Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Why is WikiPedia so slow?

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Well you see that is the problem I have.

I don't have a problem with evolution per se, however I have read some
interesting information that actually still debunks the whole idea of
natural selection. That on the surface does not really debunk
evolution, but it raises some serious questions about at least part of
Darwin's work.

As far as man being descendant of Apes. I find it interesting that
there is really no fossil record for the apes that exist today. Man,
being a descendant of the ape has all sorts of fossil record to
support that theory, almost to the point of becoming religious dogma
about it. Yet, chimpanzees have little to no fossil record to speak
of.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0831_050831_chimp_teeth.html

So why then, if man and chimpanzee and orangutan and gorilla all
evolved from one common ancester, why can we not trace back their
family tree? Is it possibly because there was no evolution in those
creatures? Or perhaps so little evolution as to make them
undescernable from their present day counterparts? And if that is the
case, then how can evolution be all encompassing where every creature
evolves as Darwin suggested?

The of course there is they idea of survival of the fittest, but what
about luck? I read an example recently of a school of fish where 80%
of the fish were eaten by a whale, is this really survival of the
fittest? Additionally, babies are not very fit when they are born, is
it really survival of the fittest when they are not eaten early on? Or
is it a matter of luck?



On 1/5/06, Rick Buford <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Josh wrote:
> >>
> > And they are included in my edits. Do I consider their views valid? No.
> > But I, for one, am not too much of an ideologue to acknowledge their
> > existence when discussing the topic. And just for good measure: I
> > consider those views to be about as believable as the fallacy that is
> > evolution.
> >
> Putting my other comments aside for a moment, my question is: do you
> believe that evolution doesn't happen, or simply that man did not evolve
> from monkey?
>
> Rick
>
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> are pretty much standing on Darwin's mat, pounding on the door,
> screaming, "Take me, take me!"
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