[Abdullah]

Quote by: gallo Actually, Abdullah is totally ignorant. The minute that someone starts expounding on the evils and shortcomings of Darwinism, you can bet that he hasn't a clue. Modern evolutionary biology is no more "Darwinism" in biology than M theory is "Newtonism" in physics. Even more evident of the lack of actual understanding on the part of Abdullah is his constant argument by out of context quote, mostly obscure at that, in which he regurgitates what he has been told to say. It really doesn't demonstrate any understanding at all. An example being his quotes about the rarity of mutation and how most are harmful. It shows a willingness to pull quotes out of context, whether by intent or ignorance, I don't know. Yes. Mutations are rare. Given the huge size of the genome of any species, mutations are rare. In humans, every individual has between 10 and 100 mutations that his parents didn't have. Quite rare, given the size of the genome. But most aren't harmful. That is either stupidity or a lie. Most mutations have no effect at all. Many are harmful, and a few are beneficial. But of course, whether a mutation is beneficial or not depends on the environment. What Harun...uh..I mean Abdullah tries to hide is that fact that any mutation that is not immediately harmful provides genetic variability. In a stable environment, this may not be beneficial to an already well adapted species. Nevertheless, constant mutations (along with other mechanisms) tend introduce variability into the genome of a species that may or may not be eliminated by other mechanisms of evolution. What matters is that if the environment changes, the organism has the genetic variability to adapt to that change (and thus reduce the genetic variability, create a bottleneck, and make the species more fragile). Harun...uh...Abdullah seems to think that evolution is somehow a goal - somehow organisms are trying to change in order to achieve perfection. That's like you trying to be taller than your parents. It just doesn't work that way. And that is why Abdullah doesn't actually have the slightest understanding of modern evolutionary theory. I suspect that Abdullah is pulling his material from the work of Harun Yaha, a Turkish young earth fundamentalist Muslim. Very slick presentation, with appropriate claims of approbation by Allah. Fundamentalist Muslims are easily sucked in to the lie.

rotfl, yes I am using Harun Yahyas work and his book "Darwinsim Refuted", and just to point this out you guys should know by know that Evolution is a lie which all of you have gotten sucked into.

You all should stop clinging to this materialistic dogma and learn of the truth.