To illustrate the inadequacy of this example, I would ask you how many genetic mutations were involved in the evolution of this species from the previous one, and what are the corresponding phenotypes?
I challenge you to provide just ten separate examples of transitional forms.
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Sounds like somebody needs to understand what they are talking about.
Otherwise, it just comes across as so much word salad.
Fail.
So now that plenty of transitional forms have turned up, the demand has become that we don't have the corpse of every individual from amoeba to human? Utter desperation.
Why don't you dig up your last 100 ancestors and show me their bodies? What, you can't find more than half a dozen? Well, by your own "reasoning," they obviously didn't exist.
Piece of lobotomized shit.
If we did you'd just ask to see the transitionals between those too.
Plus, all individuals are transitionals. We're transitionals between what went before and what will be.
Yes, shame on us!
After all, religious types have managed to discover the very cross Christ died on at least five separate times! Not to mention enough relics of the apostles to construct 3 dozen complete skeletons!
How can science hope to be taken seriously when it can't even aspire to 100% evidence? Particularly when most religious claims come with more than twice that amount?
At one point, I thought that explaining scientific matters to the religious could help my own understanding, like when you explain math to someone else.
But this stuff can only make me stupid.
You, your father, your grandfather, your great grandfather, and back for ten generations.
I can find more than 10 just between reptiles and mammals.Paleothyris Protoclepsydrops haplous Clepsydrops Archaeothyris Varanops Haptodus Dimetrodon Biarmosuchia Procynosuchus Dvinia Thrinaxodon Cynognathus Diademodon Probelesodon Probainognathus Exaeretodon
Link for those interested.
"In order to give a minimum amount of credibility to evolutionism, fossil evidence of transitional forms must be found at least in the tens of thousands, but preferably in the tens of millions."
We'll get to work on that excessive amount of evidence as soon as you provide comprehensive, scientific evidence on how every facet of the human body is undeniable proof of a perfect design (in that it is an ideal use of physical laws and cannot be improved upon in any fashion), as well as how all the creatures in existence are also indicative of that fact.
We'll wait.
"I challenge you to provide just ten separate examples of transitional forms."
Ok.
Tiktaalik, Archaeopteryx, all of the ones listed here (which alone would suffice for your "challenge") and, of course, you yourself are a "transitional."
Happy now jackass?
How many mutations? More than any person can possibly count. There are roughly 100 mutations per human zygote, and DNA will mutate roughly 2 or 3 more times in the average life span. Assuming that every animal has about the same rate that's 300 mutations for each individual in each generation since evolution first began. You do the math.
How about:
Helohyus
Those are transitional forms that lead to modern hippos and pigs.
Or maybe:
Diacodexis
Those are transitional forms leading up to modern Camels.
Or perhaps you'd like:
Diacodexis or Indomeryx or Leptomeryx or Gelocus
All of those are transitional forms that lead up to modern Ruminants.
Need I go on?
Oh, and reason is most certainly not faith, in contrast to your silly misspelled forum name.
tiktaalik, ichtyostega, archaeopteryx, every f*ing fossil ever found is transitional, you dumbass.
We have your tens of millions. They don't fit within the cover of a bible, and that's why you've never looked at them. Now if nothing would satisfy you except a complete, functioning crocoduck or rabbit-fish, you are out of luck because (altogether now, folks!) THATS NOT HOW EVOLUTION WORKS.
Let's try a simpler message. You are the transitional form between your parents and your children, your parents are the transitional forms between you and your grandparents, etc. etc, and a few million more etc.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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