The Truth About Evolution and Religion

What is it with creationists and quotations? Are they trying to borrow other peoples credibility or something? They must know that we are aware of their penchant for quote mining. How can they imagine that tossing quotations about lends them any authority?If they want to use the ideas involved in their quotes, they must still show that the quoted notions are valid.In any case, this quotation omits to mention the role of selection, which is not random, and so is irrelevant.

Who cares what someone says in some book you have managed to dig up? What counts is what is.In any case, you are ignoring the ratcheting effect of natural selection. The important point is that helpful variations are sometimes retained. Sometimes these useful variations are more complex, sometimes not. Once retained, complexity can be increased by further rounds of the same effect.What is so hard about all this? It's a very simple algorithm that anyone should be able to grasp easily. It does not even need to instantiated in biological systems but can happen in other contexts, such as , for example, computer programs or cultural artifacts. Anytime variation is coupled with selection, evolution happens.

This is not true. Even Darwin showed how it could be done. No one is claiming that these molecules occurred by random chance. Your calculation is irrelevant.Your position is a political one, not a scientific one. Your goal is to promote ignorance and superstition. It is amazing that you are not embarrassed by your blatant falsehoods.

Maybe it is that, instead of promoting moral behaviour as religious types so loudly and persistently claim, religion actually impairs morality.We do constantly see supporting examples of that in these forums.

No such admission was made.If you try really, really hard, you might be able to post something truthful. That would be a refreshing change!

I thought you could post something accurate if you really tried.Unfortunately, a good deal of your post is incorrect, disingenuous, or trivial. Please see Huntard's post for details.I am puzzled that you see fit to make authoritative-sounding pronouncements about things that you yourself admit that you understand only to a limited extent.