fact of evolution from RE: Student perceptions re evolution

From: bivalve (bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 15:36:43 EDT

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    >Obviously, YECs do not start with Ontological
    >Naturalism and so for them, Abiogenesis and Evolution
    >are not required facts, and theories of evolution are
    >exercises in futility.

    Actually, the latter does not necessarily follow from the first part. Although abiogenesis and evolution are not necessary in a YEC or other view that invokes the possibility of miraculous creation, neither are they ruled out. A YEC timescale would require evolution to happen extremely rapidly in order to have general common descent, but YECs are often fond of suggesting that things happened extremely rapidly.

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