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Topic: Hi all - I'm new here - Preliminary questions
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posted 15. April 2003 20:34
What is evolution?
Is there a difference between "micro" and "macro" evolution?
What is neo-darwinism?
What mechanims account for the diversity of life on earth, e.g. flora and fauna. Are these mechanism adequate?
What is natural selection?
What is adaptation?
Is intelligent design testable? If we establish criteria for intelligent design, can we apply it in biology? Has this already been done? With what success?
What is the difference between naturalism and evolution?
What is the difference between methodological and metaphysical naturalism?
Is it possible that the genetic code happened by blind, chance processes?
(I have not studied the genetic code, but from the tidbits I've picked up it seems like a highly specified software program, with mutations analagous to bugs in the software. It seems more like humans started with a perfect genetic code that has been going downhill.)
What credibility, if any, is given to common sense, intuition, and wonder, e.g. after looking through pictures of thousands of different creatures (jellyfish, blue whales, eagles, spiders etc.), I feel a sense of wonder. My intuition and common sense tell me they are the product of intelligent design.
Would it be theoretically inferred that all the diversity of life came from a common ancestor, rather than a common designer?
What is said about the absence of missing links in the fossil record? What is said about a lack of biochemical, molecular, and macro pathways?
Despite a sound model for a global flood, does the earth look like it suffered a major catastrophic event that would create trillions of fossils in sedimentary layers, such as a flood?
What is the hard, factual evidence for evolution?
Does much of the support for evolution derive from extrapolation and theorizing?
Is evolution generally accepted as the only viable option that doesn't require a Designer? e.g. humans, plants, animals, and a world uniquely suited for life exists - how did it get here? Who's heard of a causeless event, esp. one so grand as the diversity of life on Earth and human beings ... enter the Darwinian mechanism?
Is the God-of-the-gaps argument being abused?
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posted 15. April 2003 21:14
Searchlight, please read the new user guide. Unfortunately, this isn't a forum to come and have your questions answered.
Your questions, however, seem properly suited for this forum:
http://www.arn.org
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