Evolution is more probable than Intelligent Design

I'm sorry it took a while. Lots of information to cover. Please view my opening argument on http://tinyurl.com...;(note, still under construction; notification in comments when finished).Hello,I wish to thank my partner for accepting this debate and I wish you the very best of luck. I PART 1: A CASE FOR MICROEVOLUTION We have defined microevolution as the change in the alleles of a species over a period of time. There are several proofs for microevolution that I want to prove in this section of the debate. However, before I dive into the proofs, I wish to explain what microevolution is and how it is done. A. HOW MICROEVOLUTION IS DETECTEDFirst, take a look at the image below. s://lh3.googleusercontent.com...; alt="" width="388px;" height="208px;" />This is an example of microevolution. imagine that we are studying two groups of beetles that are the same species and determine that 80% of these are green coloration and 20% of them are brown coloration. In the following year, you repeat the procedure and find the new ratio of 60:40. This is microevolution. The frequency of the alleles changed and so we determine the change is microevolution.#This is how microevolution is detected. B. MECHANISMS OF MICROEVOLUTIONNow that we know how microevolution is detected and what it is, let’s find out how it actually works. Microevolutionary changes happen via mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection. Microevolution via MutationLet's say that we have a beetle population that has a green color configuration; however, a mutation occurs that causes the green to become brown. The demo of this is below: image courtesy of Berkeley University This is microevolution as it is a change in the allele pool of the population over a period of time. MigrationMigration plays a key role in microevolution. Let’s say that the above beetles with brown genes immigrated from another population. We can then say that microevolution is at play. Let’s look at an image demo Image ibid Again, we see the alleles increase in the frequency of brown genes. By definition, this is a change in the alleles of a gene pool of a population; hence, by definition, this is microevolution.Natural SelectionWhat if the beetles with brown genes were stronger and more able to adapt than the green beetles? Then the brown beetles will be able to reproduce and survive off and the brown genes will move into the next generation. As Charles Darwin puts it in the “Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”: “It is not the strongest of species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives...it is the one that is most adaptable to change.” So, let’s introduce a predator in the equation. What will happen if the brown beetles are able to hide themselves better via camouflage? You guessed it, the green beetles will be eaten because the predators eat the more easily seen beetles lacking the brown gene which results in an increase in brown gene frequency. Image courtesy of Berkeley University. C. EXAMPLES OF MICROEVOLUTIONNow that we know how microevolution works and how one detects microevolution, this section deals with certain types of examples of microevolution. I do not know of any creationist that rejects microevolution for the evidence for microevolution is very strong. Bacterial Resistance Because microevolution is a fact, we often have to change the medicine as it becomes ineffective. There are many examples of resistance to substances such as pesticides, weeds, herbicides, and medicines - all of which is the case is micro evolution via natural selection. A photographic example is this: image courtesy of Berkeley University PBS notes:# “Whenever antibiotics wage war on microorganisms, a few of the enemy are able to survive the drug because microbes are always mutating, some random mutations will eventually protect against the drug. Antibiotics used only when needed and as directed usually overwhelm the bugs. Too much antibiotic use selects the more resistant mutants. When patients cut short of the full course of the drug, the resistant strains have a chance to multiply and spread.” Although creationists have attempted to refute the above evidence# they completely miss the point and haven’t truly responded to the question at hand. Moreover, bacterial resistance shows an example of how natural selection works to select the bacterium that is resistant to the medication over those that are not.Darwin’s FinchesDarwin observed the finches, a type of bird on the galapagos island which shows natural selection at work. Here is a good diagram of how it works:#Darwin’s Finches are an example of the way in which species’ gene pool adapt in order for long term survival.