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[Natural Selection by Dr. Gary Parker] "The peppered moths used as an example in many textbooks have actually been
exposed as a fraud. Dead and sedated moths were placed on tree trunks where the
moths were never observed to rest. Despite the fraud, this is a clear example of
natural selection, not evolution.
Darwin based his idea of natural selection on the changes he observed in
selective breeding by farmers and animal breeders. It can be observed that
artificial selection can lead to the expression of hidden traits. Darwin
suggested that if man can produce such changes in a short time, over millions of
years natural selection could produce entirely new species. Darwin was right
about the ability of natural selection to change populations, but he was wrong
about the extent of change that could occur.
A popular example in textbooks is the case of the peppered moth. The proportion
of moths of different color was shown to change as pollution changed the
environment they lived in. It has also been recently revealed that the photos of
moths showed dead or stunned moths glued to trees and that the moths do not land
on the trunks. Despite the fraud, the concept still fails to prove evolution in
the molecules-to-man sense." Evolution Exposed, Second Ed. Natural selection,
Parker.
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Response to comment [from other]: "[D]o you think the peppered moth population's genetically inherited traits changed over successive generations?"
Creationists do not dispute natural selection. Unfortunately, unsuspecting kids in the classroom have been taught that natural selection is evidence of molecules to man evolution. It is not. Traits can change. But the point remains: "Not even one mutation has been observed that adds a little information to the genome [Ibid., 159–160]..." Full text: Is There Really a God?
"Do you think the peppered moth population's genetically inherited traits changed over successive generations?"
Moths can change. What mechanisms do you think naturalists use to explain how mutations produce new information to make organisms more complex? Why do you think biology textbooks continue to include peppered moths when scientists have shown it to be a fraud?
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: "Virtually everything SD has posted about evolution is either a misrepresentation or an outright lie."
Since evolution and creation are both based on one's worldview, why should one be taught in public schools and not the other? Should students only be exposed to your secular worldview?