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Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:23 am
by DBowling
Charles Darwin was aware of the problem that the fossil record of the Cambrian Explosion presented for his Theory of Evolution.
Stephen Meyer, the author of the book Darwin's Doubt, gives a lecture on the difficulties of the Cambrian Explosion for Darwin's theory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg8bqXGrRa0
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:13 am
by RickD
Wow, that's long!
Do you have anything more ADD friendly?
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:36 am
by Stu
Huh, mine is ad free...
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:38 am
by RickD
Stu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:36 am
Huh, mine is ad free...
ADD friendly=Attention Deficit Disorder. Video is long.
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:50 am
by Stu
RickD wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:38 am
Stu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:36 am
Huh, mine is ad free...
ADD friendly=Attention Deficit Disorder. Video is long.
LOL
Do it in stages, not one sitting
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:51 am
by RickD
Stu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:50 am
RickD wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:38 am
Stu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:36 am
Huh, mine is ad free...
ADD friendly=Attention Deficit Disorder. Video is long.
LOL
Do it in stages, not one sitting
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:55 am
by DBowling
RickD wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:13 am
Wow, that's long!
Do you have anything more ADD friendly?
How about a 26 minute summary?
https://www.c-span.org/video/?314455-10/darwins-doubt
Or if you like reading you can check out the book
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:54 am
by Philip
Rick means he needs information that dumbs it down for the dumb - particularly those only obsessively checking their smartphones!
Rick, at least get an ipad!
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:58 am
by RickD
Philip wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:54 am
Rick means he needs information that dumbs it down for the dumb - particularly those only obsessively checking their smartphones!
Rick, at least get an ipad!
Actually, I have an iPad. And FYI, I'll probably watch the video on my iPad, while I'm riding the exercise bike.
You do know what exercise is, don't you Philip?
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:43 pm
by Philip
Rick: Actually, I have an iPad. And FYI, I'll probably watch the video on my iPad, while I'm riding the exercise bike.
Good, Rick - it's just that how are you going to watch an hour video when you don't exercise for more than 5 minutes a day?
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:03 pm
by RickD
Philip wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:43 pm
Rick: Actually, I have an iPad. And FYI, I'll probably watch the video on my iPad, while I'm riding the exercise bike.
Good, Rick - it's just that how are you going to watch an hour video when you don't exercise for more than 5 minutes a day?
Let's see...
One minute riding the bike per day...
I'll be done with the video in about two months.
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:57 pm
by RickD
I tried to watch the hour long video, but it was not holding my attention. I just watched the 26 minute video. The guy seems to know his stuff. A lot of what he said, I wouldn't know one way or the other if it were true. I'd like to hear a theistic evolutionist's take on it.
Since Meyer really seems to know his stuff, it got me thinking...
If a guy as smart as Meyer, ever adopted the Gap Theory, he surely could defeat evolution!
Sorry acb. Couldn't resist.
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:00 am
by DBowling
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:03 am
by Davy
What Meyer is saying is pretty basic.
In the fossil record there is a Gap (+for ACB) between old species and a sudden burst of new species (already complex, appearing suddenly and not slowly over time which evolution theory requires). Evolutionists have always known about this Gap in the fossil record, they just don't choose to share it. It is essentially what Meyer is saying that Darwin could not account for in his origin of species theory.
In a nutshell, it reveals a probable destruction event, and then a sudden springing forth of 'newly created life'.
Re: Darwin's Doubt
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:38 am
by RickD
Davy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:03 am
What Meyer is saying is pretty basic.
In the fossil record there is a Gap (+for ACB) between old species and a sudden burst of new species (already complex, appearing suddenly and not slowly over time which evolution theory requires). Evolutionists have always known about this Gap in the fossil record, they just don't choose to share it. It is essentially what Meyer is saying that Darwin could not account for in his origin of species theory.
In a nutshell, it reveals a probable destruction event, and then a sudden springing forth of 'newly created life'.
Meyer isn't talking about the supposed gap that Gap theorists refer to. Meyer is talking about the Cambrian Explosion.