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EVOLUTION, THERMODYNAMICS, AND ENTROPY
by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D.
Institute for Creation Research, PO Box 2667, El Cajon, CA 92021
Voice: (619) 448-0900 FAX: (619) 448-3469
"Vital Articles on Science/Creation"
Copyright © 1973 All Rights Reserved
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yes..there are no transitional fossils. . .
except for these(and some others):
PRIMATES:palaechthon, purgatorius, cantius, pelycodus, amphipithecus, pondaungia, parapithecus, propliopithecus, aegyptopithecus, aegyptopithecus, proconsul africanus, limnopithecus, dryopithecus, sivapithecus, kenyapithecus(the species that led to great apes and humans)
HOMINIDS:australopithecus ramidus, australopithecus afarensis, australopithecus africanus, homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapiens, neandertalensis
JAWLESS FISH TO SHARKS, SKATES AND RAYS:cladoselache, tristychius, ctenacanthus, paleospinax, spathobatis, protospinax
JAWLESS FISH TO BONY FISH:cheirolepis, mimia, canobius, aeduella, parasemionotus, oreochima, leptolepis
BONY FISH TO AMPHIBIANS:cheirolepis, osteolepis, eusthenopteron, sterropterygion, panderichthys, elpistostege, hynerpeton, acanthostega, ichtyhostega, pholidogaster, pteroplax
AMPHIBIANS:pholidogaster, dendrerpeton acadiamum, archegosaurus decheni, eryops megacephalus, trematops, amphibamus lyelli, doleserpeton annectens, triadobatrachus, vieraella, karaurus
AMPHIBIANS TO AMNIOTES:proterogyrinus, limnoscelis, tseajaia, solenodonsaurus, hylonomus, paleothyris
REPTILES:captorhinus, scutosaurus, deltavjatia vjatkensis, proganochelys, hylonomus, paleothyris, petrolacosaurus, araeoscelis, apsisaurus, claudiosaurus, planocephalosaurus, protorosaurus, prolacerta, proterosuchus, hyperodapedon, trilophosaurus
SYNAPSID REPTILES TO MAMMALS:paleothyris, protoclepsydrops haplous, clepsydrops, archaeothris, varanops, haptodus, dimetrodon, sphenacodon, biarmosuchia, procynosuchus, dvinia, thrinaxodon, cynognathus, diademodon, probelesodon, probainognathus, exaeretodon, oligokyphus, kayentatherium, pachygenelus, diarthrognathus, adelobasileus cromptoni, sinocondon, kuehneotherium, eozostrodon, morganucodon, haldanodon, peramus, endotherium, kielantherium, aegialodon, steropodon galmani, vincelestes neuquenianus, pariadens kirklandi, kennalestes, asioryctes, cimolestes, procerberus, gypsonictops
DIAPSID REPTILES TO BIRDS:coelophysis, deinonychus, oviraptor, lisboasaurus estesi, archeopteryx lithographica, sinornis santensis, ambiortus dementjevi, ambiortus dementjevi, hesperornis, ichthyornis
CARNIVORES:cimolestes, cimolestes incisus, cimolestes cerberoides, simpsonictis tenuis, paroodectes, vulpavus, viverravus sicarius
DOGS:cynodictis, hesperocyon, cynodesmus
BEARS:cynodictis, hesperocyon, ursavus elmensis, protursus simpsoni, ursus minimus, ursus etruscus, ursus savini, ursus spelaeus, ursus arctos, ursus maritimus
RACCOONS:phlaocyon
WEASELS:plesictis, potamotherium
SEALS, SEA LIONS, WALRUSES:pachycynodon, enaliarctos
SEALS:leptophoca, montherium
SEA LIONS:pithanotaria, thalassoleon
WALRUS:neotherium, imagotaria
CIVETS:stenoplesictis, palaeoprionodon, herpestides
CATS:haplogale, proailurus julieni, proailurus lemanesis, pseudaelurus, dinictis, hoplophoneus
HYENAS:herpestes antiquus, protictitherium crassum, plioviverrops orbignyi, tungurictis spocki, ictitherium viverrinum, thalassictis robusta, hyaenotherium wongii, miohyaenotherium bessarabicum, hyaenictitherium hyaenoides, palinhyaena reperta, ikelohyaena abronia, belbus beaumonti, leecyaena lycyaenoides, parahyaena brunnea, hyaena hyaena, hyaena brunnea, pliocrocuta perrieri, pachycrocuta brevirostris, adcrocuta eximia, crocuta crocuta, crocuta sivalensis, crocuta dietrichi
RODENTS:anagale, barunlestes, heomys, tribosphenomys minutus, acritoparamys, paramys
SQUIRRELS:paramys, protosciurus, sciurus
BEAVERS:paramys, paleocastor
RATS/MICE:paramys, eomyids, geomyoids
LAGOMORPHS:barunlestes, mimotoma, mimolagus, lushilagus, prolagus,
CONDYLARTHS (first hooved animals):protungulatum, hyopsodus, haplomylus speiriamus, haplomylus scottianus, haplomylus latidens, haplomylus simplex
WHALES & DOLPHINS:eocondon, microclaenodon, dissacus, hapalodectes, pakicetus, ambulocetus natans, rodhocetus, basilosaurus isis, protocetes, indocetus ramani, prozeuglodon, eocetus, dorudon intermedius
TOOTHED WHALES:agorophius, prosqualodon, kentriodon
BALEEN WHALES:aetiocetus, mesocetus
PERISSODACTYLS (horses, tapirs, rhinos):loxolophus, tetraclaenodon, radinskya yupingae, hyracotherium, hyracotherium vassacciense, orohippus, epihippus, mesohippus celer, mesohippus westoni, miohippus assiniboiensis, kalobatippus, parahippus, ‘parahippus’ leonensis, ‘merychippus’ gunteri, merychippus primus, dinohippus, plesippus, hippotigris, equus, loxolophus, tetraclaenodon, homagalax, heptodon, helaletes, prototapir, miotapirus, tapirus, hyrachyus, hyracodon, caenopus
ELEPHANTS:minchenella, phenacolophus, pilgrimella, moeritherium, numidotherium, barytherium, paleomastodon, phiomia, gomphotherium, stegotetrabelodon, primelelphas, primelephas gomphotheroides, loxodonta adaurora, elephas ekorensis, elephas recki, elephas hysudricus, mammuthus meridionalis, mammuthus armeniacus/trogontherii, mammuthus imperator
SIRENIANS:prorastomus, protosiren, eotheroides, halitherium, sirenotherium, potamosiren, ribodon
ARTIODACTYLS (cloven-hoofed animals):chriacus, diacodexis
HIPPOS & PIGS:helohyus, anthracotherium, propalaeochoerus, perchoerus, paleochoerus
CAMELS:diacodexis, homacodon, poebrodon, poebrotherium, protomeryx, procamelus, pliauchenia
RUMINANTS:diacodexis, homacodon, mesomeryx, hypertragulus, indomeryx, hyemoschus, archaeomeryx, leptomeryx, bachitherium, lophiomeryx, gelocus
DEER:prodremotherium, dicrocerus, acteocemas
GIRAFFES:eumeryx, climacoceras, canthumeryx, paleomeryx, palaeotragus, samotherium
PRONGHORNS:paracosoryx prodromus, merycodus
BOVIDS:eotragus, protragocerus, oiceros, gazella, leptodos, parabos
yes..with a list that extensive, id doubt it to if i was henry morris..after all, what would i do for a living?
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE DEFINE “BIBLICAL KIND”?..no creationist ever does!
there is plenty..the fossil record..geology, paleontology, botany, zoology, herpetology, entomology, biogeography, anatomy, physiology, comparative anatomy
“firm” evidence that evolution never could take place?..no..”fake” evidence that evolution never could take place?..YES!
The very terms themselves express contradictory concepts. The word "evolution" is of course derived from a Latin word meaning "out-rolling". The picture is of an outward-progressing spiral,
evolution doesnt mean progress..it is a variation
what is that supposed to mean?
no, it doesnt..it just shows that morris doesnt understand either..what is the order that the world is supposedly going to?..what about snowflakes?..crystals?..do they not get more complex?
the second law of thermodynamics doesnt make evolution impossible
evolution is not an upward change..it is a variation
so something had to have begun it?..so what?..irrelevant to evolution..if you want to argue theism vs. atheism, do that..if you want to argue evolution vs. no-evolution, then do that..they are separate arguments..evolution doesnt mean no god..and no god doesnt mean evolution(although i dont know how else life would have become diverse)
what began the creator of the universe, anyway?..how can you say the universe must have had a creator, but then turn around and say “the creator has been there forever”?..adding a creator just adds another problem, larger than the one the creator is supposed to answer
in a closed system..the earth is NOT a closed system as long as the sun is burning
he doesnt know that..as far as we know, energy could be creating himself
science deals with natural events, not supernatural events..it isnt scientific..and if thats the answer, then the question becomes “how did god get created?”..you seriously think that energy cant create itself, but the same problem isnt there for your god?..wheres the consistency?
evolution has nothing to do with a god..there are plenty of people that believe in god and accept evolution and one of the theories of the mechanism of evolution(which is what “gradualists” argue “punctuationists” over..they dont argue over whether evolution happens, they argue over how evolution happens..some scientists do disagree with darwin over how it happened)..here are the five most popular views of how the species got diverse:
numbers 1, 2 and 3 fit the fossil record
creation of separate kinds(4 and 5) appear to be extremely unlikely-to-impossible
1..evolution alone with either no god or a non-interfering god)
2..evolution with a god starting things off
3..evolution with a god that tinkers with things on the way
4..young-earth biblical creationism with the earth being created 6000 years ago in six days, with a world-wide flood occuring 4000 years ago
5..old-earth creationism with creations occuring over millions of years
number 4 is falsified by the fossil record because the order is different than that of genesis, and fossils found over millions of years, rather than 6000 years
number 5 has trouble because of the fossil record..with god creating things first that fit well with evolution, as if the god actually wanted people to think evolution occured
no..what he says is “the second law of thermodynamics” affects evolution as much as it does a human going from fertilized egg-to-adult
no, he isnt because morris doesnt understand evolution and he doesnt understand the second law
how does evolution going from disorder to order?
evolution as morris argues against is a variation..not a betterment..morris doesnt understand it..and thats what racists who attempt to justify their racism by evolution dont understand..(and dont go saying:”evolution causes racism” because racism was around well before 1859..also remember that the last states to have segregation happened to be in the bible belt)..it should be made clear to every single person that evolution is a variation, not a betterment
how does evolution make a gigantic increase in order?..how does evolution make a gigantic increase in complexity?
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