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No they are useless as legs. They may still retain some other function.
The evolutionary wish list denied by you ishereandhere


Um yep, you're right! Never seen a whale walk on water! But these bones aren’t even vestigial as mentioned previously time and time again. These “pelvises” are different in the males and females and play an important role in sexual reproduction, why do you fail to acknowledge this? There’s probably nothing more important to the whale’s ongoing survival!

Example of so-called vestigal organs:

Tonsils - which supply phagocytes to the mouth and pharynx to destroy certain harmful bacteria.

Parathyroid glands - which regulate the calcium and phosphate balance in the plasma.

Appendix - which plays a part in the control of intestinal flora and fights disease in the intestinal tract.

Thymus gland - studies show that it confers antibody producing capacity to the lymphoid tissue during the early portion of life.

Coccyx bone - which serves as an attachment to the sphincter anal externus muscle which is used in eliminating waste from the large intestine.

This should give people just a wee example of what evolutionists have attempted put across as "useless" (or leftovers). I already gave the example of the human embryo and all the bollocks that surrounded that too and this is usually ignored or "overlooked", and then they wonder why we're not suckered into more of the same <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/looney.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the charts in the links, but evolutionists have already been caught adding/subtracting or exaggerating certain aspects to fit in with their theory or placing fossils together as transitional forms, when they really do not know if they are or not. We know crocs do well in water and land....does this make them a transitional form? Are they in the middle of becoming a complete land dwelling creature or sea mammal? I very much doubt it, they've been this way since we've known about them. But the evolutionist would have us believe differently and no doubt would have us believe they are on their way to becoming something else. Funnily enough, whatever it is that a creature does, whether in water, on land, or dwells in both, they seem to do just fine as they are. One wonders why the evolutionist can never accept any creature for being what it is....common ancestors are one thing, but evolution? One kind evolving into a completely different creature? How can any amount of time produce that? What is it about time that is magical to the evolutionist I wonder?

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So how different does it have to become before you would declare it is no longer "micro" evolution. How far away from the original wolf (where dogs came from) should the progeny be before you say that it is not wolf anymore? What is the dividing line? Is it toy poodle, mastiff or terrier? How about one that looks like a cat?

When does "micro" become "macro"? You'll have to tell me where the demarcation point is because neither of those terms are used to describe evolution since almost all changes are small. They just add up to big changes over time.


Micro evolution is something we observe. Macro evolution is not. I think it's obvious Linear, no matter how different the breed of dog is, they can interbreed (as long as there is not ludicrous size difference) and they are still obviously dogs. A child can tell a dog very easily, just ask one to point it out. Any kind of dog will do, kids do very well. They don't tend to get confused like adults. The changes are small, they don't "add up" to anything because dogs stay dogs. It is simply variation differences, not one kind of animal becoming something else. Evolution preaches that things are continually evolving/improving and one kind of animal can become something else. We have simply not observed this to be the case. Dogs bark, cats meow......and you want me to show you the the demarcation point?
(cat)<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/garfield.gif" alt="" /> <------- <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shiftyeyes.gif" alt="" /> ------> (dog) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/snoopy.jpg" alt="" /> if I come up with a dat or a cog, I'll let you know. Though you can ponder about Goofy if you want, he wears a hat and drives a car.

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So how different does it have to become before you would declare it is no longer "micro" evolution. How far away from the original wolf (where dogs came from) should the progeny be before you say that it is not wolf anymore? What is the dividing line? Is it toy poodle, mastiff or terrier? How about one that looks like a cat?



Even if you get a dog to look like a cat (can you give me an example of one by the way?), is it becoming a cat simply because it's been bred to have external characteristics that resemble one? Try interbreeding the two! See what happens. Let me know if achieve success.

Wolves and dog can interbreed and produce fertile off-spring. Wolves can be crossed with any breed of dog. The most common hybrids are wolf bred with malamute, husky, or German shepherd. Although wolf hybrids can occur naturally in the wild, this happens very infrequently due to the territorial nature of the wolf. Most hybrids are the result of deliberate breeding in captivity. This is not evolution, this is cross breeding between very closely related animals.

e.g. Dogote, the result of breeding a male domestic dog with a female Coyote. This particular cross is a German Shepherd / north western Coyote from northern Washington state near the border of B.C.

Coydog, the result of breeding any domesticated female dog breeds with a male Coyote. This particular cross is a Coyote / Irish Setter.

Coywolf, the result of breeding a Wolf with a Coyote. This particular cross is a Coyote / Red Wolf.

Wolfdog, the result of breeding domesticated dogs with wolves. This particular cross is a Gray Wolf / Alaskan Malamute cross.

I think it would be very hard to say how much it's now a wolf, as opposed to how much is dog. So many mixtures of dogs in themselves, let alone breeding wolves and dogs together. This is not evolution. It's a no brainer to see how closely related the wolf and the dog are, and the fact they can successfully interbreed and produce offspring is a testament to that fact. The only issues with this would be size related as I mentioned. Through breeding dogs down to a tiny size, or a huge size. What you are talking about is not evolution though. No kind has miraculously, through time and chance, just started to become something else. Everything you are talking about here is related to breeding. As I mentioned, you can breed lions and tigers together too, though usually there is a problem with sterile offspring.

Where is this magical force of evolution that causes these animals to spontaneously start evolving into another kind of animal? You can't even breed them into another kind of animal, let alone wait for it to happen on its own.

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I looked into 7-day creation for quite some time, finding almost no supportive scientific evidence, before abandoning it.


Does man know the mind of God? How on earth can man possibly fully comprehend omnipotence? Are you aware that we as humans are limited and God is not? If God could do any of this at all, what makes you think He's restricted by anything? Do you think God is restricted by His own laws? His own creation? Time? He's outside of it all, He owns it all, He's above it all. He could have done it in 7 hours if He wanted to. Everything is in subjection to Him. So no, you cannot possibly understand the mind or ways of God, nobody can. This is why we call Him "God". Limitless! Timeless! Beyond our comprehension.

But you won't hear me preaching it as science, because number 1, I'm not a scientist, 2 I am a limited human being, 3 I believe it by faith and 4 evolution fails to explain the intricate balance and wonders/laws of the universe, solar system and the life on earth, vast wonders, impossible for the limited mind of man to fully comprehend or explain. I have no problems believing in a creator being. None whatsoever. I find, if anything, that the miracle of life itself and what I see around me remind me of the mind behind it all.