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Common Creationist Complaint: How did sex originate?
Common Complaint: How did sex originate? Asexual reproduction gives up to twice as much reproductive success (‘fitness’) for the same resources as sexual reproduction, so how could the latter ever gain enough advantage to be selected? And how could mere physics and chemistry invent the complementary apparatuses needed at the same time (non-intelligent processes cannot plan…
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Common Creationist Complaint: Why is natural selection taught as evolution as if it explains the origin of life?
Common Complaint: Why is natural selection, a principle recognized by creationists, taught as ‘evolution’, as if it explains the origin of the diversity of life? By definition it is a selective process (selecting from already existing information), so is not a creative process. It might explain the survival of the fittest (why certain genes benefit creatures…
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So What is Evolution?
Probably the biggest reason many dismiss evolution is because most people have no idea what evolution actually is. Evolution is defined as a change in a population over time. That’s it. I know. It’s that simple. Which is why it is definitely happening. We witness evolution occurring all the time. Any time the genetic makeup…