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From: John Harshman <john.harshman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: West Virginia creationism
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:56:35 -0700
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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.