Exhibit 10:  Natural Selection

natural selection cartoon
"I wish evolution would just hurry up and sort us out some proper camouflage."
(Licensed from cartoonstock.com)

For the theory of Evolution, Natural Selection is supposedly the process that selects the most fit individuals as they compete for food, shelter, and mates in the struggle of survival.  This is also sometimes called the "Survival of the Fittest."  This supposedly explains how purposeful life forms could arise by chance.

This would occur in the Creation model also, but selection would just be from existing fully functional life forms, not "new", "transitional" ones.

Does Natural Selection exist?

Yes.  So does artificial selection when people selectively breed show animals or race horses for example.
What gets selected?
An individual living thing gets selected over others as being more suitable to survive (or just look good).  This does not explain the origin of change.  For Evolution, the agent of change is supposedly mutations.  See Exhibit 11 Mutations.  Natural Selection would select which change or existing trait gets passed on.
What would natural selection do with a transitional form if one happened along?
It would not select the transitional forms which are less fit than their fully functional siblings.  For example, if a fish was born with fins that are half way to becoming legs, it would be less fit to compete with fish that have fully functional fins.
Natural Selection is a foe to Evolution, not a friend!
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If you don't believe God created all living things, male and female, in 6 days....
How many millions of years was it between the first male and the first female?