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SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 04/24/2009 : 04:08:48
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We who have used the Talk Origins site for references are quite familiar with their page on the 29 evidences. But there is another site, a sort of fun-house mirror of TO that does the same. so, for your enjoyment & edification, here it is, enjoy: n 29 Evidences for Macroevolution, Douglas Theobald sets forth the evidence that he believes proves scientifically that all living organisms descended from one original living species. He does so by listing what he claims are 29 potentially falsifiable predictions of the hypothesis of universal common ancestry and presenting the evidence that he believes confirms each of those predictions.
Dr. Theobald does not address the origin of the first living thing or the mechanism by which that first organism diverged into every life form that has ever existed. His thesis is expressly restricted to the affirmation of universal common ancestry. In other words, he argues that, without knowing anything about how the first life arose or how it diversified, one can still be certain that all living things descended from the same ancestor. He states in the introduction (emphasis supplied):
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And so forth. 
[Moved to the Creation/Evolution folder - Dave W.]
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and Crypto-Communist! 
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Scattershots: 29 Evidences for Macroevolution
