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Originally Posted by greenbaggins  Any kind of evolution from one species to another is ruled out of court in Genesis 1 by the fact that God created all living beings "according to their kind." This clearly indicates that each kind is distinct. Furthermore, there must be a clear distinction made here between micro-evolution and macro-evolution. The former happens all the time when a species develops in order to adapt to its environment. Think of the fruit fly experiments, for instance. But the key here is that they remained fruit flies. They did not change into aardvarks. If macro-evolution were true, one would expect evidence of intermediary forms. Science has not produced these. All the so-called fossil evidence isn't. Most of them are hoaxes perpetrated in order to support a theory. There is certainly no evidence of intermediary forms in the world of living animals today. Similarity of form can be much easier explained by the fact that when God created a template that He liked, He used it more than once. |
Lane, unfortunately this is incorrect. Speciation has occurred and does occur. To deny it is to deny simple observation. HOWEVER, you are correct that most of what we see around us is adaption rather than speciation. And while I am an Old Earth Creationist, I do not believe in macro-evolution as a means of explaining the world around us. Basic Darwinian concepts are very valid (like you said, "micro-evolution"), but to extrapolate that to macro-evolution over millions of years to explain the current existence of the biosphere is absurd, and poor science. And you are also correct that we would expect to see almost infinite numbers of transitional species, when in fact we see relatively few.
But where I disagree with you is the idea that speciation does not occur, and that reproduction of every animal "after their own kind" precludes the development of any new species after the original creation. This just isn't true, as we can see from observing animals and plants; new species have arisen during our lifetime. Again, it does not validate evolution on a large scale, but small-level speciation does indeed occur. So, either Genesis 1 is incorrect or our reading of it is incorrect. Obviously it must be the latter...