Is it time for anti-evolution Christians to abandon the bogus complaint "the missing link hasn't been found"?

Question

After all, not only is "the missing link" not a scientific term (and seems to have varied definitions among evolution critics), it pretends to ignore the SCORES of transitional species which were identified LONG AGO for the evolution of primate ancestors to modern humans. So why keep saying, "Not one transitional fossil form has ever been found!" when so many have been identified for modern humans and LITERALLY HUNDREDS for countless other modern animals.

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When I was a Young Earth Creationist speaker/debater/writer defender back in the 1960's and 1970's, the lack of an Internet made it somewhat difficult for the average person to debunk a lot of the atrocious claims we were making. [Once I realized that the Bible in no way denies evolutionary processes and once I studied the science itself, I left the YEC camp. But what bothered me most was the lying and continued denial of various facts, even after deceptive quote-mining and scientific errors were identified.] But now that the Internet makes it so easy for people to debunk fallacious claims by YECs, aren't the bogus complaints posed against evolution counter-productive? Isn't it time for more honest strategies?

[After all, "Lying for Jesus" has become a standard term to describe YECs claims about evolution. Surely having a reputation as a liar is not a good tactic. Is it time for a change?]

Answer 1

What are they so afraid of that you ignore the truth?!



Primates are mammals that include lemurs, monkeys, apes and humans.



The Strepsirrhini, or “wet-nosed” primates, which include lemurs and lorises, branched off around 63 million years ago.



Old World monkeys and apes divided from New World monkeys about 40 million years ago.



Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, which probably resembles the common ancestor of New World monkeys and apes, lived about 29 million years ago.



The apes split from Old World monkeys about 25 million years ago.



Humans and chimpanzees diverged 5-7 million years ago.



Of the macaque's nearly 3 billion DNA base pairs, 93.5 per cent are identical to those in the human genome. This is not unexpected for a species whose lineage diverged from our own about 25 million years ago. The human and chimp genomes, which diverged just 6 million years ago, are about 98 per cent identical.



One puzzling discovery is that several mutations that cause genetic diseases in humans - such as phenylketonuria and Sanfilippo syndrome, which lead to mental retardation - are the normal form in macaques and, presumably, our own ancestors.



So on each split the original got left behind to stay as it was!



The first true hominid has been shown to almost certainly arrived in the Great Rift Valley but as a product of evolving from it's monkey and ape ancestry!



Australopithecus sideba is later than Australopithecus africanus, and shares many features with early Homo. So it is, if you must, the missing link between Australopithecus africanus and Homo habilis.



In many ways trying to deny these facts is worse than the creationinsts fantasies!



Both show a desire to ignore the truth!

Answer 2

Well people don't want to lose their view of what they believe in so no matter how many times you tell them what's logical they won't change their view for something that doesn't fit their own religion (and I don't mean belief in god(s), i mean their every belief). How hard was it for you to admit you were wrong for example? The best solution in this problem, as I see it, is to stop these people from influencing younger people and the general public by opposing their arguments with logic and evidence.

Answer 3

You can't attempt to 'disprove' evolution without lying your asshole off. Scientists disagree with each other all the time, but all of them (aside from creationist scientists who have never made any contributions to science in their entire life) can agree that evolution is a fact.

Answer 4

What missing links? What SCORES of transitional species? As humans we all lie at times, even Christians, imagine that. I don't know if Christians lie for Jesus, but I do believe they lie for themselves. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day thanking our Lord Jesus Christ for His undeserving kindness to mankind. I love Thanksgiving Day in thanking my Savior.

Answer 5

@Linus: Not at all. I'm a Catholic who openly accepts evolution. Creationism has been proven wrong through carbon-dating, and is therefore invalid. God may have "lit" the Big Bang (so to speak), but it's obvious that he did not create our world six-thousand years ago.

Answer 6

It's called shifting the goal posts

Answer 7

Slap a link up there for them, sooner or later one of them will plagiarize it.

Answer 8

Darwin predicted gradual change over time the fossil record proves that wrong.

Answer 9

This is simply your opinion....for every point you make in favor of evolution.......another point can be given against it

Answer 10

No, it's not time yet.