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Originally posted by preciousjeni
Creationists do not deny that adaptation occurs. Otherwise, how could people have gotten taller over the past few hundred years? Or, how would common viruses (cold/flu/etc.) change forms so quickly? Creationists are not anti-science as I've said before.
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May be you are not
anti-science 
But some folks here are...
Like I said awhile ago, some folks around here probably flunked the most basic bonehead under 100 level junior high school introduction survey of science class...
It is well established in the medical community that folks have become taller because of improved nutrition and adding vitamins A and D for healthier bones in foodsources, i.e. milk and orange juice for growing children in the United States...
Now we have glossed over the selective breeding programs and eugenics of the 3rd Reich. And alot of what they found is bull. And I am not supporting their science--mainly because they grounded it on skewed principles of belief, religiousity, etc. and not hardcore scientific data and facts with multiple retesting. I think the concern from many "real researchers" in academia is that they are "freaked out" about creationism because this is exactly what happened during the rise of Nazism...
And viruses change forms quickly because of multiple mechanisms. Viruses are like parasites, they need a host to survive. When they are infecting a host, their genetic material can be susceptible to a whole range of environmental factors, namely ultraviolet light, chemical mutagens and heat/cold shock. When one of these events occurs, viruses rapidly adapt to these changes by mutating their genetic code. How viruses adapt is under intense investigation. Why they adapt very quickly, only God knows...
