Oh… I also thought that I would throw this into the mix.
When a creationist or evolution-denier says that “No one has ever seen an ape evolving into a man, or a dinosaur evolving into a bird.” Often, what they mean is that an Ape literally turned into a man while it was alive. The more subtle creationist will just imply that a thing that was fully ape gave birth to a thing that was fully man, yet I have discovered that both types are to be considered about equally likely to be encountered.
Neither type of Creationist or evolution-denier seems to understand that were these things to occur, both would disprove the Theory of Evolution...
Also, for anyone who wishes to know how far some of these people go… William Dembski, who runs a “University” that teaches “Creation Science” has, as part of one of his classes, an assignment whereby they get credit for making posts critical of evolution and in support of creation on what they term “Hostile Internet Forums”. PZ Myers has taken to deleting any posts and banning any members who are discovered to be part of these classes. Richard Dawkins’ forums have yet to devise a strategy against this sort of thing...
Oh… I also thought that I would throw this into the mix.
When a creationist or evolution-denier says that “No one has ever seen an ape evolving into a man, or a dinosaur evolving into a bird.” Often, what they mean is that an Ape literally turned into a man while it was alive. The more subtle creationist will just imply that a thing that was fully ape gave birth to a thing that was fully man, yet I have discovered that both types are to be considered about equally likely to be encountered.
Neither type of Creationist or evolution-denier seems to understand that were these things to occur, both would disprove the Theory of Evolution...
Also, for anyone who wishes to know how far some of these people go… William Dembski, who runs a “University” that teaches “Creation Science” has, as part of one of his classes, an assignment whereby they get credit for making posts critical of evolution and in support of creation on what they term “Hostile Internet Forums”. PZ Myers has taken to deleting any posts and banning any members who are discovered to be part of these classes. Richard Dawkins’ forums have yet to devise a strategy against this sort of thing...