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[MonkeyHead]

I wouldn't say deliberately designed to be unfalsifiable, more that unfalsifiable interpretations are all they can use without being ridiculed.

I think theistic faith has tended towards falsifiability simply as any arguments previously relied upon have been falsified and by necessity abandoned. Well, some at least. Some pretty insane ones still remain, kicking and screaming in the face of reason.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

that is changing to survive but I don't believe in actually evolving though

That is evolution though?

To an extent
I don't believe in an ameba turning into a fish into a lizard into a mamal into a monkey into a pre-human into a human
I do believe bird can change the shape of it's beak slowly so it can eat a different food
Or that insects can slowly gain imunity to pesticides
Just not that they can physically change into something more complex

[scriver]

Many tiny streams of physical alteration a great flood of change can become~

[Helgoland]

To put the finger in the wound: Do you have a definition of "more complex"?

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Many tiny streams of physical alteration a great flood of change can become~

For me it stops when the thing changing has to add on more chromosomes/more DNA to become the next thing
Until we find evidence of something that adds more chromosomes than it already has to itself and alters I won't believe that kind of evolution exists

To put the finger in the wound: Do you have a definition of "more complex"?

When the creature has to add more DNA to each of it's cells
Specificaly when it needs to add a whole new chromosome
I haven't found any research showing this happening in modern animals that's why I don't believe it
And please don't throw a 180 saying I have no proof on the bible things either because there is just as much if not much more proof of those things than evolution and I have my faith

[Graknorke]

When the creature has to add more DNA to each of it's cells
Specificaly when it needs to add a whole new chromosome

I was so hoping you would say that.

Spoiler: List of animals more complex than humans (click to show/hide)

Ciliated protozoa
Ciliated protozoa

Adders-tongue
Black Mulberry
Agrodiaetus butterfly
Field Horsetail
Rattlesnake fern
Northern Lamprey
Carp
Red viscacha rat
Kamraj (fern)
Aquatic Rat
Shrimp
Pittier's crab-eating rat
Grape fern
Hedgehog Genus Atelerix (African hedgehogs)
Moonworts
Hedgehog Genus Erinaceus (Woodland hedgehogs)
Nagaho-no-natsu-no-hana-warabi
Pigeon
Turkey
African Wild Dog
Chicken
Coyote
Dhole
Dingo
Dog
Dove
Golden Jackal
Wolf
Maned Wolf
American Black Bear
Asiatic Black Bear
Brown Bear
Polar Bear
Sloth Bear
Sun Bear
Bat-eared Fox
Black nightshade
White-tailed deer
Elk (Wapiti)
Red Deer
Gray Fox
Raccoon Dog
Chinchilla
Echidna
Fennec Fox
Horse
Spotted Skunk
Mule
Donkey
Giraffe
Gypsy moth
Bengal Fox
American Bison
Cow
Goat
Yak
Woolly Mammoth
Elephant
Gaur
Capuchin Monkey
Hyrax
Sheep
Silkworm
Cotton
Platypus
Spectacled Bear
Kit Fox
Pineapple
Striped skunk
Water Buffalo (swamp type)
Zebrafish
Beaver (Eurasian)
Chimpanzee
Deer Mouse
Gorilla
Hare[29][30]
Orangutan
Potato
Tobacco
Water Buffalo (river type)

Sourced from here.

EDIT: Cut off the list too early, my mistake.

[Arx]

That's very impressive and all, but how's it relevant to Cryxis's position?

[Frumple]

Until we find evidence of something that adds more chromosomes than it already has to itself and alters I won't believe that kind of evolution exists

Yes? That's just intraspecies, but it's an explicit example of additional (or removed) chromosomes leading to physiological changes. Several (if not, perhaps, all) of the mechanisms behind chromosome addition or subtraction are known and observed.

If you're looking for some examples of observed speciation, including some that occur through change in chromosomal number, you can check here -- it's about a decade old, but that doesn't really mean much. The list starts about half way through, with explanations of what's going on in each, and the sources are at the bottom for your perusal.

[scriver]

It might be more relevant to point out that people are born with too few of too many chromosomes quite often, though.

[TD1]

The link named "Yes" has that near the top.

Also, I believe there may be some evidence in the ribosomal layout of...something that suggest bacterial DNA got implemented into the general mix.

I may be remembering incorrectly, so if that rings any bells for any Biologists out there, please verify.

[MonkeyHead]

Chromosome 2 in Human DNA might also be relevant to Cryxis misinterpretation of evolutionary biomechanics.

[Arcvasti]

Many tiny streams of physical alteration a great flood of change can become~

For me it stops when the thing changing has to add on more chromosomes/more DNA to become the next thing
Until we find evidence of something that adds more chromosomes than it already has to itself and alters I won't believe that kind of evolution exists

To put the finger in the wound: Do you have a definition of "more complex"?

When the creature has to add more DNA to each of it's cells
Specificaly when it needs to add a whole new chromosome
I haven't found any research showing this happening in modern animals that's why I don't believe it
And please don't throw a 180 saying I have no proof on the bible things either because there is just as much if not much more proof of those things than evolution and I have my faith

From what I remember, ameobas have MORE complex chromosomes and longer DNA codes then most other creatures[Not actually sure about this one.]. What I think you're getting at is that you don't believe in MACRO-evolution, but do believe in micro evolution? That's a pretty reasonable standpoint, especially compared to Young Earth creationism. Macroevolution doesn't have as much concrete proof behind it as Microevolution. You can demonstrate the latter with bacteria in a jar over a span of days. The former takes millions of years of accumulated tiny changes. Ameoba's turning into things is pretty far fetched. But just think of the timescales involved. If you had a bird peck out and carry away grains of sand one by one from a mountain for that amount of time, it ends up as a chasm deeper then Mariana's Trench and a sand pile larger then any mountain. Macroevolution is pretty hard to watch hapen, any more then you can watch continents or glaciers moving or measure your fingernails growing second by second. But, in the end, the result is a tremendous change.

EDIT: Why is everyone giving me interesting links? I was going to do some cleaning before I opened this thread.

* Arcvasti rolls a 1 on his will save to resist biology

Dammit.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I don't currently have the time to read those sources though I will later


And when I said adding/subtracting chromosomes I meant in a way that turns the entire species into something complexly different, i.e. ameboa into a fish or fish into an amphibian or amphibian into mammal etc etc

[Arx]

Also, I believe there may be some evidence in the ribosomal layout of...something that suggest bacterial DNA got implemented into the general mix.

I may be remembering incorrectly, so if that rings any bells for any Biologists out there, please verify.

Yep, that sounds very correct to me. I think you have more ranks in Biology than me, though. 

[cerapa]

And when I said adding/subtracting chromosomes I meant in a way that turns the entire species into something complexly different, i.e. ameboa into a fish or fish into an amphibian or amphibian into mammal etc etc

First google result has an explanation of how the number of chromosomes can change. http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/04/21/basics-how-can-chromosome-numb/

Also, I suspect you might have an odd understanding of evolution based on the use of the term "entire species".