There are three scientific thoughts which run parallel to each other and which are technically separate from one another, but are truly logically intertwined, and are in a most wicked friendship: atheism, Darwinism and modern thought on geology. They are at the face separable, and they are at the root separable, but somewhere in between, they are of a very strong accord.
Evolution is a belief based in Darwin’s thought that gradual transitions in the composition of animals (transitional forms) allowed for species to make adaptations to their surroundings over time, which would allow them to thrive in any circumstance, and become increasingly complex and well-suited to their environments.
Phyletic Gradualism (PG) is the assertion that evolution takes place in slow progression. Notable among the illustrations is the lizard: who seeking for an ever-escaping food source begins to stretch its neck and its scales, over time, become feathers, etc. until it is able to leave the ground for its food source.
PG has generally been left in light of the new school of thinking, called punctuated equilibrium (PE). This considers evolution to occur in fits and starts. A lizard could give birth to a sort of intermediate bird lizard thing that may in the future give birth to a bird through successive generations, but not with the generations of gradual changes, rather in a few short steps that may be rather abrupt.
Already there are a number of insurmountable problems with this line of thinking: Namely among them are sexual reproduction, speciation, cellular and genetic biology, etc. If the Lord allows addressing those topics will come later.
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