From: "Gary Britt" 

You describe examples of differentiation within a species.  You do not
describe trans-species evolution.  Again I ask, show a direct observation
of one species giving birth to a different species.  Show a direct
observation of one species through successive generations becoming a
completely different species.  Show direct observations of how life springs
from non-living matter and then how that first living thing develops into
modern man without making any assumptions or relying upon vague
implications, guesses, or hypotheses.   If you can't then there is an
element of *faith*
or *belief* in the unknown contained within the dogma of your supposed
scientific findings.

What is a hypothesis?  Its a GUESS that gets tested under certain limited
circumstances.  A GUESS that can turn out to be wrong.  Like you or Steve
said it took 300 years for the hypothesis/GUESS about the theory of Gravity
to be replaced by the theory/Guess of relativity.  For 300 years all the
John Becketts and Steve Ewings of the world had *faith* in the correctness
of the theory of gravity, however.  What guesses do you hold dear today
that will be replaced by new guesses 300 years from now?

Gary


"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:d3bjn1tn8tf2qce0r1s87255ko738iu1ri{at}4ax.com...
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news::
> > Then what it suggests is an implication; an assumption of some sort
based
> > upon what can be observed.  To believe that what evolution suggests is
> > correct does take some amount of *belief* or *faith* if you will,
because it
> > cannot be directly observed.
>
> If you're asking a question ("can evolution be directly
observed?"), the
> answer is YES.
>
> One method is to study animals that have spread over a large geographic
> area (where "large area" means "much greater than an
individual animal
> travels in their lifetime").
>
> Another is to observe lifeforms where generations are measured in minutes,
> not years.
>
> John
>

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