Bryan Hackney wrote:

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> Species jumping evidence is very close to if not zero. If it were not,
> we would know about it, because the evolution proponents are desparate to
> keep their religion (sic) afloat. It may be a religion without a diety,
> but it requires no more faith than your garden variety deity based
> religion.

For the record: "sic" is Latin for "thus", and is used in quotations to
mean "his error, not mine".

All beliefs are ultimately based on faith. Science is distinguished from
other faiths in that it makes testable predictions. Most sciences evolve
as their unsupportable theories are modified to conform to experimental
observation or replaced altogether. Evolution is no exception, but it is
remarkable how robust Darwin's outline has proved to be.

If a belief system isn't falsifiable (i.e. if it doesn't lead to
predictions that can be checked against reality) it isn't science. True
or not, intelligent design isn't science.

The agency of a deity is commonly invoked in the absence mechanistic
knowledge. A common diagnosis in army field hospitals in Korea was
"GOK": God only knows.

Jerry
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