Common Descent: Humans and Chimps / Mice and Rats

[gbrooks9 (George)]

@scd

[1] it means that evolution cant predict what will be the difference among species. and therefore evolution cant be test[ed] at this point.

[2] we can claim such a thing to any such contradiction we will find.

[3] this evidence fit naturally with special creation but not with a common descent. so the best (and simplest) explanation will be creation in this case.

@scd,

Common descent is a default logic. If the earth is 5 billion years, common descent is unavoidable… because nothing can stop DNA and RNA from changing and evolving.

Rejecting common descent is like rejecting the age of the earth.

Now, if you insist the Earth is 10,000 years old or less, then you are not just making a religious avowal, you are also opposing the eye witness of nature . . . and to no avail! Why? Because if think most of the fossils are from the flood, you still end up with the inexplicable:

1. where are all the human fossils that should be in the same layers as the dinosaur fossils?

2. to end up with the 1.5+ million species of terrestrial creatures that we see in the modern world, you still have to conclude there was hyper-evolution in the animals released from the Ark.

None of these conclusions can be sustained!