Which Evolution?
Is evolution a fact?
Well, the answer depends on what type of evolution you’re referring to, which
the Cosmos series has yet to distinguish.
If you’re referring to micro-evolution, then the answer is yes. Micro-evolution is observable and evident
within species whether the result of survival of the fittest, intentional breeding
or genetic engineering. The second
program in the series used the example that the various breeds of dogs today
are descendants of the wild wolf. While
this may be plausible, this only involves development within a species, not an
entirely new life form evolving from an unrelated species (for example man from
a fish).
Getting back to the original question, if you’re
referring to macro-evolution (life from non-life or new species from existing
unrelated species), then the answer would have to be no. We have no hard irrefutable evidence of new
species coming into existence from existing non related species. However, if you choose to believe there is no
God and therefore no Creator, you’re only left with the choice of natural
forces, or other intelligent beings (i.e., aliens). These other choices take much more faith. Are you willing to take this journey of the
imagination? Can you really make the leap of faith that since micro evolution occurs, then macro evolution must also be real?
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