We are not evolving, in fact we are de-volving - getting less and less perfect, living shorter lives.
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See, "devolution" is like unscrambling an egg -- it's just not possible. Now it's possible for an existing atavism to crop up here and there (hox mutations are particularly good at making things like that happen), but it's not "devolution", just glitching in the current genetic code.
There's no such thing. Evolution is a change in allele (an allele is a gene that codes for a specific trait like blue eyes or production of the enzyme that prevents stinky pee when you eat asparagus) frequency over time, not a upward movement on some imaginary scale of perfection or toward some perceived apex.
Saying "in fact" doesn't mean anything.
Even if we were becoming 'less perfect' (when were we perfect in the first place?), that'd not disprove evolution. It says nothing about a change having to be positive, it only says change is in response to environment.
living shorter lives
We're living LONGER lives, thanks to technology, modern living, and MEDICAL SCIENCE.
Well, evolution doesn't make creatures live longer--as John pointed out, once you're past having babies, that's it. And lives are getting very much longer in a very short number of years, so that's an outright lie.
What this person might be referring to is that the latest generation is likely to be the first one to live a shorter life than its parents. Even if this turns out to be true it's got nothing to do with evolution - it's about eating too many burgers, spending all day sat down and getting obese. God's not involved in any way.
“We are not evolving, in fact we are de-volving”
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