Creationists, why do you think evolution is random?

Question

Rare mutations surviving natural selections. That's not random to anyone who believes in evolution.

Answer 1

Because they've never bothered to actually study it on their own.

Answer 2

You start with a sentence "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"

And then random mutation generates a bunch of variations:
- The quick black fox jumped over the lazy dog
- Too quick black fox jumped over the lazy dog
- The jumped fox quicked black over the lazy dog
- A quick brown flop jumped over the lazy dock
- A quick brown dog flopped over the lazy clock

...Now we add Natural Selection:

With English, Natural Selection equates to people preferring one sentence over the other.
One of the best real-world examples of natural selection is advertising. Let's say you sell quick brown foxes and you want to advertise them on the Internet. You could write a paid Google advertisement (you see them running down the right side of the screen when you search) that says something like this:

= Quick Brown Fox
- Jumps Over Your Lazy Dog
- Other Colors Available too - Black, White
- www.QuickBrownFox.com

Answer 3

Exactly. They might come about by chance but the determination of which mutations are kept and which aren't is anything but random.

Answer 4

I think the point is that all the mutations we have ever seen are rather maladaptive. They shorten life, or increase susceptibility to disease. Simply speaking, mutations do not make stronger or superior creatures.

Answer 5

I thought mutations were supposed to damage the cell, therefore how is a mutation going to create a more adanced creature?! that is like saying many earthquakes are going to turn an apartment into the white house eventually.

Answer 6

Ignorance is bliss, I guess.

patrone07, a mutation is just a change in the genetic code, and it's usually, but not always, harmful. Occasionally, it isn't. And when it isn't, it prevails. This is something we can observe more or less in real-time with viruses, so it's hardly controversial...

Answer 7

well...the only reason i dont believe in the whole mutations thing is...look at the world today...are there ANY good mutations lately? i havent heard of one...
but overall i believe in a mix of creation and evolution...God is the one causing evolution to take place...maybe we didnt come from monkeys or w/e...but i think overall it is a mix...

Answer 8

No one knows the natural selection, since it is up to nature to decide what dies and what lives.

Atheist.

Answer 9

Because someone waved their hand or wand or whatever and made everything in an instant for no apparent reason other then boredom.That is their story and they are sticking with it.

Answer 10

Well, thanks so much for telling me what I think. Unfortunately, like most other people who've tried telling me what I think, you're wrong.