On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 03:40:12 -0600, "Stephen M. Zumbo"
wrote:

If evolution were actually happening, there should be many transitional
forms between species, both in the fossil record and "visible around us."

There are... everything you see is in a state of transition. And the
thousands of fossil specimens of animals that no longer exist, but which
are pretty obviously related to modern species, represent transitional
forms- even if they were stable for millions of years.


Evolutionists have no answer for this, except punctuated equilibrium,i.e.
suddenly a new species appeared.

Well, what's wrong with that answer? In fact, there are a number of
theories along those lines. The basic idea is that "species" are
metastable. If they are successful, they tend to remain unchanged. But
when something in their environment changes, the pressure of natural
selection becomes stronger. A successful modification will take hold
quickly. There may be no transitional form at all, or that form may
exist only over a very short time period.

Is this proven? Of course not, nor can it be. But it does fit in with
what we know about genetics, population dynamics, the fossil record, and
a large number of other observations. In short, it is a valid and
respectable theory of evolutionary mechanisms.


Why not accept that they were suddenly
created by God then?

Because that isn't supported by the physical evidence.


That actually makes more sense, given an omniscient
and omnipotent God, than blind chance and vast time scales.

That is a _huge_ given, "an omniscient and omnipotent God"! You seem to
think that such a given is no big deal. To me, it seems far less likely
than the absence of such a creature. In any case, if we accept your
given we might as well simply stop thinking completely- there can be no
rules in such a universe.

FYI, "blind chance" is in no way a component of evolutionary theory. If
you believe that, you don't understand it at all.

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