Johnboy writes:
The "so-called" scientific evidence/proof of the ToE is unlike any other scientific evidence/proof that is derived in any other scientific field of study. In any other scientific field of study, results are repeated/verified from start to finish to a high degree of accuracy.
Really? Tectonic plate theory, for example? Cosmology, perhaps?
On another thread, I asked you if we could study the formation of the Hawaiian Islands. We see volcanic action continuing to add territory to one of them, we see the extinct volcanoes on the others, and we can easily figure that the chain was formed by eruptions from the sea floor over millions of years. Observations of the present have told us about the past, and that's how historical science (and history via archaeology) is done.
This is obvious to all intelligent people.
Biological evolution is something we can observe happening in real time, like the continued formation of volcanic islands, and we have our equivalent of the extinct volcanoes in the fossil record. In addition, just as we can study the detailed geography of Hawaii as it is now in order to reveal its past, we can study modern organisms, right down to the molecular level, to reveal their relationships and their history.
It's all very simple to understand, and children can understand what I'm saying above when it's explained in a science class.
But sometimes desires and delusions interfere with human understanding of the obvious, don't they Johnboy?
On the topic, it's true that there is a lot of unnecessary complexity in nature's designs, and this argues against the direct involvement of intelligence.
Edited by bluegenes, : grammar