Re: [asa] Re: Reading Genesis theologically NOT historically

Dear Jon,
You are a man of my heart. If only Christians would embrace
your statement, then the origins debate would disappear:

"I'm no biologist either, so I have to rely on those who have more
experience in the field."

Sadly, it's Christians who haven't spent a day in the biological
academy who are causing the problem.

Thanks for your intellectual honesty,
Denis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Tandy" <tandyland@earthlink.net>
To: "'asa'" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:52 PM
Subject: RE: [asa] Re: Reading Genesis theologically NOT historically

>I didn't really state anything about distinguishing micro versus
>macroevolution. I'm no biologist either, so I have to rely on those who
>have more experience in the field. And from what I read, your distinction
>between micro and macro is difficult if not impossible to maintain in
>practice. That doesn't stop a lot of creation science writers (mostly
>non-biologists) from making that distinction, of course.
>
> Jon Tandy
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:29 AM
> To: Jon Tandy
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> John:
>
> What you seem to be saying is that there is "really" no distinction
> between what is called micro-evolution and macro.
>
> I had thought that in micro evolution we have an established gene pool
> from which environmental factors could select or favor some.
>
> Whereas, in macro-evolution we need be speaking of some notion of new
> genes, ones that were not previously in the population, but, nonetheless,
> might be able to mate with those lacking the new genes.
>
> This distinction appears to make some sense to me and would, at least
> conceptually, permit the recognition of a new species, i.e., when a
> certain set of novel genes were in place.
>
> But as I've said before I don't really understand how genes are capable of
> determining what an adult looks like. If genes are merely segments of
> DNA, then it doesn't appear sufficiently equipped to establish the
> development or character of an individual.
>
> bill
>
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