Particularly prolific in his defense of creationism/intelligent design, Babu Ranganathan must have taken some advice from
the Allman Brothers. That would explain his tendency to write
unparalleled, long-winded, pieces. But remember, he is "an experienced Christian writer", something that is obvious from his writing style. For instance, he seems to think that repeating a statement over and over and over again will somehow make it true:
The evidence from science shows that only microevolution (variations within a biological "kind" such as the varieties of dogs, cats, horses, cows, etc.) is possible but not macroevolution (variations across biological "kinds", especially from simpler kinds to more complex ones). The only evolution that occurs in Nature is microevolution (or horizontal evolution) but not macroevolution (vertical evolution).
The genetic ability for microevolution exists in Nature but not the genetic ability for macroevolution. The genes (chemical and genetic instructions or programs) for microevolution exist in every species but not the genes for macroevolution. Unless Nature has the intelligence and ability to perform genetic engineering (to construct entirely new genes and not just to produce variations and new combinations of already existing genes) then macroevolution will never be possible in Nature.
He also has the uncanny ability to take the bleedin' obvious and try to make it sound profound:
[If] a woman were to lose a finger it would not result in her baby being born with a missing finger. Similarly, even if an ape ever learned to walk upright, it could not pass this characteristic on to its descendants. Thus, modern biology has disproved the once-held theory that acquired characteristics from the environment can be transmitted into the genetic code of offspring.
Of course I shouldn't be too harsh. This is only bleedin' obvious if you have happened to read
a biology textbook published since the McKinley administration. Finally, Mr. Ranganathan also has the experience necessary to write something not just wrong, but so mind-numbingly wrong that it makes you want to remove all the Brodman areas from your brain in numerical order with a grapefruit spoon just so that you will never again have to comprehend something so wrong.
It has been said that the eye of an octopus is more similar to the human eye than any other animal.
Yes, there are many genetic and biological similarities between species, but are these similarities because of common biological ancestry (macroevolution) or because of a common Designer who designed similar functions for similar purposes in all of the various forms of life on earth from the simplest to the most complex. Neither position can be scientifically proved.
Dogs must breathe the same air as humans. The creationists, therefore, believe that the Creator designed similar lungs for both dogs and humans. The evolutionists believe that dogs and humans have similar lungs because they are related from millions of years ago.
So, how to tell which is right? Well, I can't tell you which is right, but I can tell you which is
falsifiable. Imagine that dogs primarily used nitrogen rather than oxygen in the air they breathe. Or that chimpanzees had two hearts. Or if the ability to coagulate blood,
an incredibly complex, multi-protein cascade were shown to be different in each and every mammal species then that would mean only one thing: evolutionary theory, the idea of common descent, is not sufficient to explain the evidence.
However, such things are not an impediment to creationism. After all, such evidence would just show that the creator chose to design each species with unique traits to set them apart from each other (certainly an easy feat for the omnipotent one). That is the wonderful thing about creationism. No matter what the evidence, it cannot be falsified. So, here is a question I want answered by creationists; and this is not a rhetorical question.
"What evidence, if found, would convince you that your theory (that life is the product of a creator) is wrong?"
This should be the first question asked of any theory purporting to be scientific. Until it is answered, your theory isn't falsifiable. And it sure as hell isn't science.
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A Thing that has not yet been disproved … can hold it’s reasonable assumption that it exist; And as long as a Thing remain unproven, it can maintain it’s greatest possibility of being so. Indeed in this world, Intelligent Design has faltered, but because the beautiful and shinning crystal glass was shattered when it fell to the floor, doesn’t mean it’s Superior Design didn’t exist before it’s fragments were disarranged.
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Mr. Ranganathan also has the experience necessary to write something not just wrong, but so mind-numbingly wrong that it makes you want to remove all the Brodman areas from your brain in numerical order with a grapefruit spoon just so that you will never again have to comprehend something so wrong.
A very funny line ... or it would have been had I thought to remove all grapefruit spoons from my house.
I gave up chasing Babuisms because I needed what was left of my brain to chew my pablum here at the home. Now I only go as far as the first gob-smackingly dumb thing he writes, which means I rarely get out of the first paragraph.
Nice takedown! But don't become a "This is your Brain ... this is your brain on Babu" statistic.
Stupid Blogger, not posting my comments.
Those first two are so funny I just had to leave them in. I soiled my armour I was laughing so hard.
Not to worry Pieret. Babu shows up in my reader once every two weeks or so, but I find his tantrums so incoprehensible that I can hardly get through the first paragraph or two. But this one, I just had to say something about it.
Wow. Those first two comments are incredibly long-winded, rambling, zealous, and misleading. It proves Tantalus' points exactly.
Furthermore, they still didn't try to answer the question posed at the end of the post.
Good one, Tantalus.
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