Re: A reaction to ID

Why must we assume that all the niches were filled? Areas of slash and
burn agriculture seem to offer a new niche, as do the agricultural
structures of the Maya, and the similar structures more recently
discovered in Bolivia. The deforestation of more recent times in the
United States and, especially, Haiti, as well as the melting of the
tundra now going on, seem also to open new niches. If species develop in
a matter of a few centuries, we ought to be seeing similar developments
in all of the areas I have mentioned. Of course, if God miraculously
pushed speciation right after the Flood, or if Satan was doing it and
poohed out, we could have a Creation Science/Flood Geology explanation.
Dave

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:29:38 -0500 "Mike Tharp" <mtharp@exammaster.com>
writes:
Wouldn’t the “rapid explosion of speciation” have slowed dramatically to
its current pace after the earth was repopulated and all the niches
filled?
 

From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Dick Fischer
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:07 PM
To: ASA
Subject: Re: A reaction to ID
 
Dave wrote:

Unless the flood geologists err in not shrinking all the species to near
microscopic size on entering the Ark, extremely fast macroevolution is an
essential part of YEC theory.

This is true. It is ironic that the YEC scenario calls for massive
macroevolution on a much faster time line than even biologists do. And
if all this rapid explosion of speciation took place after the flood why
did it all of a sudden stop? But if you want to start reciting YEC
inconsistencies where would we stop?

Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Wed Mar 2 14:02:46 2005