Y'all really are
fuuun!
One of the most important points I've been attempting to convey all along is this:
When people attempt to tell a lie that is so obviously a lie, the only intellectual tactic they can resort to is "distraction". If they are desperate, they will often resort to character assassination as well.
This distraction—in order to be effective—must be so overwhelming in quantity so as to cause the one being deceived (the target) to completely forget the basic facts of the lie—the fundamentals.
It's refreshing when someone is so open about creationist tactics. This
manifesto describes the basic creationist
modus operandi very well it seems. Tell me, Russ, you seem to post a number of
repeated large posts, are you trying to give us a hint?
Now, the most common lie creationists tell is about the definition of evolution. This is persistent and pervasive, and it is done in
quantity by the proponents of creationism, and they continue to repeat the lie even after they have been corrected. I have to wonder why - if creationism were true - would the proponents need to lie so often, so persistently and so pervasively and in such
quantity. Of course it also helps when the target audience is so willing to believe they never check the facts or challenge the liars.
So the question is, do you want to talk about - reveal - the real definition of evolution -- the one (GASP) used in the science?
- Darwin's original statement in the Origin of Species, where he first described “descent with modification” ...
- the berkeley university definition, “evolution, simply put, is descent with modification” ...
- the university of michigan definition, “changes in the genetic composition of a population with the passage of each generation” and the “gradual change of living things from one form into another over the course of time, the origin of species and lineages by descent of living forms from ancestral forms, and the generation of diversity” ...
- the modern synthesis definition, “evolution consists primarily of changes in the frequencies of alleles between one generation and another as a result of genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection” ...
- my definition: “evolution is the change in hereditary traits in populations from generation to generation” ...
... and what they all have in common ... and how they are radically different from your straw man statement? How none of them mention the evolution of man from single cell life in those definitions.
Perhaps once we have determined what evolution is, then we can move on to what the theory of evolution is, and see if rocks, cells and humans turn up there?
Keep it short and sweet, no distraction eh?
Enjoy.
ps - modified policy: [color:"blue"]My time is limited, but I have time to answer more than one response it seems. Therefore, I will continue to post on threads that interest me, but may reply to more than the first response if they discuss the issue(s).[/color] I expect other people to do the same. Thanks for your consideration.
