Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Any beneficial mutations that ever happen are always detrimental in the long run and in most situations.For example, a virus mutating to overcome some resistance or survive will still be weaker in most situations than it was before it mutated. The seemingly beneficial mutation will only be beneficial it in that very specific situation.
Oh, and natural selection (which actually happens) is not the same as Darwinist macroevolutionary nonsense (which never happens).
I just mentioned two that aren't though. Mutations aren't always negative. In fact, there's some evidence showing that rare eye colors(relative to the area they appear in) help you get laid more. Sounds like a positive.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Sorry Rob, but you'll never be able to convince me that Darwinism is anything more than an extremely dangerous and dumb religion.It actually violates several laws of science, including the first two laws of thermodynamics and the law of biogenesis, among others.
We're just trying to disentangle this Darwinism vs Evolutionary Theory thing. Darwinism, as it's used by anti-evolution Creationists, is a fake ideology created to avoid engaging with actual evolutionary theory. I've pointed out before that Darwin was wrong about certain things, even in his time, like pangenesis. To my understanding, Gregor Mendel's ideas about genetic inheritance overrode Darwin's, even back then. And we now understand more about genetics than either of them. Science marches on, and has no problems discarding obsolete ideas.
Despite this, the Creationist version of Darwinism practically requires that we stay stuck in the 1860's, and even their "proper" arguments against it center around aspects that are still undergoing research. It's important to understand the difference between "proven false" and "still being researched." Pangenesis is proven false. Abiogenesis(life from non-living matter) is still being researched.
Also, Evolutionary Theory(including abiogenesis) doesn't violate any law of thermodynamics, and that claim stems from creationist's misunderstanding of that law.
Side note: Darwin wasn't the one who suggested abiogenesis anyway. Aristotle was talking about life possibly arising from nothing a gajillion years ago.