Evolution: gaps are very real (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, July 03, 2017, 17:34 (2489 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: Of course you think that anyone who agrees with you has the right approach. You have no way of knowing if something that appears sentient is or is not sentient (plus cognitive, plus decision-making), and therefore at the very least you should respect Shapiro’s conclusions.

I have reviewed Shapiro's findings and am allowed to reach my own conclusions as to what they mean. I've done this all throughout scientific findings.

I am aware that your concept of saltations requires future planning, and am also aware that after much vacillation you decided that your God’s powers were not limited. Now apparently he is incapable of intervening (“dabbling”) in order to restructure organisms in response to environmental changes (i.e. without advanced planning). There is no consistency in your arguments.

Another misinterpretation. A mind can look at the future, conceive of what is desired, and plan for it with time or in some cases rather instantaneously if the change is simple. God's mind can do it all. Coming down from trees requires structural changes to the skeleton. Must be planned. Entering an aquatic lifestyle has the same requirements. All saltations are large gaps in the fossil record, and must be planned.

dhw: I have no problem with faith, but I do have a problem if someone claims that blind faith in a senseless theory is logical.

Senseless to you.