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| − | [[File:Darwin_monkey_cartoon.jpg|thumb|180px|Caricature of [[Charles Darwin]]. Great use of a a political cartoon from days of old. | + | [[File:Darwin_monkey_cartoon.jpg|thumb|180px|Caricature of [[Charles Darwin]]. To date, no fossils of ''H. darwinicus orangutanishicus'' have been found.]] |
| | A [[science|scientific]] [[theory]] proven by the logical principal of [[deduction]] cannot permit any counterexamples. In order to be true, the [[theory of evolution|theory of evolution by natural selection acting upon random mutation]] must be able to explain the origins of '''''all''''' living things in terms of a purely [[naturalism|naturalistic view]]. '''If any of the counterexamples listed below is correct, then the theory of evolution fails'''. Moreover, if there is merely a 5% chance that each of these counterexamples is correct (and the odds are far higher than that<ref>Many of the counterexamples are indisputable, rendering each of their probabilities of being correct nearly 100%.</ref>), then the odds that these counterexamples are ''all'' incorrect and that evolution is true becomes very small (only a 4.6% chance that evolution is true with 60 possible counterexamples). | | A [[science|scientific]] [[theory]] proven by the logical principal of [[deduction]] cannot permit any counterexamples. In order to be true, the [[theory of evolution|theory of evolution by natural selection acting upon random mutation]] must be able to explain the origins of '''''all''''' living things in terms of a purely [[naturalism|naturalistic view]]. '''If any of the counterexamples listed below is correct, then the theory of evolution fails'''. Moreover, if there is merely a 5% chance that each of these counterexamples is correct (and the odds are far higher than that<ref>Many of the counterexamples are indisputable, rendering each of their probabilities of being correct nearly 100%.</ref>), then the odds that these counterexamples are ''all'' incorrect and that evolution is true becomes very small (only a 4.6% chance that evolution is true with 60 possible counterexamples). |
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| | ===Missing fossils=== | | ===Missing fossils=== |
| − | # The remarkable whale, which is a mammal, has no plausible evolutionary ancestor. Funny thing is that they have. If you look into the anatomy of a cetacean you will find that they have vestigial organs that link them to land animals. | + | # The remarkable whale, which is a mammal, has no plausible evolutionary ancestor. |
| − | # No transitional forms appear for horses, instead different and distinct horse-like animals appear in the fossil record<ref>[[Ray Comfort]], in the Forward to the 150th anniversary edition of "On the Origin of Species"</ref> Again not all fossils have bee are found. Over 90% of the animals that have lived on earth have gone extinct | + | # No transitional forms appear for horses, instead different and distinct horse-like animals appear in the fossil record<ref>[[Ray Comfort]], in the Forward to the 150th anniversary edition of "On the Origin of Species"</ref> |
| | # The enormous gaps and lack of intermediate species in the [[fossils|fossil]] record, once all the frauds are removed. | | # The enormous gaps and lack of intermediate species in the [[fossils|fossil]] record, once all the frauds are removed. |
| − | # No clear transition from unicellular to multicellular organisms. Not really a surprise it is hard to preserve a cell wall. | + | # No clear transition from unicellular to multicellular organisms. |
| − | # Mammalian fur and body hair. There is no known evolutionary pathway for the development of fur, and no fossil evidence of hair evolving from scales, even though it survives very well.<ref>http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/40/40_4/Bergman.htm</ref> | + | # Mammalian fur and body hair. There is no known evolutionary pathway for the development of fur, and no fossil evidence of hair evolving from scales, even though it survives very well.<ref>http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/40/40_4/Bergman.htm</ref> |
| | # A lack of any evolution from prehistoric forms has been demonstrated for many species. | | # A lack of any evolution from prehistoric forms has been demonstrated for many species. |
| − | # '''Where are the human ancestors?''' There are all over the place Ardipithecus,Australopithecus,and Homo erectus just a few | + | # '''Where are the human ancestors?''' (That is, the ones that weren't [http://www.conservapedia.com/Piltdown_Man frauds].) |
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| − | ===Paradoxical fossils=== try not to put to much thought into this. | + | ===Paradoxical fossils=== |
| | # The fact that new discoveries, such as ''[[Raptorex]],'' routinely call into question key dogmas of evolutionism and require the "immutable" laws of evolution to be reassessed. By contrast, creationism has prevailed in the face of scientific discoveries for six thousand years. | | # The fact that new discoveries, such as ''[[Raptorex]],'' routinely call into question key dogmas of evolutionism and require the "immutable" laws of evolution to be reassessed. By contrast, creationism has prevailed in the face of scientific discoveries for six thousand years. |
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| − | === Irreducible Complexity=== Is a sham theory. | + | === Irreducible Complexity=== |
| | # The [[immune system]] is irreducibly complex, as without one which is thoroughly developed, an organism would not be able to resist any infection<ref>Behe, Michael J. 1996. ''Darwin's Black Box'', New York: The Free Press, pp. 117-139.</ref><ref>[http://biology.creighton.edu/courses/BIO432/Evolution%2005.htm]</ref> | | # The [[immune system]] is irreducibly complex, as without one which is thoroughly developed, an organism would not be able to resist any infection<ref>Behe, Michael J. 1996. ''Darwin's Black Box'', New York: The Free Press, pp. 117-139.</ref><ref>[http://biology.creighton.edu/courses/BIO432/Evolution%2005.htm]</ref> |
| | # The extraordinarily long neck of the [[giraffe]]. It serves no function (the theory that giraffes use the long neck to eat from high tree branches was never true). The presence of valves in the neck (which are necessary because of its great length) raises a question of how one could have arisen without the other being there first.<ref>[http://www1.pacific.edu/~e-buhals/GIRAFFE2.htm]</ref> | | # The extraordinarily long neck of the [[giraffe]]. It serves no function (the theory that giraffes use the long neck to eat from high tree branches was never true). The presence of valves in the neck (which are necessary because of its great length) raises a question of how one could have arisen without the other being there first.<ref>[http://www1.pacific.edu/~e-buhals/GIRAFFE2.htm]</ref> |
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| | == Logical Conclusion == | | == Logical Conclusion == |
| − | All of the counter examples on this page are wrong. Evolution has been tested time and time again and is right. What has not been proven are all of the mechanisms that have cause as natural selection is the only one proven thus far.
| + | As scientific theories require that their laws be immutable, the existence of merely one counterexample disproves the truth of the rule. Thus, if evolution fails to account for any one of these items (or countless others), it must be discarded. |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |
| − | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_evolutionEvolution as theory and fac]]
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_theory_and_fact | + | *[[Counterexamples to an Old Earth]] |
| | + | *[[Creation vs. Evolution Videos]] |
| | + | *[[Counterexamples to Relativity]] |
| | + | *[[Counterexamples to the Bible]] |
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| | + | == External Links == |
| | + | *[http://creation.com/ Creation Ministries International] |
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| | == References == | | == References == |
| | {{reflist|2}} | | {{reflist|2}} |