Is evolution surpising

[Tomas]

broken,

If by "Fundies" you mean people who think the Bible is an inerrant historical record, then they are deceiving themselves. I say, do not be tethered to the bible or any book. Books are just tools. If there is a god, you would do well not to chain yourself unyielding to any specific tool.

It is obvious you are not a fundie.

Everyone is a fundie in some size, shape, form.

[Ignius]

You take an evolved seed. Plant it. Desirable conditions. A flower evolves.

[Shahrazad]

The flower doesn't really evolve -- it just grows from the coded instructions in the evolved seed.

[Ignius]

I'm a little confused, because you appeared to disagree with me, but your explanation for the disagreement is really in agreement.

Did you do that on purpose?

[Shahrazad]

Not really. I was just trying to keep things accurate.

[Ignius]

The flower doesn't really evolve -- it just grows from the coded instructions in the evolved seed.

Evolution is, among other things, the growth from the coded instructions in the evolved seed -- the seed evolved through similar processes (as nature dictates).

[Rhett]

My impression is that evolution theory refers to changes in observed characteristics and genetics amongst species, not to the growth process of any single specimen.