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From: Chris Thompson <the_thompsons@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: West Virginia creationism
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:17:34 -0400
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John Harshman wrote:
> On 4/26/24 8:48 AM, erik simpson wrote:
>> On 4/26/24 7:28 AM, Ernest Major wrote:
>>> On 26/04/2024 02:31, Ron Dean wrote:
>>>> I think due to gradual increasing genetic errors and increase rate 
>>>> of deleterious mutations each generation becomes  less fit than the 
>>>> preceding generation, so in the passing spans of time the genes of a 
>>>> species become less and less incapable of reproduction or species 
>>>> survival. This could account for many of 99%+ of of all species that 
>>>> ever lived that have gone extinct. Of course the dinosaurs became 
>>>> extinct due to a 6 mile diameter meteor striking the Earth. Also 
>>>> changing weather the coming and going of ice ages; as well massive 
>>>> volcano eruptions  accounts for extinction of many species for 
>>>> example in Siberia.
>>>
>>> Are you taking a progressive creationist position, in which your 
>>> Intelligent Designer is continuously creating species de novo? Or are 
>>> you claiming that the current 10 million (+/- a lot) species biota is 
>>> the remnant of a much richer biota of a billion species?
>>>
>>> For your information, the conclusion drawn from the fossil record is 
>>> that (for multicellular eukaryotes at least) species diversity has 
>>> been generally increasing over time (though with big setbacks at 
>>> times of mass extinction).
>>>
>> I fear that Ron D's lack of knowledge of the fossil record, 
>> evolutionary biology and genetics precludes his having any coherent 
>> idea of how the living world came to be.
>>
> It's remotely possible that by attempting to answer questions he can be 
> led to realize that.

If current events are any guide, numerous people will correct him 
numerous times. In a week or two he will return and make exactly the 
same wrong assertions that were recently corrected. Rinse and repeat, ad 
nauseum.