My overall view from this boards.

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Originally posted by Matt:

Mutation has nothing to do with variation!! Can you prove that it does?

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Mutation is the major cause of variation. If you have actually read anything besides creationist sites or popular press books you would know this.Try a search on PubMed using the key words "Point mutation", here are the first two hits you will get:1: Visapaa I I, Fellman V, Vesa J, Dasvarma A, Hutton JL, Kumar V, Payne GS, Makarow M, Van Coster R, Taylor RW, Turnbull DM, Suomalainen A, Peltonen L.GRACILE Syndrome, a Lethal Metabolic Disorder with Iron Overload, Is Caused by a Point Mutation in BCS1L.
Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Sep 5 [epub ahead of print]
PMID: 12215968 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]2: Fernandez R, Marchal JA, Sanchez A, Pasaro E.A point mutation, R59G, within the HMG-SRY box in a female 45,X/46,X, psu dic(Y)(pter-->q11::q11-->pter).
Hum Genet. 2002 Sep;111(3):242-6.
PMID: 12215836 [PubMed - in process]Maybe, just maybe, you should do a little research before making such bold assertions?------------------
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Originally posted by Matt:
Hey. Look. I am talking about transformations from one kind of animal into the next. Not about variations within a kind. I am talking about the big picture here.

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The mechanism for change within a 'kind' or from one 'kind' to another are exactly the same. Why don't you define 'kind' and then we can look for examples for you?

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Originally posted by Matt:

You're the one making bold assertations. Have you ever SEEN a Dog produce a non-Dog? How about a bacterium turning into a mosquito?

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For starters, this is a strawman, evolution doesn't claim that bacteria will give 'birth' to a mosquito. Secondly, your logic is flawed. Did you see your father impregnate your mother? No? Well then it obviously didn't happen and you don't exist. See the problem?------------------
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