Reply to Ratzsch II

GRMorton@aol.com (DRATZSCH@legacy.Calvin.edu)
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 9:44:05 EST5EDT

In his second reply, Robert Van de water writes:

So in order for evolution not to have occurred God would have had to
create a stable situation where all of the current traits of a creature
were optimum. Such a system would allow no change over time. Not even
cyclical change, unless it was on a time scale much shorter than the
generation time. Is this really a credible scenario?

But the issue was not whether or not any such scenario was credible.
The issue at that point was whether or not it was true that the four
propositions by themselves made microevolution a 'mathematical
necessity', and point was simply that, contrary to the claim made, they
did not. That's all. And given the final paragraph in your second
response, I take it that that issue is no longer in dispute.

Del