Simplified Homology and Presuppositions
Believers in descent with modifications evolution claim to have science on their side, but certain evidences for evolution are simply false. One is phylogenetic trees, which are diagrams of hypotheses and conjectures. They are not evidence.
Another is homology. Note that the root word is the Greek word for same, and used in words like homogenous. In homology, if critters have things in common like each having two eyes, tails, external ears, heads on necks, etc., then boy howdy! They must have evolved from a common ancestor. Not hardly!
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| Horse and Cow in a Meadow, Paul Gauguin, 1885 |
Homology is very subjective and can simply be a presentation of items arranged by preference. Also, circular reasoning includes restricting conclusions that can be reached. By this I mean that similarities are called evidence for common ancestry, but the same things can also point to a Creator. That conclusion from the evidence is excluded. Keep in mind that homology is not exactly chock full o' actual evidence.
Have you ever noticed the many similarities that exist between different animals? Many animals have two eyes, two ears, four limbs, a heart, a brain, five digits (fingers and toes), etc. The natural world is full of these kinds of patterns and evolutionists have a special term for them. They call them ‘homologies’ or ‘homologous organs’ or ‘homologous structures’. Homologies simply refer to similarities which, according to evolutionists, are due to their being inherited from a common ancestor.
To learn more, keep reading at "Homology made simple."