Re: Evolution and the Grand Design

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Iris Cohen) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> << For example, how fast can a new species arise from the existing stock of
> species? >><BR><BR>
> 
> It varies widely. Apparently for humans & other primates it took millions of
> years. For orchids & some other plants which colonize a newly disturbed site in
> the jungle, it may only take a few generations.

Years have passed during my search for a citation of such an event.
What is your reference?
 
> << What are the mechanisms that effect the event? >>
> 
> Sorry, that can not be explained in a short e-mail. You need to consult a few
> books on the subject, starting with the Origin of Species.

Nor can it be explained in a long e-mail, for no one can explain it.
Correct me with sensible documetation if I err. My garage holds thirty
cases of books that cover the subject, and I have disrespectfully
dog-eared them all.

> << Is natural law but a subset of a Creator? >>
> 
> Maybe. Consult your clergyman.

In keeping this botany related I offer that manipulation of energy
effects changes in the taxonomical identity of a flora species. I
learned to do this from cross-disciplined study of current physics
and Torah/Septuagint/Zohar. No hocus-pocus involved.
Humans are much more than you want them to be.

Beam me up, Scotty.

-Gaiawar, Echosyn of Jachin618 
  
> Iris,
> Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
> "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
> train."
> Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

That light for you, as you say, is sudden annihilation. That light for
me is the inheritance of joy upon joy unspeakable.