Macroevolution
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'''Macroevolution''' = [[evolution]] + lots of time. | '''Macroevolution''' = [[evolution]] + lots of time. | ||
| − | Macroevolution is a word beloved of anti-evolutionists but is little used in scientific circles. Anti-evolutionists consider it to mean evolution above the species level or the evolution of one species from another, something that science considers to be merely evolution. Many creationists, and like minded anti-evolutionists, will admit that microevolution, or adaptation, occurs, indeed they require it to be accelerated to extremes undreamt of by [[science]] in order to salvage their [[global flood]]/[[kinds]] theology, but will state emphatically that macroevolution is impossible,<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Microevolution</ref> without giving even one scientific data point to support this claim. | + | Macroevolution is a word beloved of anti-evolutionists but is little used in scientific circles. Anti-evolutionists consider it to mean evolution above the species level or the evolution of one species from another, something that science considers to be merely evolution. Many creationists, and like minded anti-evolutionists, will admit that microevolution, or adaptation, occurs, indeed they require it to be accelerated to extremes undreamt of by [[science]] in order to salvage their [[global flood]]/[[Baraminology|kinds]] theology, but will state emphatically that macroevolution is impossible,<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Microevolution</ref> without giving even one scientific data point to support this claim. |
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Revision as of 04:16, 13 September 2007
Macroevolution = evolution + lots of time.
Macroevolution is a word beloved of anti-evolutionists but is little used in scientific circles. Anti-evolutionists consider it to mean evolution above the species level or the evolution of one species from another, something that science considers to be merely evolution. Many creationists, and like minded anti-evolutionists, will admit that microevolution, or adaptation, occurs, indeed they require it to be accelerated to extremes undreamt of by science in order to salvage their global flood/kinds theology, but will state emphatically that macroevolution is impossible,[1] without giving even one scientific data point to support this claim.