Originally Posted by CTD
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So, based on my explanation of a transitional form, what do you believe a transitional form should look like?
Some definiton... There's nothing one can name that isn't "transitional" by that standard. Which is the whole point. You can say lizard is "transitional" between fish and porcupine; but you can just as easily rearrange it any way you please. Porcupine is "transitional" between lizard and fish; fish is "transitional" between porcupine and lizard. All three have some traits which are common and some which differ.
Certainly you are aware of the theory's statements that all organisms are transitionals. However, predictions of the future body plans for the decendents of living organisms is difficult and error prone.

Your straw version of what I said is quite untenable. Of course a living fish isn't a transitional organism for a living species of animal. What strange books have you been reading that says the theory of evolution states anything like that?

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They want you to overlook the fact that this makes the "predictions" meaningless. If anything qualifies, what's it prove? That's not science - that's just a pure mockery of science.
Predictions like the silly thing you said don't exist except in those storybook websites you seem to browse. Predictions about the physical make up of transitional organisms almost exclusively restricts itself to fossil characteristics and locations.

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Where would we be if Newton's laws of motion just said "an object may or may not move, and no matter what happens, I'm right"? Would such science do anyone any good under any circumstance? ANY AT ALL?
Yes it wouldn't be any good. I guess it is a good thing that is not anything like what I said.

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Now when they're so inclined, evolutionists can define terms meaningfully. Those who do so, well, they end up concluding there ain't no transitionals, as we know.
Really? Then a few examples of evolution biologists or geneticists writing that there are no transitionals would help your cause. Care to present some? One?

Last edited by LinearAq; 11/14/08 07:58 AM.
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