OLY.... mate.. you are asking me to comment on seriously deep and intricate scientific things for which I am most unqualified.

My starting point, in case you haven't guessed it by now.. is the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He alone and that alone gives sense to the universe.

Speculating on the nature of events so long ago, is really just speculation don't you feel?

I can't comment on the divergent streams of natural selection, because the issue is too huge, and also a work in progress..

I hope this helps. I can't really offer more.

Boaz,

Thanks for your reply. I think it was a cleric who said "I don't believe in God because of Intelligent Design; I believe ib Intelligent Design have faith in God". I think you would respect that position more than mine :-).

With my post, above, I wish I could also have showed the diagram in Leakey's book, it shows two separate attempts at life on Earth. One died out five hundred million years ago. Ours' started separately allow a different path, different DNA, one billion years ago.

If Adam & Eve were the goal, it seems strange to invest in a truncated path. This path is not to do with say lions chasing prey, but a different path to ours' altogether. It is an uneconomic apporach and needlessly cost billions of [micro] animal lives.

Cheers. Have a good weekend.

All,

Please don't drop the ball by moving on to a new topic. We have an on-going debate here. Leakry makes presents strong evidence. I know it tempting to go to a new discussion. But isn't it better to have some depth to our discoues, after several exchanges of opinion.

Sancho,

You started this thread. Why not make further comment?