Martin #fundie premierchristianity.com

Tom Walker: "What we observe is not Evolution, even in a small scale"
Yes, it is. I understand it and the body of evidence well enough to tell you it is. You don't. Out of more than 100 million scientifically educated folks with advanced degrees, a few thousand think you are right and the rest mostly ignore you as being insane.
When the world's experts tell you it is, and you deny it thinking that you know better than they do, that is a) almost certainly wrong and b) incredibly arrogant. Delusional by definition (delusions of grandeur).
You followed this up by telling me that you do accept evidence. No, you don't. I bet you hardly know the evidence and I further bet that you exclusively rely on religious sources or authors (including some scientifically degreed ones) for your scientific information. When you think that you can decide what evidence is good and which is not, you have broken the line between reality and delusion.
YOU do not get to decide which data is good. Data is just data and it does not respond to opinion.
The evidence I rely on is understood by me from the first experiment to the last, with years of study at the college level. I do not re-interpret it to make it fit what I think, I model what I think based on the data. When the data is updated my "beliefs" are updated whereas yours are not. That should be a clear sign of a problem - but it is one that I bet you can't see.
You likely think all Catholics and the Pope aren't Christian (they are and they out number you by a lot) and that the Bible is a great source of real world information (it isn't.) You might think the Bible is inerrant (which is insanity writ large). Such a framework is delusional when compared to real world material. Look up "cognitive dissonance" and think about this: If proof was a rock and it was set on the table in front of you - and you agreed it was real data and correct - would you be able to leave your belief system and adapt? Probably not. You could not leave a crafted world view behind, nor could you risk family, friends, peers and community over it. Look up Kurt Wise. Church and anti-evolution religious sites say in advance that their minds cannot be changed, which is stupidity on a plate.
Scientifically minded people do not operate that way. They change what they know in keeping with best current data. Prove me wrong and I will THANK YOU for it and update my world view.
That I can do that and you cannot should be a loud siren of warning

Martin: Tom
So demonstrate Evolution. Start with the LUCA and create the variety of life we see.
There is not one iota of evidence to support Evolution, you are whistling in the dark.
BTW, the reason I can say the Pope isn't a Christian is because the Bible says salvation is by grace through faith alone and the Pope rejects that.

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