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bluescat48 Member (Idle past 4215 days) Posts: 2347 From: United States Joined: |
Well God made kinds. Clades are made by man. So a bacteria, humans, mushrooms, cattle, horses, dogs, lions, tigers, elephants, rinos, fish, whales, apes, and monkeys are not the same kind. This still doesn't say what a kind is. Bacteria is a DomainHuman is a genus Mushrooms several different size groups of the kingdom Fungi Cattle a family horses again a family as are dogs Lions & tigers are in the same genusElephant is an order Rhino a family Fish a super class Whales an order apes a family including the human genus Homo monkeys at least 2 families So how are these kinds?
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ICANT Member Posts: 6769 From: SSC Joined: Member Rating: 1.6 |
Hi Jon,
JonF writes: IOW, how do you assign two arbitrarily chosen organisms to the category "one kind of critter" You don't. A kind is made up of one kind of critter not two kinds. God Bless, "John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2131 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
A kind is made up of one kind of critter not two kinds. Sorry, that's not much of a definition. It is circular, and relies on undefined terms. The "taxonomy" behind kinds is laid out in the creationist literature. Here is an excerpt from an article by Wayne Frair, Ph.D. As Dr. Frair has a Ph.D. in Biochemical Taxonomy from the Rutgers University he should be able to set the record straight on this issue.
quote: Scripture is the most important consideration? I bet he didn't learn that at Rutgers! So what we have as the guidelines for the field of baraminology is adherence to scripture, and only then is attention paid to more scientific studies--but only as long as they don't conflict with scripture. In other words, "kinds" (masquerading as science under the terms baraminology and "discontinuity systematics") is nothing but religion. Any attempts to make it into science are doomed to failure because it has to conform to scripture while science can go where the evidence leads, and science has been leading in other directions for centuries now. Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1430 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi ICANT
Those are two examples of transmutation which macro evolution is. Nope. Those are examples of Creolution. Enjoy. by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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Blue Jay Member (Idle past 2723 days) Posts: 2843 From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts Joined: |
Unneeded post erased.
Edited by Bluejay, : This post wouldn't have contributed to the discussion if I had left it. -Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus) Darwin loves you.
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Blue Jay Member (Idle past 2723 days) Posts: 2843 From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts Joined: |
Hi, ICANT.
ICANT writes: Those are two examples of transmutation which macro evolution is... ...Transmutation is when one thing ceases to be that thing and becomes a different thing. I want you to acknowledge one thing: Your opponents do not think transmutation, as you've defined it here, is part of the Theory of Evolution. Do you recognize that this is your opponents' position? -Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus) Darwin loves you.
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ICANT Member Posts: 6769 From: SSC Joined: Member Rating: 1.6 |
Hi jay,
Bluejay writes: Do you recognize that this is your opponents' position? I don't have any opponents unless it is the fellow with the PHD that Coyote wrote about. He and I could get into a serious discussion of the Bible. The posters here are not my opponents. They are a group that are convinced the Theory of Evolution is correct. Nothing I say or do can ever change their mind it is made up. They are like the fellow that told me concerning his religion. "I know what I believe and that settles it." But yes I realize that no evolutionist here believes that one critter had to become another critter. But that we just started out as a single cell life form that by chance began to exist and then over quintillion quintillion quintillion quintillions of small changes the most complex piece of machinery began to exist, a human. There is no scientific verifiable evidence of such ever taking place. So it is just in the mind of the believer. I happen to believe God created every creature that has ever existed, those that are extinct and those living today. He called those creatures kinds. He did not stop creating kinds of creatures until 6,000+ years ago. Kind is not a scientific term and only means kind. So God created every kind of creature. If you can name it He created it. Now have fun with that one. God Bless, "John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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ICANT Member Posts: 6769 From: SSC Joined: Member Rating: 1.6 |
Hi cat,
bluescat48 writes: So how are these kinds? Each of those creatures are a kind. You want to lump a bunch of stuff into a pile and give it a name. God just called each thing a kind. God Bless, "John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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Meldinoor Member (Idle past 4833 days) Posts: 400 From: Colorado, USA Joined: |
Hi NosyNed,
I disagree. The only assumption cladistics makes is that organisms can be grouped by common ancestry. As long as this is true on some scale, clades can be used to group related animals. As such, any creationist, including ICANT, can apply cladistic methods to classify animals as kinds. Cladistics in itself is only a system of classifying organisms. As such it can't be used to support any theory. However, the reason cladistics is so successful in describing all of life is that lifeforms naturally fall into a nested hierarchy with supergroups and subgroups. This natural arrangement of living things is, in my opinion, one of the strongest pieces of evidence in favour of the ToE. Respectfully,-Meldinoor
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Meldinoor Member (Idle past 4833 days) Posts: 400 From: Colorado, USA Joined: |
ICANT writes: A kind is made up of one kind of critter not two kinds. Ah, I see now. So, one kind of critter is one kind of critter not two kinds... Hmm... 1 = 11 not 2 Yeah, I get it now! Your superior logic had me stumped there for a minute
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Meldinoor Member (Idle past 4833 days) Posts: 400 From: Colorado, USA Joined: |
Hi ICANT,
ICANT, I realize it might be hard for you to define a kind. To be fair, it's not always easy to define taxonomic groupings. Not even the term species is universally well defined. But among sexually reproducing species it is usually defined as animals that can interbreed and produce viable offspring. Notice how I supplied a "definition" of species rather than an "example". If I had simply said "Cats are a species", I would have given an example, but we would not have known whether Naked Mole Rats constituted a species. Using my definition I can confirm that Naked Mole Rats do indeed constitute a species. Now, will you at least consider offering a definition of "kind"? Even if you persist in ignoring this request, your kinds are still clades. Even if only on the species level, each of your kinds will contain individuals who share a common ancestor. Once you have accepted the definition of clade as being inclusive of your "kinds", you need to understand that evolution will never remove an organism from its kind. So when you said:
ICANT writes: Transmutation is when one thing ceases to be that thing and becomes a different thing. you were very very wrong. When birds evolved from ancestral archosaurs there was never a point when they were neither archosaurs nor birds. Neither have they ever stopped being archosaurs. This is a very simple concept, and furthermore, it doesn't prove evolution, nor is it evidence against your personal beliefs in YEC. You only have to understand how evolution works, and unlearn how it doesn't. Only then can you decide whether you want to continue rejecting it.
ICANT writes: They are a group that are convinced the Theory of Evolution is correct. Nothing I say or do can ever change their mind it is made up. They are like the fellow that told me concerning his religion. "I know what I believe and that settles it." I will reject evolution right away, the moment I'm faced with a superior theory. You seem to think you have one. If you can define it properly maybe you will convince me, but until you do so I'll stick with the theory that I understand.
ICANT writes: I happen to believe God created every creature that has ever existed, those that are extinct and those living today. He called those creatures kinds. He did not stop creating kinds of creatures until 6,000+ years ago.... There is no scientific verifiable evidence of such ever taking place. So it is just in the mind of the believer. Ditto. Respectfully,-Meldinoor
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1430 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined:
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Hi ICANT
You feeling chipper these days? I've been better, and I've been worse. Thanks.
Meldinoor stated they would be the same kind as they had gained their amazing adaptations entirely through microevolution. He then asks anyone to tell him why he is wrong. He admits he is wrong in Message 65 when he says: "Good. Given your definitions of macro-evolution, even evolutionists will agree that it doesn't happen." So the only thing left to do is give a definition of Bible "kind". OR to admit that your definition of macro-evolution is not the way it is used within the field of biology in general, or the the field of evolution in specific. Look through the Berkeley site on evolution:Evolution 101 - Understanding Evolution and see if you can find the word "transmutation" there. Notice that there is a section there that specifically addresses macroevolution, and notice that they talk about the gradual transformation over time of populations through the mechanisms of evolution, mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection. Note that what they show in the discussion of macroevolution are the trees formed by common ancestry and cladistics. To do what you are asking would take a different mechanism, one that does not exist, and one that is not necessary. Enjoy. by our ability to understand Rebel American Zen Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. • • • Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click) • • •
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Blue Jay Member (Idle past 2723 days) Posts: 2843 From: You couldn't pronounce it with your mouthparts Joined: |
Hi, ICANT.
ICANT writes: But yes I realize that no evolutionist here believes that one critter had to become another critter. Good. Such is the point of this thread. Having recognized this, do you now agree that a lead bar turning into a gold bar is not an appropriate analogy for biological evolution? -Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus) Darwin loves you.
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bluescat48 Member (Idle past 4215 days) Posts: 2347 From: United States Joined: |
You want to lump a bunch of stuff into a pile and give it a name. But that is what you are doing. If you call all bacteria a kind, you are lumping organisms that are more distantly related than a human & a starfish. You separate lion & tiger but put all mushrooms as the same kind. The problem is your use of common names to differentiate organisms. This is why the term "kind" is useless in scientific classification. At least a clad uses organisms that show some sense of relationship. Edited by bluescat48, : typio There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002 Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969 Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008
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ICANT Member Posts: 6769 From: SSC Joined: Member Rating: 1.6 |
Hi Meldinoor,
Meldinoor writes: ICANT, I realize it might be hard for you to define a kind. I don't think it is hard to define. It is just hard for you to grasp the definition. KIND, n. Race; generic class; as in mankind or humankind. KIND, a. Disposed to do good to others. This is the way the word was defined when it was used in the KJV of the Bible in 1611. The one used in Genesis is a noun so it would mean there is: A mankind, a horse kind, a zebra kind, a ass kind, a cow kind, a tiger kind, a lion kind etc.
Melindoor writes: When birds evolved from ancestral archosaurs there was never a point when they were neither archosaurs nor birds. All the pictures I find of an archosaurs, looks like a bunch of birds that walk around in my yard every day eating the grubs out of my grass. Now how you get from a bi-ped bird creature to a 4 leged crocodilians is kinda hard to figure out.
Meldinoor writes: This is a very simple concept, and furthermore, it doesn't prove evolution, nor is it evidence against your personal beliefs in YEC. I am not YEC.
Melindoor writes: You only have to understand how evolution works, and unlearn how it doesn't. Why do I have to understand how we evolved from a single cell life form to mankind? When it never happened. The first thing I would have to have is evidence that the first life form began to exist and was produced by a non life form. Which is a scientific impossibility, which has been verified over the past 150 years. If you don't know how something began to exist there is no way you can figure out how it got from there to here. You may believe (have faith) that you know but that is a long way from scientific evidence. If you have scientific, verifiable, reproducable evidence how mankind evolved from a non life form then present it. Now you can trot out the old evolution does not address abiogenesis argument if you want to. Just don't expect me to accept that modification to the early theory. Darwin had an origin for the life he thought evolved. Without life there is nothing to evolve.
Meldinoor writes: Only then can you decide whether you want to continue rejecting it. You want me to accept it. Yet it is a fact non life can not produce life. It is a fact that life produces life and is verified 264 times per minute by humans around the world. If only life can produce life then the first life on earth had to be produced by a life form. Therefore evolution from a non life form to mankind could never happened. I'm sorry I just don't have enough faith to believe that it did. Your faith is greater than mine. God Bless, "John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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