RAZD posted
mu·ta·tion n.
1. The act or process of being altered or changed.
2. An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
3. Genetics
.. a. A change of the DNA sequence within a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not found in the parental type.
.. b. The process by which such a change occurs in a chromosome, either through an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA coding for a gene or through a change in the physical arrangement of a chromosome.
.. c. A mutant.
4. Linguistics The change that is caused in a sound by its assimilation to another sound, such as umlaut.
Note the definitions that apply to genetics (one is a noun, one is a verb). They describe a change in the DNA, which is the scientific definition of a mutation -- as opposed to, say, the inheritance and expression of dominant and recessive alleles, which no scientist would define as mutation. Note there are other definitions here from other fields of resaearch, or colloquial use (I could write a story, for example, in which I used the term metaphorically).
Your task would be to find a scientific article about evolution and show that its use of the word "mutation" meant something other than a change in DNA. If you cannot/will not, then any claims you make about the misuse of the term by evolutionists will be considered time-wasting.
I looked up your link and all I could see was something about "plain English." Maybe you can repeat, right here in this thread, what Mutations According to CTD are, and in the process also explain why geneticists have got it wrong.
Before you make assumptions about what people don't know, you... Well, what silly insults would be left to post?
It seemed a reasonable assumption to make that you have a limited background in genetics, since you are quibbling about the definition of mutation without providing any evidence, and since you appear to be confusing Mendel's famous experiments with mutation.
If changes are permanent, how can evolution be possible. Permanence is antithetical to change.
I don't follow the logic here. "Permanent" in this case would mean that the organism will retain that mutation during its lifetime. If the organism's offspring survive and the gene changes again at a future time, then that's another mutation.
