The following (as usual from me
) is a copy of a topic from my facebook community discussions board.
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Question to us : How do you deal with the Argument from Christians that say
'Animals only ever change within their own kinds' ?
Answer:
It's a pretty common anti-Evolution argument posed by Evangelicals that makes absolutely no sense.
The mainstream version of this argument concludes that Micro-Evolution takes place but not Macro-Evolution, this is absurd as their isn't actually any difference between the two.
Micro Evolution = Small changes over a short period of time
Macro Evolution = Large changes over a long period of time
Conclusion = Micro Evolution over a long period of time = Macro Evolution.
Secondly, if animals are only every generating variations of themselves, then these people must then account for the absolute lack of fossil evidence for the majority of species during the Cambrian Explosion era (for example) or in fact, the lack of most of todays animals in a prehistoric setting, such as Rabbits and Chickens in the Triassic era.
Thirdly, the word 'kinds' is purposely used as it has no defined standard, leaving the idea of 'kinds' to be interchangeable/adapted to suit the theists argument, but even when left to their own devices their argument still fails, here's why...
(Key)
1 = Velociraptor
2 = Archeopterxy
3 = Caudipteryx
4= Dromornis
5= Modern ChickenA theist can argue that:
1 is just a '
kind' of 2
2 is just a '
kind' of 3
3 is just a '
kind' of 4
4 is just a '
kind' of 5
But what a theist CANNOT DO is then say that a (1)Velociraptor is just a 'kind' of (5)modern chicken!
Why? Because they are entirely different species and this reality is unavoidable, this is because small changes over short periods of time add up to large changes over long periods of time, so if you accept Micro-Evolution then you accept Macro Evolution by default, thus Evolution in its entirety.
It's near-impossible to not be aware of this and even though I hate to admit it, Theists generally aren't THAT moronic, so we have to wonder how 'Authentic' they're really being when they reject Evolution.
Topic: 'Kinds of Evolution'