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Topic
#3480

Macroevolution does not exist.

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The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

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After 1 vote and with 5 points ahead, the winner is...

RationalMadman
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Description

Pro:

Has to attack macroevolution

Con:

Has to defend macroevolution

macroevolution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroevolution

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@FLRW

stop trying to sound smart, it doesn't really work.

I said fact, not theory. It's not a theory that a human fetus is a live human being, it's a fact.

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@RationalMadman

A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world.

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@FLRW

I mean it's a scientific fact that a fetus is a human being too but scientists pick and choose to suit agendas, so I don't really think 'fact' vs 'theory' is up to a scientific author to draw.

This is an excellent scientific paper on the subject.
Science and Evolution
Claudia A.M. Russo 1 and Thiago André 2

Abstract
Evolution is both a fact and a theory. Evolution is widely observable in laboratory and natural populations as they change over time. The fact that we need annual flu vaccines is one example of observable evolution. At the same time, evolutionary theory explains more than observations, as the succession on the fossil record. Hence, evolution is also the scientific theory that embodies biology, including all organisms and their characteristics. In this paper, we emphasize why evolution is the most important theory in biology. Evolution explains every biological detail, similar to how history explains many aspects of a current political situation. Only evolution explains the patterns observed in the fossil record. Examples include the succession in the fossil record; we cannot find the easily fossilized mammals before 300 million years ago; after the extinction of the dinosaurs, the fossil record indicates that mammals and birds radiated throughout the planet. Additionally, the fact that we are able to construct fairly consistent phylogenetic trees using distinct genetic markers in the genome is only explained by evolutionary theory. Finally, we show that the processes that drive evolution, both on short and long time scales, are observable facts.

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@whiteflame

Thank you

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@RationalMadman

Will do when it’s finished.

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@Barney
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@oromagi

please vote on this debate if you wish to.

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@ComputerNerd

You: "+ Fossil Findings and Noticeable Differences between Alike Species"

An intelligent designer can reuse the same structure to not have to make a new one just like a video game programmer reuses the same code or engine when making a new game.

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@ComputerNerd

Not centuries modern darwinist biology appeared in the late 1800s which is pretty recent. I do not deny natural selection or microevolution. Just macroevolution, abiogenesis, and panspermia.

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@RationalMadman

+ Fossil Findings and Noticeable Differences between Alike Species

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@ComputerNerd

The thing is at the insect and spider level it is nearly irrefutable.

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@Conservallectual

Wait so you're denying centuries of biological evidence? Interesting...