jvarnell
Premium Member
And evolutionary theory as accepted by biology is not anti-religion, either. I know it because I am a Christian and I also am a biologist who accepts evolution as the most valid explanation of the diversity of life. As for what "Darwins theory" [sic] does or does not "explain"--what you claim makes no sense.
Here is the modern evolutionary model in a nutshell:
Biological diversity exists and a great deal of that is due to genomic and epigenomic variation, as recorded in the genome sequences and epigenomic markers. These variations can strongly influence the phenotype (organism), which can live in a population of other members of the same organism. These organisms can respond (survive and reproduce) with different levels of success, depending on genomic and epigenomic variation. Should a given different level of success be insufficiently high, the individuals with that variant will diminish and potentially die out. However, if a population is sufficiently large, these effects will be damped. However however, if a population gets isolated in some way, this effect will be magnified. Over sufficient time (usually thousands to millions of years), these can "add up". Likewise, once a species has "gone" in a different direction, it is intrinsically constrained regarding where it could "go" in the future. Now, "DNA time lines" are just a bunch of guesswork. The only "DNA time lines" that are not guesswork are timelines that have been directly sequenced. What we have is a very patchy neanderthal, a single complete denisovan, several sapiens genomes. We have several modern primate genomes, too. There is no "DNA time line". There is no measure of "brain power" that can be quantified. However, I will accept that a 7% increase in cranial capacity may have occurred. That's not inexplicable under the current model.
Variation exists, including in brain sizes. That variation could reflect greater capacity to learn. Given enough time, a limited enough population, and a rigorous enough environment, that capacity will trend. Over enough time, a 7% positive trend can occur by simple weeding out. After all, artificial selection works this way, but a LOT faster.
If one can merely, by fiat, state that evolutionary theory is automatically anti-religion, then one can make an equally valid argument about Freemasonry.
No you must not have read what I said........DARWIN's Evelution theroy is anti-religous not all eveloutionay theorys...