ack! :o
Sorry for dissappearing on you guys, leaving you without any response. I'm having a couple of difficulties with Internet time, and I won't be able to respond much for a bit more, but to be quick:
Radio:
Yes, PNDE is PE (without the ND in the middle). The reason I've been using the longer title (instead of 'Punctuated Equilibrium') is because, to the best of my understanding, the
theory is named "Post Neo Darwinian Evolution" whereas the theoretical
mechanism is named "Punctuated Equilibrium". I admit that, in this instance, I may be mistaken. It's possible that both names are proper names for the theory, however, I was taking Punctuated Equilibrium (PE) as the mechanism, and Post Neo Darwinian Evolution (PNDE) as the proper theory title. I apologize for any misconceptions and miscommunication that might have caused.
Further, although I admit it wasn't as clear as it could be, by 'primate' I didn't mean 'monkey', but simply 'primate', as in 'an undiscovered prior link in the genetic chain'.
And...
Tossrock:
Me? If I laid out a 'concise' statement of my belief it would be: "the Bible". However, if you're asking me to explain what I am trying to do on this thread: clarify a statement made in another, explain my own beliefs (while attempting to get others to explain their own) and show that, while my beliefs
are not science (and cannot be) they are logical, in that, it makes a certain amount of internally consistent sense to believe as I do, as opposed to seeing my beliefs as stupid.
This was my actual reason for the
first thread (when I became a part of it after it moved to the debate club) which is now gone, but the reason for this second thread is to specifically show this in a light of evolution based around a solitary statement that I made in the previous board that recieved no end to criticism. In other words, in retrospect, I think I created this thread out of arrogance and vanity (according to modern connotation, not original denotation).
So: sorry. For confusion, dissappearing, and then coming back in only a moment with few answers for anyone. Between weddings, births, work and school, it'll be maybe another month (I know you're crying, but buck up! No tears, please!
) before I can continue the dialogue (which was always my goal as opposed to actual debate), so... see you guys when I can.
Oh, and Gazing Rabbit:
While you have some points, there is evidence to counter them. (insert bunch of stuff that was pretty much a rabbit trail... er,no pun intended
). Nonetheless, in this instance ptlis is correct. (Please note that I disagree with evolution, but for other reasons).