Evolution v Creationism: guided evolution? dhw? (Evolution)

by David Turell , Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 01:26 (3502 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: Your theory, as I understand it, is that God created the universe and life in order to produce human beings..... God knows what he's doing, and so your theory fits the billions of galaxies and stars. In order to produce humans, God preprogrammed the first living cells with the weaverbird and its nest, the spider and its silk, the monarch and its weird lifestyle. It is not clear why these were necessary for the production of humans, but they are what we observe, God knows what he is doing, and therefore your theory fits the weaverbird, the spider and the monarch. ....It's possible that God dabbled to keep evolution on course for production of humans. It is not clear why he would have to dabble if everything was preprogrammed, but since it is not clear what control he exercised over changes in the environment, maybe he had to counteract those, or...well...who knows why he would have had to dabble? It's just not clear. But God knows what he is doing, and therefore your theory fits the need to dabble. Your theory fits its parts, except that it's not clear how your theory fits its parts.-It is not clear to you but it is to me, just as you have stated. God guided evolution, because only a planning mind can explain what we see. All the extraneous stuff you worry about is what we see, Accept it and return to the obvious. It has to be planned. Remember no intermediate steps, only large leaps. One must take into account all evidence, not just the confusing parts that have no rational explanation that we can reach at this time, as to why God allowed life to develop all the weird branches of the bush, such as whales, which make no sense as to why they are here.-Back to the whales: eight steps (species) with enormous body form changes, i.e., pelvis but no tail bones. Respiratory changes: no mouth breathing but out of a hole in the back of the neck! Enormous increase in myoglobin (holds oxygen in muscles) for deep sea diving; can't breathe down there. Special kidney physiology; different internal organization; must hyper-concentrate electrolytes (especially sodium)because of living in salt water. Also special expulsion muscles to produce urine at under water pressures. Finally don't drink, but extract water from diet. Whew!-http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CEgQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Facademic.keystone.edu%2FJSkinner%2FThe_Anatomy_and_Physiology_of_Toothed_and_Baleen.ppt&ei=Me82Va7wK5W1yAT7hYCgDA&usg=AFQjCNG4X9x3LfDF0aOihUV0x9Gj0pnzxw&sig2=FugkVFBAcJ0X8ITufgMfjg-And the way the calf nurses for sometimes more than a year is through a special tongue that acts like a straw! No lips for sucking!-http://www.insideseaworld.com/baby-dolphin-nursing-how-do-they-do-it-Life started at sea, advanced to land, and then some mammals went back again. What kind of advancement planning is that? And you want as IM unguided to set all this up. Talk about a theory that clearly doesn't fit its parts.