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Evolution is not a provable scientific fact - it relies on extrapolation and speculation rather than empirical observable evidence.
Evolutionists often confuse conjecture for hypothesis.
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The five propositions below seem to be the most common misconceptions based on a Creationist straw-man version of evolution. If you hear anyone making any of them, chances are excellent that they don't know enough about the real theory of evolution to make informed opinions about it.
Evolution has never been observed.
Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
There are no transitional fossils.
The theory of evolution says that life originated, and evolution proceeds, by random chance.
Evolution is only a theory; it hasn't been proved.
Explanations of why these statements are wrong are given below. They are brief and therefore somewhat simplified; consult the references at the end for more thorough explanations.
The five propositions below seem to be the most common misconceptions based on a Creationist straw-man version of evolution. If you hear anyone making any of them, chances are excellent that they don't know enough about the real theory of evolution to make informed opinions about it.
Evolution has never been observed.
Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
There are no transitional fossils.
The theory of evolution says that life originated, and evolution proceeds, by random chance.
Evolution is only a theory; it hasn't been proved.
Explanations of why these statements are wrong are given below. They are brief and therefore somewhat simplified; consult the references at the end for more thorough explanations.
MIcro evolution is a misnomer created by those who don't actually understand evolution.
Since all micro evolution truly is, is macro evolution on a smaller scale.
Then again, nobody has yet to ever come up with a coherent argument against evolution. If they have, then evolution would not be a scientfic theory, which is as close to fact as you get when it comes to science.
I happen to believe that it takes a lot more faith to believe that earth was created out of random coincidental happenstance as opposed to the hand of a brilliant creator.
Creationism implies that the universe is too complex to not have an intelligent designer at the wheel. Problem is, if that's true, then who created the creator? Sounds like it would be pretty complex in and of itself, so by your own theory, someone/thing must have created that too. And on and on. I discovered this inconsistency when I was about 10, so any functional adult should be able to follow.
Also an honest investigation would consider both sides of the controversy - including this rebuttal to the above article:
Some issues do not actually have two sides.
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