• Re: =Questions for evolutionists=

    From Creon@creon@creon.earth to alt.bible,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.christnet on Mon Jul 27 11:26:29 2026
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    At Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:21:29 -0400, zebrabible@proton.me wrote:

    ==Questions for Evolutionists==

    Why is there a "genetic wall" (sterility) between the different
    'families' of lifeforms; dogs cannot produce offspring from cats,
    horses from ducks, ants from grasshoppers, ect, ect, ect.?

    Because they are different species.

    Some species are related close enough to breed, such as a lion
    and a tiger. Yes, that is a hybrid -- but a cat and a dog are
    too far apart in their genetic lineage.

    If no super intelligence was behind the formations of these different
    kinds of lifeforms,

    That isn't testable, so is outside the realm of science. But
    go on...

    but only random chance,

    It's not "random chance", but natural selection, that drives a lot
    of evolution.

    Do you _not_ believe in artificial selection, such as the breeding
    of sows to be around 200 lbs, vs. what they used to be, around 1000 lbs?

    And so forth -- natural selection doesn't work by human agency, but
    by factors such as environment.

    would not a person
    logically expect that most of these would be able to hybridize?

    Since your predicate is mistaken, your conclusion does not logically
    follow.

    (just
    like one would expect a supposedly close lower form and a higher form
    to hybridize; for ex. ape and human.)

    Species aren't "lower" or "higher", they are just "different".


    But they can't under NATURAL conditions. Only varieties within the
    various kinds can reproduce. (like house cats with lions, etc)

    Why would you think a house cat could breed with a lion?

    House cat: Felis catus
    Lion: Panthera leo
    Tiger: Panthera tigris

    Lions and tigers can breed -- but house cats are right out,
    they aren't even the same genus.


    Why not try a reasonable approach that fits in with the true
    scientific knowledge of today?

    God's word, the Bible,

    According to the Bible, "God's word" -- _Logos_ -- is Jesus.
    (John 1:1).

    According to Heraclitus, _Logos_ is "the divine order".

    Whoever wrote the fourth Gospel wanted to sound very Hellenic,
    so tried to usurp a definition that had been in use for 5 centuries
    before.

    Anyway, I just wanted to address your misconceptions. Carry on.

    says that each life form was created according
    to its "kind". (Ge 1:25) Thus, dogs started out as dogs as remain as
    dogs. Horses as horses, ect. There can be a lot of variety within a
    "kind". There are many different types of cats, dogs, ect. and they
    can all interbreed, but only within their own kind.

    Doesn't that pattern at least show some intelligence?

    Since God put barriers between different families, it keeps the
    different families or "kinds" as unique and thus won't crossbreed out
    of existense. He did it so we can continue to enjoy or use them as
    they originally are. (cats as cats, dogs as dogs, etc)

    Isn't this approach at least, plausible, and worthy of more scientific
    study?

    Politics and religion.
    What the Bible says.
    Go to: jw.org (7/23/2026)
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  • From zebrabible@zebrabible@proton.me to alt.bible,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.christnet.bible,alt.christnet on Mon Jul 27 10:42:24 2026
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    On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:26:29 +0000, Creon <creon@creon.earth> wrote:

    At Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:21:29 -0400, zebrabible@proton.me wrote:

    ==Questions for Evolutionists==

    Why is there a "genetic wall" (sterility) between the different
    'families' of lifeforms; dogs cannot produce offspring from cats,
    horses from ducks, ants from grasshoppers, ect, ect, ect.?

    Because they are different species.

    Some species are related close enough to breed, such as a lion
    and a tiger. Yes, that is a hybrid -- but a cat and a dog are
    too far apart in their genetic lineage.

    It looks like there was some intelligence going on. But evolution is
    blind, deaf, and dumb. How did it know how to keep species from
    crossbreading out of existence?

    If no super intelligence was behind the formations of these different
    kinds of lifeforms,

    That isn't testable, so is outside the realm of science. But
    go on...

    The sun 'rises' each morning. Is that testable? Yes, get up early and
    look out your window. It is a similar thing with breeding barriors
    between species. If you try to breed a dog and a cat, it always shows
    a failure. So it is testable.


    but only random chance,

    It's not "random chance", but natural selection, that drives a lot
    of evolution.

    If something is blind, deaf, dumb, and is not alive, You are working
    primarily on random chance.

    One thing evolutionists say is to look at mutations. That is alledly
    how new species are formed. But the record for mutations is crystal
    clear. Most are negative and the life form dies earlier than normal.
    So it's like taking one step forward, and two steps backward. We
    shouldn't have all the species we have if brainless evolution was at
    work.


    Do you _not_ believe in artificial selection, such as the breeding
    of sows to be around 200 lbs, vs. what they used to be, around 1000 lbs?

    Such things are not a matter of belief, but of reality. What's there
    is there.


    And so forth -- natural selection doesn't work by human agency, but
    by factors such as environment.

    Since when does something brainless produce a complicated DNA
    structure?


    would not a person
    logically expect that most of these would be able to hybridize?

    Since your predicate is mistaken, your conclusion does not logically
    follow.

    (just
    like one would expect a supposedly close lower form and a higher form
    to hybridize; for ex. ape and human.)

    Species aren't "lower" or "higher", they are just "different".

    The lower and higher is based on believers in evolution. Are you not
    'higher' than an ant? Higher than an ape? At any rate, they are what
    they are.



    But they can't under NATURAL conditions. Only varieties within the
    various kinds can reproduce. (like house cats with lions, etc)

    Why would you think a house cat could breed with a lion?

    I don't. My error. I should have said a lion with a tiger.

    House cat: Felis catus
    Lion: Panthera leo
    Tiger: Panthera tigris

    Lions and tigers can breed -- but house cats are right out,
    they aren't even the same genus.


    Why not try a reasonable approach that fits in with the true
    scientific knowledge of today?

    God's word, the Bible,

    According to the Bible, "God's word" -- _Logos_ -- is Jesus.
    (John 1:1).

    According to Heraclitus, _Logos_ is "the divine order".

    Whoever wrote the fourth Gospel wanted to sound very Hellenic,
    so tried to usurp a definition that had been in use for 5 centuries
    before.

    Anyway, I just wanted to address your misconceptions. Carry on.

    I don't have any misconceptions of the Bible. The cat and lion thing
    is an error. Sometimes I type things out for further examinations. I
    forgot to delete that thing.

    A look ahead
    What the Bible shows
    Go to: jw.org (7/27/2026)
    zebrabible@proton.me


    says that each life form was created according
    to its "kind". (Ge 1:25) Thus, dogs started out as dogs as remain as
    dogs. Horses as horses, ect. There can be a lot of variety within a
    "kind". There are many different types of cats, dogs, ect. and they
    can all interbreed, but only within their own kind.

    Doesn't that pattern at least show some intelligence?

    Since God put barriers between different families, it keeps the
    different families or "kinds" as unique and thus won't crossbreed out
    of existense. He did it so we can continue to enjoy or use them as
    they originally are. (cats as cats, dogs as dogs, etc)

    Isn't this approach at least, plausible, and worthy of more scientific
    study?

    Politics and religion.
    What the Bible says.
    Go to: jw.org (7/23/2026)
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  • From Samuel Spade@sam@spade.invalid to alt.bible,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.christnet.bible,alt.christnet on Tue Jul 28 11:37:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.bible.prophecy

    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:04:35 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote: >zebrabible@proton.me wrote:

    ==Questions for Evolutionists==

    Why is there a "genetic wall" (sterility) between the different
    'families' of lifeforms; dogs cannot produce offspring from cats,
    horses from ducks, ants from grasshoppers, ect, ect, ect.?

    If no super intelligence was behind the formations of these different
    kinds of lifeforms, but only random chance, would not a person
    logically expect that most of these would be able to hybridize? (just
    like one would expect a supposedly close lower form and a higher form
    to hybridize; for ex. ape and human.)

    But they can't under NATURAL conditions. Only varieties within the
    various kinds can reproduce. (like house cats with lions, etc)
    Why not try a reasonable approach that fits in with the true
    scientific knowledge of today?

    You don't say why you'd expect common descent to
    produce clades that can interbreed. Natural evolution
    is based on what works, whatever the pathway there.

    Since evolution has no brain, how does it know "what works".

    Also, genetic mutations most of the time are negative. Yet we are told
    that evolution kept refining things utill they worked.
    How did evolution create a virus or bacteria, and a whale. The both
    allegedly started from the same thing. A soup of varying molecules.

    How is that related to why you'd expect common descent
    to produce clades that can interbreed?

    Evolution is a natural process, like weather. Since
    weather has no brain, how does it know what hurricane
    recipe works?


    It's messy, not a tidy, organized, consistent process
    like a human-like genetic designer might approach it.

    Then where is all the intermediants it would have taken?
    There should be billions of intermediants out there that didn't work.
    Even the father of evolution found that to be a problem. He said,

    "Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of
    such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely-graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious
    and serious objection which can be urged against the theory." (The
    Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin)


    On the other hand you might also expect an aware
    designer to occasionally start new "kinds" fresh from
    the ground up. This is also not found in nature,
    every new clade is genetically derivative of something
    that came before it.

    Yes, the virus and the whale. That idea works against common sense.

    Sorry, that makes no sense. Unable to parse.


    Different species generally use different parts of the
    genome for a given function. A certain chromasome
    location on one species doesn't necessarily serve the
    same function as it would in another species. In fact
    closely related species don't generally even have the
    same number of chromasomes. Chimpanzees, for example,
    have 24 pairs of chromasomes, while humans have 23.
    Obviously they can't interbreed. OTOH, humans and
    neanderthals did.

    Here is the mother load. Evolution allegedly created the modern human
    brain. One scientist called it the most 'complex thing in the
    universe'. How could a brainless force come up with that that brain?

    You tell me how the brain came about, without any
    appeal to magic.



    Also, since evolution is brainless, how did it know that eyes were
    needed by most life forms. It had no idea that sight was possible. Electromagnetic waves of variouis frequencies had to be decoded in a
    brain in order to 'see.' How about hearing. How did it know there was
    sound waves, and then developed ears to decode the sound waves? Makes
    no sense to me.




    God's word, the Bible,

    is not a biology textbook.

    It is a religious book, that does branch off into scientific things occassionally.

    For example what the Bible says about the cosmos. Around 2000 years

    If you can't explain biblical biology, just say so. No
    need to dive into the rabbit hole of biblical
    cosmology to avoid the biology issue.

    (snip)

    says that each life form was created according
    to its "kind". (Ge 1:25) Thus, dogs started out as dogs as remain as
    dogs. Horses as horses, ect. There can be a lot of variety within a
    "kind". There are many different types of cats, dogs, ect. and they
    can all interbreed, but only within their own kind.

    Doesn't that pattern at least show some intelligence?

    For example, a tiger and a lion can interbreed, because they are
    within their "Kind". They are called "ligers" and "tigons".
    But since a lion and a housecat CANNOT interbreed, the Bible has its
    own versions of what a "kind" is.


    No. If lions could interbreed with house cats, why
    would that compromise the success of either species?

    Since evolution is a psudo-science, It allegedly put

    You are assuming your conclusion. The truth doesn't
    work that way.

    walls' up to keep a species going. Why would brainless evolution care
    if new species formed? It doesn't care one way or the other. Yet it
    put up those 'walls' on various lifeforms.

    The "walls" are because of the mechanics of the
    chemistry of life, as I already explained. Not
    because some godlike entity decided they were needed
    to keep the races pure.

    So, again, if lions could interbreed with house cats,
    why would that compromise the success of either
    species?


    That was super intelligence to keep those species separate, not blind
    chance.

    No. It's physics and chemistry, as already explained.


    Since God put barriers between different families, it keeps the

    Assuming your conclusion again.

    God didn't put those barriers there.


    different families or "kinds" as unique and thus won't crossbreed out
    of existense. He did it so we can continue to enjoy or use them as
    they originally are. (cats as cats, dogs as dogs, etc)

    Why did God allow us to breed dogs from wolves?

    Different species, yet they can interbreed *and* bear
    fertile offspring!

    Did God overlook something?


    Isn't this approach at least, plausible, and worthy of more scientific
    study?

    We just studied it and found nothing there.
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  • From zebrabible@zebrabible@proton.me to alt.bible,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.christnet.bible,alt.christnet on Wed Jul 29 23:31:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.bible.prophecy

    On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:37:49 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid>
    wrote:

    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:04:35 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote: >> >zebrabible@proton.me wrote:

    ==Questions for Evolutionists==

    Why is there a "genetic wall" (sterility) between the different
    'families' of lifeforms; dogs cannot produce offspring from cats,
    horses from ducks, ants from grasshoppers, ect, ect, ect.?

    If no super intelligence was behind the formations of these different
    kinds of lifeforms, but only random chance, would not a person
    logically expect that most of these would be able to hybridize? (just
    like one would expect a supposedly close lower form and a higher form
    to hybridize; for ex. ape and human.)

    But they can't under NATURAL conditions. Only varieties within the
    various kinds can reproduce. (like house cats with lions, etc)
    Why not try a reasonable approach that fits in with the true
    scientific knowledge of today?

    You don't say why you'd expect common descent to
    produce clades that can interbreed. Natural evolution
    is based on what works, whatever the pathway there.

    Since evolution has no brain, how does it know "what works".

    Also, genetic mutations most of the time are negative. Yet we are told
    that evolution kept refining things utill they worked.
    How did evolution create a virus or bacteria, and a whale. The both
    allegedly started from the same thing. A soup of varying molecules.

    How is that related to why you'd expect common descent
    to produce clades that can interbreed?

    Because that force, called evolution, has no mind. It wouldn't care if
    a species died out or not. It is blind, deaf, and dumb. Would you
    expect a rock to create a computer? Of course not. Then how can you
    expect evolution like that rock, (blind, deaf, and dumb), to create
    marvelous complex structures like a human body that can produce
    babies.

    We are talking about very complex creations and relating them to the
    skills of a rock.


    Evolution is a natural process, like weather. Since
    weather has no brain, how does it know what hurricane
    recipe works?

    It doesn't 'know' anything. It is just responding to the
    meteorological physics at that time. Can we say a similar thing for
    evolution? Not at all.

    We keep having hurricanes when the physics are right. But if evolution
    created all the life on earth, why isn't it still doing it? Have the evolutionary physics that created all the life forms, just stopped?

    And what about planets and moons? If evolution existed, why not so
    much of a microbe exists, where on the earth it went bananas.

    There are many life forms that have gone extinct. So the forces of
    physics that originally created them no longer exists? When have you
    ever seen natural physical laws cease to exist?



    It's messy, not a tidy, organized, consistent process
    like a human-like genetic designer might approach it.

    Then where is all the intermediants it would have taken?
    There should be billions of intermediants out there that didn't work.
    Even the father of evolution found that to be a problem. He said,

    "Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of
    such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such
    finely-graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious
    and serious objection which can be urged against the theory." (The
    Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin)


    At least he was honest.


    On the other hand you might also expect an aware
    designer to occasionally start new "kinds" fresh from
    the ground up. This is also not found in nature,
    every new clade is genetically derivative of something
    that came before it.

    Yes, the virus and the whale. That idea works against common sense.

    Sorry, that makes no sense. Unable to parse.

    Both of those things likely came from the same source. Its like a
    giraffe giving birth to a rabbit. It makes no sense.

    But the main problem with their THEORY is the golden rule that in most
    cases mutations produce deformities, and that they usually die before
    their time. That would be like taking 1 step forward, and 2 steps
    backward. Kind of hard to get to your destination that way.



    Different species generally use different parts of the
    genome for a given function. A certain chromasome
    location on one species doesn't necessarily serve the
    same function as it would in another species. In fact
    closely related species don't generally even have the
    same number of chromasomes. Chimpanzees, for example,
    have 24 pairs of chromasomes, while humans have 23.
    Obviously they can't interbreed. OTOH, humans and
    neanderthals did.


    Some artists show the Neanderthals as ape-like creatures with the IQ
    of an olive. But is that really how they were? Not according to some
    of the 'higher' educations

    The "caveman" that artists draws is not supported in the Bible. When
    God created Adam, he probably looked like us today. Adam was no olive.
    He was given a full language (probably ancient Hebrew) and he even
    recited poetry. See Genesis 2:23.

    Many things about Neanderthals are like modern humans including a
    brain the size of ours.


    Here is the mother load. Evolution allegedly created the modern human
    brain. One scientist called it the most 'complex thing in the
    universe'. How could a brainless force come up with that that brain?

    You tell me how the brain came about, without any
    appeal to magic.

    In the Bible, Adam was created with a brain. All his parts were
    created at once.

    You can't expect to get to the truth, if you put limitations on my
    answer. I just answer truthfully.


    Also, since evolution is brainless, how did it know that eyes were
    needed by most life forms. It had no idea that sight was possible.
    Electromagnetic waves of variouis frequencies had to be decoded in a
    brain in order to 'see.' How about hearing. How did it know there was
    sound waves, and then developed ears to decode the sound waves? Makes
    no sense to me.




    God's word, the Bible,

    is not a biology textbook.

    It is a religious book, that does branch off into scientific things
    occassionally.

    For example what the Bible says about the cosmos. Around 2000 years

    If you can't explain biblical biology, just say so. No
    need to dive into the rabbit hole of biblical
    cosmology to avoid the biology issue.

    The intent was not to change the subject, but to help support what the
    Bible says. How do you define "biblical biology? I have studied the
    Bible for many years. I believe it to be truthful and trustworthy esp
    when it comes to some natural sciences.(like the earth being defined
    as a "circle" (Isa 40:22) hanging upon nothing. (Job 26:7)

    The word for "circle" is the Hebrew word "hhug", which some
    translators translate as "Sphere".


    (snip)

    says that each life form was created according
    to its "kind". (Ge 1:25) Thus, dogs started out as dogs as remain as
    dogs. Horses as horses, ect. There can be a lot of variety within a
    "kind". There are many different types of cats, dogs, ect. and they
    can all interbreed, but only within their own kind.

    Doesn't that pattern at least show some intelligence?

    For example, a tiger and a lion can interbreed, because they are
    within their "Kind". They are called "ligers" and "tigons".
    But since a lion and a housecat CANNOT interbreed, the Bible has its
    own versions of what a "kind" is.



    No. If lions could interbreed with house cats, why
    would that compromise the success of either species?

    Since evolution is a psudo-science, It allegedly put

    You are assuming your conclusion. The truth doesn't
    work that way.

    True, you need evidence to support your conclusion.
    I gave you some which you 'snipped' out. To put it all together:

    We have a spherical earth, floating in a void. Not bad for
    sheepherders.

    walls' up to keep a species going. Why would brainless evolution care
    if new species formed? It doesn't care one way or the other. Yet it
    put up those 'walls' on various lifeforms.

    The "walls" are because of the mechanics of the
    chemistry of life, as I already explained. Not
    because some godlike entity decided they were needed
    to keep the races pure.

    So, again, if lions could interbreed with house cats,
    why would that compromise the success of either
    species?

    It would create a new species. (like maybe a lion with a meek meow."
    )

    Evolution didn't see it that way


    That was super intelligence to keep those species separate, not blind chance.

    No. It's physics and chemistry, as already explained.

    Well, we still have physics and chemistry, why don't we see a new
    species or new life forms in their early beginnings? Where are all the intermediates? Even Darwin couldn't explain that.


    Since God put barriers between different families, it keeps the

    Assuming your conclusion again.

    God didn't put those barriers there.


    Assuming your conclusion.
    different families or "kinds" as unique and thus won't crossbreed out
    of existense. He did it so we can continue to enjoy or use them as
    they originally are. (cats as cats, dogs as dogs, etc)

    Why did God allow us to breed dogs from wolves?

    They are within the same "kind", so of course they could interbreed.
    The offspring is called "wolfdogs".

    Different species, yet they can interbreed *and* bear
    fertile offspring!

    You are going by men's classification, not God's. "and produce
    healthy, fertile puppies called wolfdogs. They share 78 chromosomes
    and over 99% of the same DNA, making them genetically compatible."
    (AI Overview)


    Did God overlook something?

    That will never happen.



    Isn't this approach at least, plausible, and worthy of more scientific
    study?

    We just studied it and found nothing there.

    Nothing for you. Many things for me.

    Fight off sicknesses.
    What can be done.
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  • From Samuel Spade@sam@spade.invalid to alt.bible,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.christnet.bible,alt.christnet on Wed Jul 29 22:23:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.bible.prophecy

    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:37:49 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote: >zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:04:35 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:

    ==Questions for Evolutionists==

    Why is there a "genetic wall" (sterility) between the different
    'families' of lifeforms; dogs cannot produce offspring from cats,
    horses from ducks, ants from grasshoppers, ect, ect, ect.?

    If no super intelligence was behind the formations of these different >> >> kinds of lifeforms, but only random chance, would not a person
    logically expect that most of these would be able to hybridize? (just >> >> like one would expect a supposedly close lower form and a higher form >> >> to hybridize; for ex. ape and human.)

    But they can't under NATURAL conditions. Only varieties within the
    various kinds can reproduce. (like house cats with lions, etc)
    Why not try a reasonable approach that fits in with the true
    scientific knowledge of today?

    You don't say why you'd expect common descent to
    produce clades that can interbreed. Natural evolution
    is based on what works, whatever the pathway there.

    Since evolution has no brain, how does it know "what works".

    Also, genetic mutations most of the time are negative. Yet we are told
    that evolution kept refining things utill they worked.
    How did evolution create a virus or bacteria, and a whale. The both
    allegedly started from the same thing. A soup of varying molecules.

    How is that related to why you'd expect common descent
    to produce clades that can interbreed?

    Because that force, called evolution, has no mind. It wouldn't care if

    Evolution is a process, or a mechanism. Force has a
    specific meaning, and this isn't it.

    a species died out or not. It is blind, deaf, and dumb. Would you
    expect a rock to create a computer? Of course not. Then how can you
    expect evolution like that rock, (blind, deaf, and dumb), to create
    marvelous complex structures like a human body that can produce
    babies.

    We are talking about very complex creations and relating them to the
    skills of a rock.

    I'm not sure how you leapt from evolution to rocks.
    But you still don't say why you'd expect common
    descent to produce clades that can interbreed.

    Evolution is a natural process, like weather. Since
    weather has no brain, how does it know what hurricane
    recipe works?

    It doesn't 'know' anything. It is just responding to the
    meteorological physics at that time. Can we say a similar thing for evolution? Not at all.

    Exactly. Yes evolution and abiogenesis are physics in
    action. More complicated than a hurricane, but
    following the same fundamentals.


    We keep having hurricanes when the physics are right. But if evolution created all the life on earth, why isn't it still doing it? Have the evolutionary physics that created all the life forms, just stopped?

    Evolution is going on as we speak. It can be
    observed. In fact Mitchell Holman in aa dilligently
    compliled a list of direct observations of evolution
    in action, which I copied here:

    Evolution observed
    https://tinyurl.com/yjv4w67u
    https://tinyurl.com/y68hcy8w
    https://tinyurl.com/2u66rnae
    https://tinyurl.com/wtzsmh43
    https://tinyurl.com/55jmce52
    https://tinyurl.com/5c5e3zvm
    https://tinyurl.com/3bvdxjtp

    And what about planets and moons? If evolution existed, why not so
    much of a microbe exists,

    You don't know that. There's no reason to assume no
    life on other planets, but you are.

    where on the earth it went bananas.

    There are many life forms that have gone extinct. So the forces of
    physics that originally created them no longer exists? When have you
    ever seen natural physical laws cease to exist?

    Sorry, you're bouncing off the wall here. Focus on 1
    thing at a time.

    It's messy, not a tidy, organized, consistent process
    like a human-like genetic designer might approach it.

    Then where is all the intermediants it would have taken?
    There should be billions of intermediants out there that didn't work.
    Even the father of evolution found that to be a problem. He said,

    "Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of
    such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such
    finely-graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious
    and serious objection which can be urged against the theory." (The
    Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin)

    At least he was honest.

    And abundantly cautious. As it turns out, he was
    mostly right.

    On the other hand you might also expect an aware
    designer to occasionally start new "kinds" fresh from
    the ground up. This is also not found in nature,
    every new clade is genetically derivative of something
    that came before it.

    Yes, the virus and the whale. That idea works against common sense.

    Sorry, that makes no sense. Unable to parse.

    Both of those things likely came from the same source. Its like a
    giraffe giving birth to a rabbit. It makes no sense.

    Virus is a poor example because it's not necessarily
    alive. Bacteria and whale? They have distant common
    ancestors. But their lineage is very different. Why
    is this hard to accept? (Rhetorical question -- we
    both know the answer.)


    But the main problem with their THEORY is the golden rule that in most
    cases mutations produce deformities, and that they usually die before
    their time. That would be like taking 1 step forward, and 2 steps
    backward. Kind of hard to get to your destination that way.

    The dying out of disadvantageous mutations is why they
    disappear. That's natural selection.

    Evolution process:
    1. Mutation or other genetic variation
    2. Natural selection by survival

    Evolution has evolved us the ability to evolve. That's
    everywhere in biology. Do you know why we have sexual
    reproduction? Because it makes evolution happen!

    (snip chimps & neanderthals)

    Here is the mother load. Evolution allegedly created the modern human
    brain. One scientist called it the most 'complex thing in the
    universe'. How could a brainless force come up with that that brain?

    You tell me how the brain came about, without any
    appeal to magic.

    In the Bible, Adam was created with a brain. All his parts were
    created at once.

    You can't expect to get to the truth, if you put limitations on my
    answer. I just answer truthfully.

    Say it without limitation, but the evidence just
    doesn't support that. That's why you don't have any.


    Also, since evolution is brainless, how did it know that eyes were
    needed by most life forms. It had no idea that sight was possible.
    Electromagnetic waves of variouis frequencies had to be decoded in a
    brain in order to 'see.' How about hearing. How did it know there was
    sound waves, and then developed ears to decode the sound waves? Makes
    no sense to me.

    There's no need for me to defend your own strawmen.
    Give me a break, James.

    For example what the Bible says about the cosmos. Around 2000 years

    If you can't explain biblical biology, just say so. No
    need to dive into the rabbit hole of biblical
    cosmology to avoid the biology issue.

    The intent was not to change the subject, but to help support what the

    I refused to go down that rabbit hole, then I went
    down it in another thread.

    Bible says. How do you define "biblical biology? I have studied the
    Bible for many years. I believe it to be truthful and trustworthy esp
    when it comes to some natural sciences.(like the earth being defined
    as a "circle" (Isa 40:22) hanging upon nothing. (Job 26:7)

    That's great. You haven't studied biology since high
    school, have you.

    (snip)
    (again)

    You are assuming your conclusion. The truth doesn't
    work that way.

    True, you need evidence to support your conclusion.
    I gave you some which you 'snipped' out. To put it all together:

    Right. I don't do 300 line posts, especially if 250
    lines are irrelevant quoted material.

    Show some mercy upon your reader, if any.

    So, again, if lions could interbreed with house cats,
    why would that compromise the success of either
    species?

    It would create a new species. (like maybe a lion with a meek meow."
    )

    So? If the new species is successful, great!

    That was super intelligence to keep those species separate, not blind chance.

    No. It's physics and chemistry, as already explained.

    Well, we still have physics and chemistry, why don't we see a new
    species or new life forms in their early beginnings? Where are all the intermediates? Even Darwin couldn't explain that.

    Transitional species are all around us. We are
    transitional species.

    (snip wolfdog diversion)

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    What can be done.

    Get vaxxed today!
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  • From zebrabible@zebrabible@proton.me to alt.bible,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.christnet.bible,alt.christnet on Thu Jul 30 14:32:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.bible.prophecy

    On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:23:47 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid>
    wrote:

    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:37:49 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote: >> >zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:04:35 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:

    ==Questions for Evolutionists==

    Why is there a "genetic wall" (sterility) between the different
    'families' of lifeforms; dogs cannot produce offspring from cats,
    horses from ducks, ants from grasshoppers, ect, ect, ect.?

    If no super intelligence was behind the formations of these different >> >> >> kinds of lifeforms, but only random chance, would not a person
    logically expect that most of these would be able to hybridize? (just >> >> >> like one would expect a supposedly close lower form and a higher form >> >> >> to hybridize; for ex. ape and human.)

    But they can't under NATURAL conditions. Only varieties within the
    various kinds can reproduce. (like house cats with lions, etc)
    Why not try a reasonable approach that fits in with the true
    scientific knowledge of today?

    You don't say why you'd expect common descent to
    produce clades that can interbreed. Natural evolution
    is based on what works, whatever the pathway there.

    Since evolution has no brain, how does it know "what works".

    Also, genetic mutations most of the time are negative. Yet we are told
    that evolution kept refining things utill they worked.
    How did evolution create a virus or bacteria, and a whale. The both
    allegedly started from the same thing. A soup of varying molecules.

    How is that related to why you'd expect common descent
    to produce clades that can interbreed?

    Because that force, called evolution, has no mind. It wouldn't care if

    Evolution is a process, or a mechanism.

    When have you ever seen a robot built by zero IQ processes? When have
    you seen a complicated mechanism like the human body built from
    something with a zero IQ? You have got to be smarter than that.

    Force has a
    specific meaning, and this isn't it.

    That's your definition, not mine. What is a "force"?

    "AI Overview
    A "force" in the context of technology usually refers to an enterprise
    AI platform like HCLTech, a specialized government/military committee,
    or a physics push or pull. "

    A "physics push or pull describes evolution to the tee.


    a species died out or not. It is blind, deaf, and dumb. Would you
    expect a rock to create a computer? Of course not. Then how can you
    expect evolution like that rock, (blind, deaf, and dumb), to create
    marvelous complex structures like a human body that can produce
    babies.

    We are talking about very complex creations and relating them to the
    skills of a rock.

    I'm not sure how you leapt from evolution to rocks.

    I would call it 'comparative linguistics'. In which two items share a
    common bond; such as the IQ of a rock, and the IQ of evolution. We
    would expect both would never produce anything complex like the human
    brain. Yet they give credit to evolution for doing so.

    If those kind of forces really exist, why don't we find all kinds of mathematically perfect things existing in a forest? Or why don't we
    find caves with electric and plumbing and fully furnished? If
    something with a zero IQ can created a human brain, then why not the
    above?

    But you still don't say why you'd expect common
    descent to produce clades that can interbreed.

    If the zero IQ of evolution created all natural things, How did it
    know to prevent 'walls' of breeding like between dogs and cats so as
    to keep the species intact?

    It's like money. Most all money comes from the penny. (or half cent)
    For the penny, $1.00 is 100 of them. $20.00 is 2000 of them. All life
    forms should be able to breed among each other, if all were built from
    the same thing. Why would evolution put barriers between certain
    species, which keeps them from breeding out of existence?

    Evolution is a natural process, like weather. Since
    weather has no brain, how does it know what hurricane
    recipe works?

    It doesn't 'know' anything. It is just responding to the
    meteorological physics at that time. Can we say a similar thing for
    evolution? Not at all.

    Exactly. Yes evolution and abiogenesis are physics in
    action. More complicated than a hurricane, but
    following the same fundamentals.

    See right below.



    We keep having hurricanes when the physics are right. But if evolution
    created all the life on earth, why isn't it still doing it? Have the
    evolutionary physics that created all the life forms, just stopped?

    Evolution is going on as we speak. It can be
    observed. In fact Mitchell Holman in aa dilligently
    compliled a list of direct observations of evolution
    in action, which I copied here:

    Evolution observed
    https://tinyurl.com/yjv4w67u

    The peppered moth was designed to respond to its environment. BUT
    NOTICE, THEY STILL REMAINED MOTHS. They didn't turn into birds or
    something.

    You can take a dog with a thin coat living in the desert, and put it
    in Antarctica where it will produce a thicker coat. That is not
    macroevolution, but just an animal responding to its environment. BUT
    NOTICE, THEY STILL REMAINED DOGS.

    Dogs remain dogs, moths remain moths. If you want to call that
    something, that is microevolution. I am discussing macroevolution,
    where the species turned into a totally different species. And where
    are the transitional's? Darwin couldn't find them. That is because
    they didn't exist in the strata to start with.

    https://tinyurl.com/y68hcy8w

    He didn't say his "new species" wasn't still a bacteria, just
    different. That is microevolution and it happens all the time. And it
    doesn't go against the Bible. But macroevolution does.

    https://tinyurl.com/2u66rnae

    If I read it right, they still remained bacteria; microevolution.

    https://tinyurl.com/wtzsmh43

    Those finches may have changed a bit, like growing different beaks
    etc. (microevolution) But they still remained finches.

    You all combine microevolution with macroevolution. But that is only definitionism. The reality is that macroevolution is bogus.

    https://tinyurl.com/55jmce52

    But the mice remained mice. Microevolution in action.

    https://tinyurl.com/5c5e3zvm

    But the bacteria remained bacteria. That fits in perfectly in Genesis,
    where God created all things according to their "kinds". Thus the
    bacteria didn't turn into amoebas or something.

    https://tinyurl.com/3bvdxjtp

    Same with this. From what I could tell, the green algae still was
    called green algae after the mutation. Again this is microevolution
    in action. The Bible has no problem with microevolution.

    But just one more thing. Humans in a lab could create a whole new
    species from a different one. But that takes a high IQ to accomplish
    that. They could change the inner working of a cell and make it
    something different. But such changes cannot work in nature.



    And what about planets and moons? If evolution existed, why not so
    much of a microbe exists,

    You don't know that. There's no reason to assume no
    life on other planets, but you are.

    You do have a point here. I was just thinking about all the
    explorations we have done so far. I certainly do not know what all the
    rest of the universe is like. Notice:

    "Scientists have formally catalogued approximately 2.1 million to 2.5
    million living species on Earth. However, researchers estimate that
    there are actually around 8.7 million total species (with estimates
    ranging from 5 million to over 10 million)." (AI Overview)

    SO-CALLED EVOLUTION WENT CRAZY HERE ON THE EARTH WITH OVER 8 MILLION
    DIFFERENT LIFE FORMS.

    With prolific evolution going nuts here, did something shut off the
    spigot? So far not even a microbe has been found outside the earth.
    What happened?


    where on the earth it went bananas.

    There are many life forms that have gone extinct. So the forces of
    physics that originally created them no longer exists? When have you
    ever seen natural physical laws cease to exist?

    Sorry, you're bouncing off the wall here. Focus on 1
    thing at a time.

    I am. That of disproving the reality of macroevolution, and instead
    showing that a super intelligence brought life forms into existence by
    means of direct creations.


    It's messy, not a tidy, organized, consistent process
    like a human-like genetic designer might approach it.

    Then where is all the intermediants it would have taken?
    There should be billions of intermediants out there that didn't work.
    Even the father of evolution found that to be a problem. He said,

    "Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of
    such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such
    finely-graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious
    and serious objection which can be urged against the theory." (The
    Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin)

    At least he was honest.

    And abundantly cautious. As it turns out, he was
    mostly right.

    He was when it came to God:

    "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers,
    having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or
    into one;" (The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin)

    And he was honest in saying that complex things like an EYE, seemed to
    be absurd:

    "To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for
    adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different
    amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic
    aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I
    freely confess, absurd in the highest degree." (The Origin of Species,
    by Charles Darwin)


    On the other hand you might also expect an aware
    designer to occasionally start new "kinds" fresh from
    the ground up. This is also not found in nature,
    every new clade is genetically derivative of something
    that came before it.

    Yes, the virus and the whale. That idea works against common sense.

    Sorry, that makes no sense. Unable to parse.

    Both of those things likely came from the same source. Its like a
    giraffe giving birth to a rabbit. It makes no sense.

    Virus is a poor example because it's not necessarily
    alive.

    Good point. I guess I should have used a protozoa.

    Bacteria and whale? They have distant common
    ancestors. But their lineage is very different. Why
    is this hard to accept? (Rhetorical question -- we
    both know the answer.)

    How do you get from a bacteria to a whale. It would have to be
    mutation upon mutation upon mutation upon mutation, etc. With so many
    mutations the thing shouldn't even exist!



    But the main problem with their THEORY is the golden rule that in most
    cases mutations produce deformities, and that they usually die before
    their time. That would be like taking 1 step forward, and 2 steps
    backward. Kind of hard to get to your destination that way.

    The dying out of disadvantageous mutations is why they
    disappear. That's natural selection.

    Isn't it weird that mutations seem to correct themselves and the life
    forms usually end up beneficial. That's like a chicken born with no
    head, yet ends up with a head patterned for a chicken.

    Evolution process:
    1. Mutation or other genetic variation
    2. Natural selection by survival

    A snake with two heads can survive, yet natural selection always seem
    to come up with a beneficial life form. (single headed snakes)That's
    like stacking the deck to always be beneficial.


    Evolution has evolved us the ability to evolve. That's
    everywhere in biology. Do you know why we have sexual
    reproduction?

    Yes, for the most part because it feels so good. And secondly, because
    the couple want an offspring.

    Because it makes evolution happen!

    Only for non-believers.

    And, what about life from non-life. (abiogenesis) It would take high
    tech humans to make such a thing possible. And we know that life
    always comes from previous life.


    (snip chimps & neanderthals)

    Here is the mother load. Evolution allegedly created the modern human
    brain. One scientist called it the most 'complex thing in the
    universe'. How could a brainless force come up with that that brain?

    You tell me how the brain came about, without any
    appeal to magic.

    In the Bible, Adam was created with a brain. All his parts were
    created at once. He had a full language, and knowledge how to survive where he was at. He didn't start off as a caveman with grunts and groans etc.


    You can't expect to get to the truth, if you put limitations on my
    answer. I just answer truthfully.

    Say it without limitation, but the evidence just
    doesn't support that. That's why you don't have any.

    If you take off your evolutionary glasses, you will be able to see
    more clearly.



    Also, since evolution is brainless, how did it know that eyes were
    needed by most life forms. It had no idea that sight was possible.
    Electromagnetic waves of variouis frequencies had to be decoded in a
    brain in order to 'see.' How about hearing. How did it know there was
    sound waves, and then developed ears to decode the sound waves? Makes
    no sense to me.

    There's no need for me to defend your own strawmen.
    Give me a break, James.

    That is not a direct answer to my questions. (of course you don't have
    to answer) You and your comrades seem talk about evolution having an
    IQ above zero. Actually evolution has a frigid absolute zero.


    For example what the Bible says about the cosmos. Around 2000 years

    If you can't explain biblical biology, just say so. No
    need to dive into the rabbit hole of biblical
    cosmology to avoid the biology issue.

    So, what to you mean by "biblical biology"?


    The intent was not to change the subject, but to help support what the

    I refused to go down that rabbit hole, then I went
    down it in another thread.



    Bible says. How do you define "biblical biology? I have studied the
    Bible for many years. I believe it to be truthful and trustworthy esp
    when it comes to some natural sciences.(like the earth being defined
    as a "circle" (Isa 40:22) hanging upon nothing. (Job 26:7)

    That's great. You haven't studied biology since high
    school, have you.

    Nor have I studied calculus or electronical engineering and a million
    other things. My 'higher learning' did not consist of anything
    scientific, which I wish I had done.

    So yes, my biology studies have not been upgraded. But what about you.
    You haven't put much study into the doctrines of the Bible, based on
    your statements.


    (snip)
    (again)

    Looks like you have caught 'snipping fever'. I prefer discussing
    everything said to me. But each their own.


    You are assuming your conclusion. The truth doesn't
    work that way.

    True, you need evidence to support your conclusion.
    I gave you some which you 'snipped' out. To put it all together:

    Right. I don't do 300 line posts, especially if 250
    lines are irrelevant quoted material.

    If you just snip out quoted material, how did you ever get through
    your schooling. Text books, including biology books, quote all the
    time to support their information. You could be missing a lot if you
    go by that plan.
    Do you quote Einstein when discussing antimatter etc?


    Show some mercy upon your reader, if any.

    You are in the majority class. We sometimes get violent reactions to
    our Bible teachings, esp in other countries. But the Bible warns us to
    be prepared for such.



    So, again, if lions could interbreed with house cats,
    why would that compromise the success of either
    species?

    It would create a new species. (like maybe a lion with a meek meow."
    )

    So? If the new species is successful, great!

    That was super intelligence to keep those species separate, not blind chance.

    No. It's physics and chemistry, as already explained.

    Well, we still have physics and chemistry, why don't we see a new
    species or new life forms in their early beginnings? Where are all the
    intermediates? Even Darwin couldn't explain that.

    Transitional species are all around us. We are
    transitional species.

    Then Darwin must have been blind. He couldn't find much in the strata
    that he studied.

    (snip wolfdog diversion)

    Fight off sicknesses.
    What can be done.

    Get vaxxed today!

    That's a good start. But any new diseases occurring we are vulnerable. Hopefully they will develop a vaccine before its too late.

    Fight off sicknesses.
    What can be done.
    Go to: jw.org (7/30/2026)
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  • From Samuel Spade@sam@spade.invalid to alt.bible,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.christnet.bible,alt.christnet on Sun Aug 2 01:46:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.bible.prophecy

    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:23:47 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote: >zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:37:49 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:
    On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:04:35 -0700, Samuel Spade <sam@spade.invalid> wrote:
    zebrabible@proton.me wrote:

    ==Questions for Evolutionists==

    Why is there a "genetic wall" (sterility) between the different
    'families' of lifeforms; dogs cannot produce offspring from cats,
    horses from ducks, ants from grasshoppers, ect, ect, ect.?

    If no super intelligence was behind the formations of these different
    kinds of lifeforms, but only random chance, would not a person
    logically expect that most of these would be able to hybridize? (just
    like one would expect a supposedly close lower form and a higher form
    to hybridize; for ex. ape and human.)

    But they can't under NATURAL conditions. Only varieties within the >> >> >> various kinds can reproduce. (like house cats with lions, etc)
    Why not try a reasonable approach that fits in with the true
    scientific knowledge of today?

    You don't say why you'd expect common descent to
    produce clades that can interbreed. Natural evolution
    is based on what works, whatever the pathway there.

    You still haven't explained this one.


    Since evolution has no brain, how does it know "what works".

    Also, genetic mutations most of the time are negative. Yet we are told >> >> that evolution kept refining things utill they worked.
    How did evolution create a virus or bacteria, and a whale. The both
    allegedly started from the same thing. A soup of varying molecules.

    How is that related to why you'd expect common descent
    to produce clades that can interbreed?

    Because that force, called evolution, has no mind. It wouldn't care if

    Evolution is a process, or a mechanism.

    When have you ever seen a robot built by zero IQ processes? When have
    you seen a complicated mechanism like the human body built from
    something with a zero IQ? You have got to be smarter than that.

    Robots don't reproduce. So they can't evolve. This is
    irrelevant, a red herring.


    Force has a
    specific meaning, and this isn't it.

    That's your definition, not mine. What is a "force"?

    "AI Overview
    A "force" in the context of technology usually refers to an enterprise
    AI platform like HCLTech, a specialized government/military committee,
    or a physics push or pull. "

    A "physics push or pull describes evolution to the tee.

    No, that's the scientific definition.

    Force equals mass times acceleration. That's the most
    fundamental & important equation in all of physics.

    Force is measured in pounds or newtons. How many pounds does
    evolution exert?

    (snip evolution to rocks)

    But you still don't say why you'd expect common
    descent to produce clades that can interbreed.

    If the zero IQ of evolution created all natural things, How did it
    know to prevent 'walls' of breeding like between dogs and cats so as
    to keep the species intact?

    That's not an explanation, it's just more unsupported
    assertions.

    I'm not so sure evolution is not intelligent. It
    accomplishes things, it builds on complexity. At the end of
    the day, definitions of intelligence are just semantics. They
    don't shed light on anything.

    Trial and error is a powerful process.

    It's like money.

    Not at all.

    (...)

    Evolution is a natural process, like weather. Since
    weather has no brain, how does it know what hurricane
    recipe works?

    It doesn't 'know' anything. It is just responding to the
    meteorological physics at that time. Can we say a similar thing for
    evolution? Not at all.

    Exactly. Yes evolution and abiogenesis are physics in
    action. More complicated than a hurricane, but
    following the same fundamentals.

    See right below.



    We keep having hurricanes when the physics are right. But if evolution
    created all the life on earth, why isn't it still doing it? Have the
    evolutionary physics that created all the life forms, just stopped?

    Evolution is going on as we speak. It can be
    observed. In fact Mitchell Holman in aa dilligently
    compliled a list of direct observations of evolution
    in action, which I copied here:

    Evolution observed
    https://tinyurl.com/yjv4w67u

    The peppered moth was designed to respond to its environment. BUT
    NOTICE, THEY STILL REMAINED MOTHS. They didn't turn into birds or
    something.

    There's no such thing as microevolution. What you see there
    is just fast short-term evolution.

    Dogs remain dogs, moths remain moths. If you want to call that
    something, that is microevolution. I am discussing macroevolution,

    Dogs were bred from wolves over about 15,000 years.

    where the species turned into a totally different species. And where
    are the transitional's? Darwin couldn't find them. That is because
    they didn't exist in the strata to start with.

    https://tinyurl.com/y68hcy8w

    He didn't say his "new species" wasn't still a bacteria, just
    different. That is microevolution and it happens all the time. And it
    doesn't go against the Bible. But macroevolution does.

    Bacteria can be as different as eels and monkeys.

    https://tinyurl.com/2u66rnae

    If I read it right, they still remained bacteria; microevolution.

    https://tinyurl.com/wtzsmh43

    Those finches may have changed a bit, like growing different beaks
    etc. (microevolution) But they still remained finches.

    (...)

    But just one more thing. Humans in a lab could create a whole new
    species from a different one. But that takes a high IQ to accomplish

    That's only speculation. How do you know that?

    that. They could change the inner working of a cell and make it
    something different. But such changes cannot work in nature.

    Speculation.

    And what about planets and moons? If evolution existed, why not so
    much of a microbe exists,

    You don't know that. There's no reason to assume no
    life on other planets, but you are.

    You do have a point here. I was just thinking about all the
    explorations we have done so far. I certainly do not know what all the
    rest of the universe is like. Notice:

    "Scientists have formally catalogued approximately 2.1 million to 2.5
    million living species on Earth. However, researchers estimate that
    there are actually around 8.7 million total species (with estimates
    ranging from 5 million to over 10 million)." (AI Overview)

    SO-CALLED EVOLUTION WENT CRAZY HERE ON THE EARTH WITH OVER 8 MILLION DIFFERENT LIFE FORMS.

    With prolific evolution going nuts here, did something shut off the
    spigot? So far not even a microbe has been found outside the earth.
    What happened?

    First, you are confusing evolution with origin of life.
    Evolution isn't about how life started, it's about how life
    adapted and diversified once it got started.

    Second, abiogenesis requires very favorable conditions in
    order to happen. On earth, it happened very early and very
    quickly. Can it happen elsewhere? Yes, but we don't even
    know what conditions are required, let alone the process.

    Third, if you are demanding detailed explanations of how
    abiogenesis & evolution happened, be prepared to give
    detailed explanations of how creation happened. "Goddidit"
    isn't saying anything. How did this creative magic work?
    Show your work.

    (...)
    "Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of >> >> such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such
    finely-graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious >> >> and serious objection which can be urged against the theory." (The
    Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin)

    There are indeed transitional species. You can google it as
    well as I can. The reason they are scarce is explained by a
    model called "punctuated equilibrium", advanced by Gould and
    Elledge in the 1960. Environmental pressure causes rapid
    adaptation and speciation.

    (...)
    As you correctly observe, Darwin was very careful not to make
    claims he couldn't support. In science, self-doubt is a good
    thing.

    On the other hand you might also expect an aware
    designer to occasionally start new "kinds" fresh from
    the ground up. This is also not found in nature,
    every new clade is genetically derivative of something
    that came before it.

    Yes, the virus and the whale. That idea works against common sense.

    Sorry, that makes no sense. Unable to parse.

    Both of those things likely came from the same source. Its like a
    giraffe giving birth to a rabbit. It makes no sense.

    Virus is a poor example because it's not necessarily
    alive.

    Good point. I guess I should have used a protozoa.

    Bacteria and whale? They have distant common
    ancestors. But their lineage is very different. Why
    is this hard to accept? (Rhetorical question -- we
    both know the answer.)

    How do you get from a bacteria to a whale. It would have to be
    mutation upon mutation upon mutation upon mutation, etc. With so many mutations the thing shouldn't even exist!

    You don't necessarily get from bacteria to whale. The
    working hypothesis is that they have common ancestors.
    Doesn't mean one evolved into the other.

    Good mutations cause successful adaptations. Bad ones are
    discarded. Simple. Where do you get the idea that mutations
    build up to cause harm.

    (...)
    Evolution has evolved us the ability to evolve. That's
    everywhere in biology. Do you know why we have sexual
    reproduction?

    Yes, for the most part because it feels so good. And secondly, because
    the couple want an offspring.

    Because it makes evolution happen!

    Only for non-believers.

    Believers can evolve too. I was one once.

    And, what about life from non-life. (abiogenesis) It would take high
    tech humans to make such a thing possible. And we know that life
    always comes from previous life.

    No, we don't know that. In fact, we know that abiogenesis
    happened at least once, because life exists now, so it can
    happen again. Unless you claim that life has existed
    eternally, and we both agree that the universe isn't eternal.

    If you take off your evolutionary glasses, you will be able to see
    more clearly.

    I would say the same to you. Science is your friend, even if
    it sometimes turns people into liberal secular humanists.

    Also, since evolution is brainless, how did it know that eyes were
    needed by most life forms. It had no idea that sight was possible.
    Electromagnetic waves of variouis frequencies had to be decoded in a
    brain in order to 'see.' How about hearing. How did it know there was >> >> sound waves, and then developed ears to decode the sound waves? Makes >> >> no sense to me.

    There's no need for me to defend your own strawmen.
    Give me a break, James.

    That is not a direct answer to my questions. (of course you don't have
    to answer) You and your comrades seem talk about evolution having an
    IQ above zero. Actually evolution has a frigid absolute zero.

    That's your opinion. Evolution gets results, call it what
    you will.

    So, what to you mean by "biblical biology"?

    Biology as presented in the bible.

    Bible says. How do you define "biblical biology? I have studied the
    Bible for many years. I believe it to be truthful and trustworthy esp
    when it comes to some natural sciences.(like the earth being defined
    as a "circle" (Isa 40:22) hanging upon nothing. (Job 26:7)

    That's great. You haven't studied biology since high
    school, have you.

    Nor have I studied calculus or electronical engineering and a million
    other things. My 'higher learning' did not consist of anything
    scientific, which I wish I had done.

    So yes, my biology studies have not been upgraded. But what about you.
    You haven't put much study into the doctrines of the Bible, based on
    your statements.

    I studied a lot of science and applied science. But it's
    remarkable how much insight you can get by remembering a bit
    of high school biology, chemistry & physics. A little
    knowledge will refine your bullshit detector.

    I learned about the bible -- not nearly as much as you. I've
    read some about the history and context. I don't believe it
    was inspired; YMMV.

    Looks like you have caught 'snipping fever'. I prefer discussing
    everything said to me. But each their own.

    Again i'm not going to repeat long quotes in a thread no one
    is probably ever going to read except you & me. How many
    lines of quotes is enough?

    You are assuming your conclusion. The truth doesn't
    work that way.

    True, you need evidence to support your conclusion.
    I gave you some which you 'snipped' out. To put it all together:

    Right. I don't do 300 line posts, especially if 250
    lines are irrelevant quoted material.

    If you just snip out quoted material, how did you ever get through
    your schooling. Text books, including biology books, quote all the
    time to support their information. You could be missing a lot if you
    go by that plan.
    Do you quote Einstein when discussing antimatter etc?


    Show some mercy upon your reader, if any.

    You are in the majority class. We sometimes get violent reactions to
    our Bible teachings, esp in other countries. But the Bible warns us to
    be prepared for such.



    So, again, if lions could interbreed with house cats,
    why would that compromise the success of either
    species?

    It would create a new species. (like maybe a lion with a meek meow."
    )

    So? If the new species is successful, great!

    That was super intelligence to keep those species separate, not blind chance.

    No. It's physics and chemistry, as already explained.

    Well, we still have physics and chemistry, why don't we see a new
    species or new life forms in their early beginnings?

    You mean why don't we see brand new life abiogenesing before
    our eyes? Simple. All these primitive nucleotides and
    aminos and lipids etc. are like candy to already advanced
    life forms. The molecules get devoured before they get to
    first base. 4 billion years ago, it was different.

    Where are all the
    intermediates? Even Darwin couldn't explain that.

    Transitional species are all around us. We are
    transitional species.

    Then Darwin must have been blind. He couldn't find much in the strata
    that he studied.

    From pterodactyl to ostrich, there are many intermediate
    species in the fossil record. Ditto fish to lizard. Cow to
    orca.

    But the smoking gun is the genetic database. Now that
    genomes can be sequenced, the tree of life can be laid out
    pretty completely.
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