Genetic Drift/Migration is always listed among the mechanisms of evolution, but can new kinds of plants or animals come into being merely because some that already exist wander off? This topic leads into a discussion of “Changes in Allele Frequency” which is both proposed as a mechanism of, and a definition for evolution, and fails in both categories. Once again, rubber ducks are called upon to clarify the science involved.
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C.S. Lewis imagines a bus strip from hell into heaven to see if any of the citizens of hell would choose to stay. In a novel that reads like a fun stage play (Which has since been turned into a fun stage play) Lewis images something between science fiction and deep theology in a dream about the choice which faces us all. Will we be the bride of Christ, or will we choose to be divorced from Jesus, Heaven, and eternal life?
See highlights from the stage play: https://youtu.be/Yzvo8wU7e7Y
Join the The Grunky Book Club as they discuss this classic work: https://youtu.be/0JpFnGPwcXU
“Hello again friends,” I said, standing tall, root beer in hand, “and welcome back to another discussion certain to get hate from people who don’t understand either side of the debate. When it comes to Creation vs Evolution I find there are a lot of people who defend evolution as fact with great emotion, and condemn me quite violently for rejecting it. Yet a little dialogue quickly shows that most of these people have literally no idea what Darwinian Evolution is.
“Because I am a friend to all people, I have created a wonderful definition for Darwinian Evolution and explained it in detail, and now I am using that very clear definition to explain why evolution literally never happens and is, almost entirely, literally impossible. Now let’s remind our selves of my very useful definition of Evolution.”
“All rise for the reading of the definition!” said Blue Beard, standing with me. Tom and Bill chuckled but remained seated. I read aloud from my hand written note card.
“Evolution is an unguided, Natural process which increases the genetic information in an organism; Creating new Genes which did not previously exist.
These new genes then cause an increase in physical complexity and associated behavior, Both of which increase the organism’s ability to survive and pass on these traits to offspring.”
When Darwin said that Natural Selection was the means by which species originated, did he mean that? When you open up the book and read what he said, you find that the title, like much of what he wrote, was wrong, and Darwin himself provides the reasons why Natural Selection is NOT the origin of any species. Tough science meets rubber ducks in this bit of orange.
Read Defining Evolution Ch 10: Migration/Genetic Drift athttps://abitoforange.com/2016/03/10/defining-evolution-10-natural-selection/
Lewis explains the defense of objective reality, and of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society. In another deep book for thinking people, Lewis brilliantly dismantles the subjectivism of his (and our) day.
Read the Study Guide from CSLewiscom here: http://www.cslewis.org/resources/stud…
Watch/Listen to ‘Men without Chests’ by C.S. Lewis Doodle (Chapter 1 of ‘The Abolition of Man’) here: https://youtu.be/tX5e6eSkaMc
“Nowhere was Darwin able to point to one bona fide case of natural selection having actually generated evolutionary change in nature…Ultimately, the Darwinian theory of evolution is no more nor less than the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century.”
-Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crises (Bethesda, Maryland: Adler & Adler, 1986) pp. 62, 358.
Once again, a Thursday has come and my friends and I have slogged through it like a team of oxen pulling a wagon train through a muddy fiord. What gives us strength to carry on, though Friday is a day away and the weekend even further, is the knowledge that Nachos are just around the corner. I mean that both figuratively and literally, as the Nachos are our Thursday night fiesta, and Danny’s Bar, Grill, and House of Rabblerousing is only a few blocks from where any of us work. We gathered once again at the round table near the dart board to continue the conversation we started some weeks ago about the historicity of the Darwinian Dogma.
“My good friends,” I said, standing tall, root beer in frosty mug in hand, “as you recall, I have given a gift to the world. I have provided the very first useful definition of Darwinian Evolution: Continue reading
Darwin vaguely suggests that “Natural Selection” and “Survival of the Fittest” are the same thing, but when you look at EVERYTHING he says on that page of his book, you start to see that he didn’t really mean most of it.
In this video your Rent-A-Friend will explain why Darwin knew, and the evolutionary story requires more than just “The Fittest” to survive. Once again we’re filling in the gaps left by your science textbooks as we introduce “Survival of the Good Enough for Now.”
Read Defining Evolution Ch 9: Problems with Survival of the Fittest at
https://creationsoapbox.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/defining-evolution-9-survival-of-the-good-enough-for-now
Darwin vaguely suggests that “Natural Selection” and “Survival of the Fittest” are the same thing, but when you look at EVERYTHING he says on that page of his book, you start to see that he didn’t really mean most of it.
In this video Bryan will explain why Darwin knew, and the evolutionary story requires more than just “The Fittest” to survive. Once again we’re filling in the gaps left by your science textbooks as we introduce “Survival of the Good Enough for Now.”
Read Defining Evolution Ch 9: Problems with Survival of the Fittest at
https://creationsoapbox.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/defining-evolution-9-survival-of-the-good-enough-for-now
Enjoy this Bit of Orange, and thanks for letting me be your Rent-A-Friend.
Lewis argues that, before you can look into history to determine if a particular miracle has happened, you must first look into philosophy to determine if miracles CAN happen. A brilliant and heavy work of philosophy, theology, and history, this book covers a lot of ground in detail and will make you think.
Listen to Lewis’s words about this book by watching “Miracles – A Preliminary Study by C.S. Lewis Doodle (‘The Scope of This Book’)” here: https://youtu.be/BboJqrW8a8U
Do you know something awesome which everyone else needs to know? Let me know in the comments below! Enjoy this Bit of Orange, And thanks for letting me be your Rent-A-Friend.
Ordinarily I begin at the start of a new Thursday, but there was a conversation which the lads and I had during the end of our weekly run at Nacho hill at Danny’s Bar, Grill, and House of Rabblerousing which I think was worth retelling.
Before our Nachos came to the table, I had said, “Being the first carrier of the lucky new gene doesn’t help you, and doesn’t even help you pass it along to the next generation. Getting that new gene into the population and expressed as new features is truly just dumb luck.”
And Blue Beard had replied in his cheeky manner, “T’was the idea of Darwin’s book, wasn’t it? Survival of the Just Dumb Luckiest?”
And while we were munching on the week’s Nacho intake, I got to thinking about Darwin’s Original idea, survival of the Fittest, and I started to get ideas.
“Hey,” I said, once our assault on the Nachos had begin to subside, “have you guys ever really considered Darwin’s idea of Survival of the Fittest?”
“Is it finally dawning on you that something Darwin wrote is so obvious that even you can’t deny it?” asked Carl, full of vinegar, emotionally speaking.
“Actually, quite the opposite,” I said. “I’m starting to think that he’s even wrong about that.” Continue reading
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