Range of variation is limited within kinds (Talk.Origins)

Claim CB901.1:

Species may undergo minor changes, but the range of variation is limited to variation within kinds.

Source:
 * Morris, Henry M., 1974. Scientific Creationism, Green Forest, AR: Master Books, pp. 51-52, 87-88.
 * Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1985. Life--How Did It Get Here? Brooklyn, NY, 109.

CreationWiki response:

This claim is simply a statement of concept. It is simply saying that the degree of variation that is observed is limited to variation within Created kinds.

These in no way qualify as a new kind of orgaism, nor are HeLa cells "a wild unicellular life form." HeLa cells have been artificially kept alive for years in lab cultures. They are still human cells, but because of their disease, scientists have been able to keep them living in lab cultures.

Wrong! Creationists have long held that, because of the laws of thermodynamics and the principles of information theory, the variations within Created kinds can only go downward, not upward. That is, the increased variation results in a loss of information within each group, so that each new group is generally weaker and less fit than its ancestors.

So Creationists do identify mechanisms that limit variation. These are increased entropy, and increased genetic noise.