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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Paleontologist Donald Prothero(a noted believer) said in his book "Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters"- Columbia University Press. that the total number of species of all kinds known through the fossil record was less than 5% of the number of known living species. This suggests that the number of species known through fossils must be less than 1% of all the species that have ever lived.
One percent of a thousand piece puzzle is 10 pieces. The other 990 pieces have to be imagined.
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The fossil record is only part of the theory's supporting evidence.
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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
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Originally Posted by Gozer
I understand their claims, and find that conclusion to be the most likely explanation.
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Yup and that is called faith.
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No, it's not.
You define faith as is "believing something that is said without conformation."
I cannot "conform" that you are a person, you could be a clever bot or a relatively articulate dog. But it is absurd for me to consider your 'personhood' to be a leap of faith. The evidence suggests it is true and the conclusion shall be revisited upon any additional evidence. That's an assumption.
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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
This of course represents a puzzle with no pieces other than the benefit of having no way to disprove it.
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It would be pretty stupid if I was using that kind of circular non-logic to base my worldview on, wouldn't it?
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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
It appears to me that you are the one guilty of willful ignorance. You don't even know the limitations in the circumstantial evidence your theory is based on.
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I have plenty to learn about every field of science.
That's not willful ignorance, it's limited knowledge.
We need to agree that the language that we're using isn't as malleable as the Church's explanations of it's fallibility.