Monday, March 23, 2009

Fixity of Species: A lesson in changing definitions

An objection commonly leveled at the Bible is that it claims that species are fixed. A good response would be: “To which definition of species are you referring?” By the old definition (as a kind), creationists would agree, but would probably better state it in modern English as fixity of the created kinds so as not to confuse the issue. The idea of one kind changing into another [dog into cat, for example] can be argued against based on the fact that no such change has ever been observed. Read more

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