re: #376 slokat

Now you are creating a belief system.
Why?
Isn’t the actual science enough…

In particular, you have created a false statement as an argument, “THAT this has happened is incontrovertible, as attested to by the fossil record”.

But the incontrovertible fact is that terrestrial species have changed over time. The vast majority of the fossils we unearth are of animals that no longer exist. And that’s all the word ‘evolution’ means - change in terrestrial species over time. HOW this happens - the mechanisms BY MEANS OF WHICH this happens - is the province of evolutionary theory.

It ain’t belief when there’s evidence for it; it’s knowledge.

Plus amazingly you continue, “and contradicted by not a single shred”, I’m surprised that you would make that statement and would even go further to bet that you have a list of contradictions that you are waiting to find have been disproved.

Zeal isn’t science…

Present me with a single shred of credible empirical evidence that contradicts evolution via random genetic mutation and nonrandon environmental selection; I triple dog dare ya. Ya can’t, because there isn’t a single shred of credible empirical evidence out there that DOES contradict evolution via random genetic mutation and nonrandon environmental selection. It’s a simple, falsifiable fact, and falsifiable by you presenting me with one iota or whit of credible contradicting empirical evidence.

So falsify my statement. I won’t hold my breath.

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