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Line 2: − Creationist scientist assert the the following: the homology argument is not a legitimate argument for the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary view]]; the homology argument has problems; and homology is best explained by creation according to a common plan. <ref>Parker</ref><ref>Kofahl, 1992</ref><ref name="Bergman" /><ref>Anon., 1992</ref>+ − In particular, creationist scientists assert the the widely cited chimp/human [[DNA]] homology argument is invalid.<ref>Batten, 1996</ref><ref>Purdom, 2006</ref><ref>Sarfati</ref> + + − + −
→Invalidity of the Homology Argument: Partial rewrite
== Invalidity of the Homology Argument ==
== Invalidity of the Homology Argument ==
Creation scientists claim that similarity can just as readily be explained by a common Designer as common ancestry, and that homology is therefore not evidence that can be used to support the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary view]].<ref>Parker</ref><ref name="Bergman" /><ref>Anon., 1992</ref>
Consequently, the widely-cited chimp/human [[DNA]] homology argument is also invalid.<ref>Batten, 1996</ref><ref>Purdom, 2006</ref><ref>Sarfati</ref>
Furthermore, they argue that the evidence of ''against'' the evolutionary view. For example, you would expect that similarity due to common ancestry would be controlled by similar genes passed down from ancestors to descendants. Yet there are many examples where similar (homologous) structures are controlled by ''different'' genes.<ref>Kofahl, 1992</ref>
[[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] wrote regarding the homology argument the following:
In addition, creationists argue that similarity is not just explainable by creation, but predicted. [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] explains:
{{cquote|Homologous structures, far from pointing away from a designer of infinite wisdom, would have indicated to readers of the Bible in their time a designer who did indeed possess infinite wisdom and mastery over His creation. It is only because modern persons have arbitrarily decided that a certain degree of what they see as ‘originality’ is a proper means value that the evolutionists’ argument carries any apparent force.
{{cquote|Homologous structures, far from pointing away from a designer of infinite wisdom, would have indicated to readers of the Bible in their time a designer who did indeed possess infinite wisdom and mastery over His creation. It is only because modern persons have arbitrarily decided that a certain degree of what they see as ‘originality’ is a proper means value that the evolutionists’ argument carries any apparent force.