no conspiracy to hide the truth about the failure of evolution. There has really been no failure of evolution as a scientific theory. It works, and it works well.
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http://toddcwood.blogspot.com/2009/09/truth-about-evolution.htmlInternet evopushers are trying to make hay because the author of the above claims to be a "Creation Scientist". So what? Is any of it true as he claims?
I say these things not because I'm crazy or because I've "converted" to evolution. I say these things because they are true. I'm motivated this morning by reading yet another clueless, well-meaning person pompously declaring that evolution is a failure. People who say that are either unacquainted with the inner workings of science or unacquainted with the evidence for evolution. (Technically, they could also be deluded or lying, but that seems rather uncharitable to say. Oops.)
Well mole-man, I and several honest,
very well-informed people have said as much and more that must break your little evopushing heart. Name-calling is no substitute for evidence, and
all evidence found in the real world will always be consistent with the truth. -Which is why you must resort to the tactics invariably associated with the religion you support.
"Evolution is
not a theory in crisis."
Only technically true, since
there is no "Theory of Evolution". Most people aren't thinking about the vaporware status of this "theory", promised over 150 years ago and never delivered; most people equate evolutionism with some sort of "theory", and I take the liberty of assuming both the author and the target audience to be such.
By that interpretation, evolutionism has always been in crisis, for it cannot bear any scrutiny whatsoever. It is an enormous argument-from-spam, the biggest ever compiled. Yet no element in the entire dungheap has any merit. Who can help thinklng "Duh! That's why they need so much spam."?
At no point in history has it been the case that an informed, honest assessment of the facts would lead one to conclude the stories of evolutionism might even possibly be true. Evolutionism relies on ignorance and emotion exclusively, and this
must be the case if one considers the implications of logic: that which is untrue cannot be proven true, and that which is true cannot be proven false.
"It has not failed as a scientific explanation."
Possibly the funniest line in the whole spiel. Evolutionism fails to be scientific
and fails to explain anything. Evolutionism cannot explain emotion, rational thought, instinct, communication, sex, DNA, recombination, epigenetics, any organ you can name, or any other observed feature of life. Not a single one.
Oh they can tell stories, but such stories always cheat. Ask how the eye evolved, and they'll tell you it started as a primitive eye and added feature after feature. That doesn't explain where the primitive eye came from. Neither is there any evidence whatsoever that life adds features over time - just sheer, flagrant, unscientific speculation.
"There
is evidence for evolution, gobs and gobs of it."
Uh-huh. Is this one of those trick equivocations? Does "evolution" here mean "change in allele frequencies"? If so, the author simply
is being in-your-face flat-out dishonest.
Now if it is meant that there is evidence supporting the common evostories like fish evolving into amphibians evolving into reptiles evolving into birds and mammals, etc. then we may most confidently conclude it to be untrue. If there were such evidence, with all the billions plus being spent hyping the religion, someone somewhere would be presenting a little of it. Instead, all we ever get is super stupid propaganda and lies. "Gobs and gobs" - what a joke! I've been practicing evolutionology for a few years now, and I haven't seen them present anything at all that supports their case when
honestly evaluated. Special assumptions must always be introduced, or (most often) smuggled in with statements that take them for granted.
Again, consider the implications of logic. Where could such evidence come from?
Perhaps the author, like his kinsmen, considers conclusions to
be evidence?
"It is
not just speculation or a faith choice or an assumption or a religion."
Just a silly assertion. Even a dabbler investigating the issue cannot help but see the religious aspects. And circular reasoning amounts to blind faith, in case you never noticed. Assuming that which you claim to prove is just a childish way of claiming you have power or authority to dictate reality, blasphemous if you think about it,
and an outright contradiction of any claims not to believe in a supreme being.
"It is a productive framework for lots of biological research, and it has amazing explanatory power."
Oh some of us are quite aware of the attempts to apply the religious beliefs in the real world. "Vestigial" organs removed from patients are but the tip of the iceberg. Genocide, abortion, eugenics, all sorts of stuff have come from attempting to implement the "lessons of evolution".
It has amazing power as an excuse for evil, but even evopushers have admitted no positive practical applications can be found. Only by taking credit for the benefits of understanding evolutionism's antithesis, Mendelian Genetics, have propagandists put forward claims of useful practical applications in biology.
"There is no conspiracy to hide the truth about the failure of evolution. There has really been no failure of evolution as a scientific theory. It works, and it works well."
Modern evolutionism was a matter of conspiracy from the word go! The general public doesn't learn about the doings of the X Club in school, but anyone can easily research the history. Things bog down a bit when the story is followed to other countries, simply because so many became involved. I think 'collaboration' is a better term than conspiracy.
And it continues to this day. Every extant "trust" or "foundation" founded by a robber baron is pushing it right now. Carnagie, Ford, Rockefeller - you name it. All the facts stand arrayed against the assertion. It's nothing but a play on ignorance. Not only do they involve themselves directly, they also work to influence the governments of the world, and they've had some success getting funding for pro-evolutionism propaganda over the years, in case nobody's noticed.
But really, what was the point of the piece in question? Is
any informed creationist going to read it and say "Hey, maybe reality's not real after all"?
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What a waste. I haven't surveyed 'em all - not even close, but without even following the links it's easy to see that this message has simply been one to comfort the evopushers of the world. I don't see any creationists questioning creationism at all. And the author even forgot to plug wiki and talkdeceptions as "honest, reliable, trustworthy sources", or some such - not a very thorough job.
Man, what a waste of time! Think about it. Go to the trouble to infiltrate and get people thinking you're a creationist, only to blow the investment on a ridiculous propaganda piece like this. (Okay, he's written another, but it ain't much better and will have zero impact.) That's all? Evolutionism truly
is bankrupt. One wishes
just such success to all moles!