Pahu wrote:
> Fossil Gaps
>
> If evolution happened, the fossil record should show continuous and
> gradual changes from the bottom to the top layers. Actually, many gaps
> or discontinuities appear throughout the fossil record (a).
>
> a. “But, as by this theory innumerable transitional forms must have
> existed, why do we not find them imbedded in countless numbers in the
> crust of the earth?” Darwin, The Origin of Species, p. 163.
>
> “... the number of intermediate varieties, which have formerly existed
> [must] truly be enormous. Why then is not every geological formation
> and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly
> does not reveal any such finely-graduated organic chain; and this,
> perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged
> against the theory [of evolution].” Ibid., p. 323.
>
> Darwin then explained that he thought that these gaps existed because
> of the “imperfection of the geologic record.” Early Darwinians
> expected the gaps would be filled as fossil exploration continued.
> Most paleontologists now agree that this expectation has not been
> fulfilled.
>
>
http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/LifeSciences27.html#wp1049019>
So, can we destroy the earth with this knowledge?
Wally