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From: rlh@cvl.UUCP (Ralph L. Hartley)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Isolation and Unique Species
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 10:32:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 29 10:32:48 1985
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>>>>>How could new species appear in isolated regions if they didn't evolve?

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>>     So should we just add this one to the list of phenomena which is easily
>> explained by evolution and ignored by creationists?

> Maybe.  Or maybe someone could actually come up with the creationists
> who make this argument.  Or maybe someone could just admit that it's
> a straw man, and quit circling around the question.

The original argument is FOR evolution. It is true that a straw man was
raised as a posible creationist response, but if you don't want to use
that argument what argument DO you want to use. The point is not that
creatonist use that argument, but that they don't have a better one (or
if they do, they are keeping it secret :-).

				Ralph Hartley
				rlh@cvl