Evolution under attack ... again

[Frederick W. Schueler]

Richard Zander wrote:
>
> One of the things that dismayed me about modern attacks on evolution when I actually read some of the literature is that Intelligent Design people say they have no complaint about microevolution.
> Thus, if you ever have to debate or even think of debating, get a good coach or read up on arguments and facts supporting species level evolution.

* but the thing about these folks is that none of them can agree (even
in small clusters) among themselves about what it is about evolutionary
history or theory that they don't like - I read accounts of the gasps
emitted by 'young-earth-creationists' as 'intelligent designers' admit
features of history or theory that they don't object to. If you gathered
up all the things that one grouplet or other of creationists will allow
you could construct a pretty complete evolutionary theory.

Leah Larkin quoted:
>
> - "there is no scientific basis for concluding 'that species living
> on Earth today are related by descent from common ancestral species'".

* that's the one that gets me - all in all it appears that it's science
that they're really opposed to, so without citing anything they say that
scientific results on the subject of evolution aren't scientific. Eh?
Maybe the reply is that there's no evidence that fundamentalist
Christianity is a religion.

fred.
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