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Personally, I am of the opinion, that while language certainly changes, it does not leave its roots completely.


This is why I do not wish to enter into these discussions, opinions on a subject are just that. Opinions, and regardless of what someone may wish to believe, it changes facts not one whit.

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The achaic English example, given in a previous post, on its notable difference to today's modern English, does not erase the fact that there are still many very certain similarities between modern and historical English; primarily, I imagine, the alphabet itself.


Sure Steve, however, spoken language was around for a very long time before the written word, you can see this, yes? The alphabet you mention was borrowed from the Romans, as was much of the languages in the european area, hence what you see with the commonality of many of the tounges in that region. There was a common unifying political/social force that existed at one time in the region.
However, if you wish to chew over lingustic oddities, lets take our friends the Chinese. Chinese is not a single language, it varies drasticly by area, every province has its own dialect, and even single villages within those provinces have their own dialect. They are so very differnt as to be seperate languages.
But the written word is universal. The pronuciation of the charecters however is very different.

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The fact that language was changed by a higher source, and peoples were scattered about the earth...according to tongue, makes more sense to me.


Fine, it makes more sence to you, it has nothing to do with the manner in which language evolved. Nor have you demonstrated in anyway, shape or form the "fact" of a higher power.

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If evolution is true, and we branched out from a single pair, as is commonly held to be the case by certain scientists today, then there logically should be certain roots common to all languages.


*snort* Evolution is a proven Steve, nor anywhere does it state we branched out from a single pair, I think you're confusing a certian biblical story with science. I also think you don't quite have a grasp of the time scales involved here, even if there was a hypothetical "first language" it would have altered so much over the thousands of mellinia that humans have been upright, as to mutate into a totally different tounge. Although I'll note that you say certain scientists, which leaves me to wonder what manner of science, exactly, those certain scientists are performing.

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I know...you don't feel that way, but I do. So...I guess that is that.


It's not a matter of what I feel there Stevereno, it's all about what is currently known as fact, not conjecture, wild guesses or wishfull thinking. And that I suppose, is indeed that.

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