Hooby demands evidence
I provide tons of it
Hooby ignores it and demands more
I provide it
Hooby runs away until next time
and repeat ad nauseum
Posts by cofty
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78What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
Estimates of all the species that have ever lived are around 5 billion (lowest estimate) if we just count eukaryotes. Orders of magnitude higher than the 8 million extant (eukaryote) species. So that means the 99% figure is massively underestimated, it's more like 99.9%
You're welcome but you really need to start doing your own research. Creationism seems to attract lazy people.
Extant species
~7.77 million species of animals (of which 953,434 have been described and cataloged)
~298,000 species of plants (of which 215,644 have been described and cataloged)
~611,000 species of fungi (moulds, mushrooms) (of which 43,271 have been described and cataloged)
~36,400 species of protozoa (single-cell organisms with animal-like behavior, eg. movement, of which 8,118 have been described and cataloged)
~27,500 species of chromista (including, eg. brown algae, diatoms, water moulds, of which 13,033 have been described and cataloged)
Total: 8.74 million eukaryote species on Earth. - Source...
It is known that almost all of the species which have lived on the Earth are now extinct (Raup 1986). Only about one in a thousand of those which have ever existed are alive today, and most of the others didn’t last very long—less than ten million years in most cases. Some of these were wiped out by well-documented cataclysmic events. The K–T boundary event is the most famous example, caused perhaps by the impact of a meteor (Alvarez et al. 1980, Sharpton et al. 1992, Glen 1994). However, the majority of extinctions have no known cause. It is possible that some of them were the result not of environmental disasters but simply of natural evolutionary processes. If a coevolutionary avalanche of sufficient size were to pass through the ecosystem, causing the evolution of thousands of species to new forms, it is conceivable that certain species would find their livelihoods destroyed by the changes, and be driven to extinction. - Source (pdf)
See How do rare species avoid extinction? A paleontological view. Author, Michael L. McKinney
See also Biological Extinction in Earth History Author, David M. Raup (pdf)
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
Hooby is your question about the numbers or do you reject the simple fact that life on earth has been almost wiped out five times in its history?
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Make Shunning A Hate Crime
by Lost in the fog inthe humanist organisation in the uk wants to protect non-religious people who leave their church/religion from being punished for doing so.
they want the religious hate crime legislation in the uk to be extended to people who are not religious.
i hope they will succeed.
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cofty
Their are compelled to do so against their better judgement by a powerful criminal organization.
To play Devil's Advocate; not really.
JWs choose whether to shun relatives or pay the social cost of not doing so.
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
Hooby - You asked for evidence. I provided you with a link to an extensive article jam packed with evidence and loads of links to further research.
You can't even be arsed to click on it.
Evolution is a Fact - Ignorance is a choice.
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
I make the effort to post a detailed response laying out the details of the Permian Extinction and some moron responds by clicking 'dislike'.
That there tells you all you need to know about creationism.
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
Here you go Hooby.
Here is a lengthy article packed with evidence and links to further research...
You're welcome
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In this tutorial, we'll discuss the following questions:
What are mass extinctions?
How do we detect mass extinctions in the fossil record?
What role do mass extinctions play in evolution?
What are some common misconceptions about mass extinctions?
How do scientists study mass extinctions?
What evidence do scientists use to study mass extinctions?
What causes mass extinctions?
How could volcanic activity cause mass extinctions?
Are we experiencing a mass extinction now?
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
Hooby - Google Scholar 'permian extinction'
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
250 million years ago a plume of molten basalt gushed up from the earth's core. It erupted in an area now known as the Siberian Traps - back then it was part of the supercontinent Pangaea.
A curtain of lava a mile high and hundreds of miles long lit up the sky. The eruption known as a "flood basalt" went on for more than 900,000 years. The total amount of lava ejected over that period would have been enough to cover the entire globe to a depth of 20 feet
Dust and ash filled the sky blocking out the sun and leading to a volcanic winter. Then as the sky cleared the earth was wrapped by vast quantities of carbon dioxide given off by the burning lava, creating a greenhouse effect. The earth's temperature rose by 5 degrees celsius.
Over the first 40,000 years many land species became extinct.
Next the oceans began to warm up leading to the extinctions of 96% of marine life over less than 10,000 years.
Then came the third phase when methane began to be released from below the ocean adding to the greenhouse effect and lifting the global temperature by a further 5 degrees over the next 40,000 years. What was left of the planet turned to arid desert killing of most the remaining flora and fauna.
Every living thing on earth today is descended from the 4% that survived.
Known as the Permian extinction or sometimes as "The Great Dying" it was one of five mass extinctions in life's turbulent history.
From the perspective of evolution these events are simply part of the story of life's battle for survival. For creationists they pose an impossible dilemma.
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What The Fossils Say
by cofty inthe old creation book had a lot to say about the fossil record.
if i remember correctly it was some lie about all the fossils ever found would fit on a single table.
the reality is that there is an embarrassment of riches illustrating the evolution of life.
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cofty
Hooby - There have been five mass extinctions in the history of life on earth.