RE: lungs

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:12:55 -0700

Bill Payne:
"Just how such an utterly different respiratory system could have
evolved gradually from the standard vertebrate design is fantastically
difficult to envisage, especially bearing in mind that the maintenance
of respiratory function is absolutely vital to the life of an organism
to the extent that the slightest malfunction leads to death within
minutes.

Another flawed logic. Argument from personal incredulity is not considered very convincing.

Bill Payne:
As Michael Behe (_Darwin's Black Box_) points out, the underlying
molecular machinery which constructs, coordinates and controls these
organs of life is infinitely more complex and difficult to imagine
arising by time plus chance.>>

Sadly enough Behe showed no such thing, other than perhaps his lack of imagination ?

Bill Payne:
So we are left with a choice, either we agree with the evolutionists
that these gaps were *somehow* bridged over time, or we believe that the
various types of animals were created as distinct groups. Which
requires the greater faith?>>

The idea that an invisible untouchable Creator has been busy leaving evidence confusing the people He created or the cold facts themselves?

You have just created a perfect strawman that you very easily could attack. Luckily real science does not rely on such arguments.

Bill