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Originally Posted by FireFly
I'm not saying I don't believe in evolution, but there are HUGE holes in the theory that no one seems to be able to fill. Isn't it just lovely that we all came from gunk? And isn't it fantastic how each species fills a niche perfectly?
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This threatens to derail this thread entirely, so I'll be very brief. There are not actually "Huge holes" in evolutionary theory. This is something that is promulgated by opponents to the theory but is not actually true. If you want to enter into a lengthy discussion of the "holes" and why they are not actually holes, I would be happy to do so, but I suggest we start another thread to deal with it.
Whether or not we came from gunk has nothing to do with evolution, but is the theory of Abiogenesis. Opponents of the TOE like to lump the two together, but they do not follow necessarily one from the other.
Here is a very good resource for answering questions about the TOE and also for demonstrating why supposed 'holes' in the theory have either already been 'closed' or are not actually holes.
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/
And now back to our regularly scheduled thread.