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Lenny Flank (lflank_nospam@ij.net) 2003/12/19 17:09
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Boikat wrote:

> "Piorokrat" <piorokrat@autograf.pl> wrote in message news:<bruet4$ovl$1@news.onet.pl>...
>

>>news:abdf273b.0312182036.2b34b931@posting.google.com...
>>
>>>"Dr. Jason Gastrich" <news@jcsm.org> wrote in message
>>
>> news:<FYoEb.2258$Vs3.2012@twister.socal.rr.com>...
>>
>>>>Mujin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:04:57 +0000 (UTC), "Piorokrat"
>>>>><piorokrat@autograf.pl> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>[snip]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Fossils are a point which can be discussed. They are much rarer than
>>>>>>they should be bearing in mind what evolutionists say about the age
>>>>>>of the earth. I tend to believe that they are flood victims.
>>>>>
>>>>>OK, you're right.  This does bear discussion.  Exactly how many
>>>>>fossils are to be expected, and by how much does the number of
>>>>>existing fossils fall short?
>>>>
>>>>If punctualism is true, then we don't need many fossils at all.  Right?
>>>>Punctualism disagrees with Darwinism on this.  IMHO, punctualism was the
>>>>theory that evolutionists put forth after the fossils weren't found.
>>>
>>>Quick quiz (Not that I expect you to actually respond):
>>>
>>>Who said:
>>>
>>>"I may here recall a remark formerly made, namely that it might
>>>require a long succession of ages to adapt an organism to some new and
>>>peculiar line of life, for instance to fly through the air; but that
>>>when this had been effected, and a few species had thus acquired a
>>>great advantage over other organisms, a comparatively short time would
>>>be necessary to produce many divergent forms, which would be able to
>>>spread rapidly and widely throughout the world."
>>>
>>>Gould/Eldredge
>>>
>>>Charles Darwin
>>>
>>>Louis Agassiz
>>>
>>>Boikat (No, not me)
>>>
>>
>>It reads like Darwin. I think I even remember this passage from the Origin
>>of Species.
>>
>>But I'm not sure.
>
>
> You are correct sir!  However, more than that, the point I wanted to
> get across to Jason (who appears to have either "plonked" me, or is
> simply avoiding answering my challenges to his claims) is that not
> only does Darwinism not conflict with Punk Eek, but rather, Darwin
> actually touched upon a premise of  Punk Eek.
>


Indeed, every time I read "Origin of Species" again, I am struck by the
simple fact that nearly every significant discovery in the biological
sciences in the past 100 years can be found in at least kernel form in
Darwin's writings.  The depth and richness of his insights is utterly
amazing.




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Lenny Flank
"There are no loose threads in the web of life"

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