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Microevolution and macroevolution use the same mechanism, they only use it to different degrees. You acknowledge that evolution happens but claim it stops at a certain point. If it can happen on a small scale, then why, given a greater amount of time, would it be incapable of happening on a larger scale? Your argument is akin to saying \
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Microevolution and macroevolution use the same mechanism, they only use it to different degrees. You acknowledge that evolution happens but claim it stops at a certain point. If it can happen on a small scale, then why, given a greater amount of time, would it be incapable of happening on a larger scale? Your argument is akin to saying \\\"you\\\'ve proven you can walk down 23 stairs in 2 minutes, but that doesn\\\'t mean that you could walk down 30 stairs given a little more time.\\\"
Life couldn\\\'t get where it is now without beginning. However, evolution doesn\\\'t deal with how life began. It deals with where life went once it began.
Noone can test macroevolution, because we don\\\'t live long enough, but we can test microevolution, and as I said, if evolution can happen on a small scale in a fairly short time, then it should logically be able to happen on a larger scale in a longer time. There is no reason for the process to randomly stop at some imaginary limit.
Biological similarities do exist by reason of such traits being practical for the different types of creatures. That explains why biological and genetic similarities would exist, but that doesn\\\'t explain why biological and genetic similarities would coincide with similar geographical ranges unless there is a path of emigration. Evolution does explain this, because you cannot evolve from something if it is not in the place you evolved.
Insects randomly forming in poop=/=simple organisms forming in primordial soup because the chemical reactions that allegedly led simple organisms to form in primordial soup are not random chance happenings-certain chemicals react in certain ways when mixed-while insects randomly forming in poop is obviously random, otherwise they wouldn\\\'t be \\\'\\\'\\\'randomly\\\'\\\'\\\' forming.
Evolution isn\\\'t a completely random process either. Genetic mutations are random but natural selection is not. Evolution picks out which random mutations are beneficial to the organism and which are not, and beneficial traits get passed down while harmful traits don\\\'t, because those with beneficial traits survive to give birth while those with the harmful traits don\\\'t. Most genetic mutations are neutral, and hence aren\\\'t subject to natural selection. Also, in evolution there is a principle called \\\"pre-adaptation\\\": animals only evolve to fill certain environments if beforehand they have traits to help them adapt to their environments. Also, bacteria might not be the ancestor of multi-cellular organisms-it is possible that life emerged on Earth more than once.
Also, there are some designs that, when viewed from the perspective that it was created by a benevolent, intelligent creator seem a bit stupid. For instance, the california squid. They only live for a day, and in that day all they do is hatch, have a big mating ritual, lay eggs, and die. \\\"How does evolution explain this?\\\", you might ask? Well, natural selection selects those traits which allow their bearers to survive long enough to give offspring. If you give your offspring right after you are born, then there isn\\\'t much time to die before you give your offspring.
Life couldn\\\'t get where it is now without beginning. However, evolution doesn\\\'t deal with how life began. It deals with where life went once it began.
Noone can test macroevolution, because we don\\\'t live long enough, but we can test microevolution, and as I said, if evolution can happen on a small scale in a fairly short time, then it should logically be able to happen on a larger scale in a longer time. There is no reason for the process to randomly stop at some imaginary limit.
Biological similarities do exist by reason of such traits being practical for the different types of creatures. That explains why biological and genetic similarities would exist, but that doesn\\\'t explain why biological and genetic similarities would coincide with similar geographical ranges unless there is a path of emigration. Evolution does explain this, because you cannot evolve from something if it is not in the place you evolved.
Insects randomly forming in poop=/=simple organisms forming in primordial soup because the chemical reactions that allegedly led simple organisms to form in primordial soup are not random chance happenings-certain chemicals react in certain ways when mixed-while insects randomly forming in poop is obviously random, otherwise they wouldn\\\'t be \\\'\\\'\\\'randomly\\\'\\\'\\\' forming.
Evolution isn\\\'t a completely random process either. Genetic mutations are random but natural selection is not. Evolution picks out which random mutations are beneficial to the organism and which are not, and beneficial traits get passed down while harmful traits don\\\'t, because those with beneficial traits survive to give birth while those with the harmful traits don\\\'t. Most genetic mutations are neutral, and hence aren\\\'t subject to natural selection. Also, in evolution there is a principle called \\\"pre-adaptation\\\": animals only evolve to fill certain environments if beforehand they have traits to help them adapt to their environments. Also, bacteria might not be the ancestor of multi-cellular organisms-it is possible that life emerged on Earth more than once.
Also, there are some designs that, when viewed from the perspective that it was created by a benevolent, intelligent creator seem a bit stupid. For instance, the california squid. They only live for a day, and in that day all they do is hatch, have a big mating ritual, lay eggs, and die. \\\"How does evolution explain this?\\\", you might ask? Well, natural selection selects those traits which allow their bearers to survive long enough to give offspring. If you give your offspring right after you are born, then there isn\\\'t much time to die before you give your offspring.
