: Hey, Gideon,Well I'm not Gideon but...
: I'd like your reaction to these statements.
Sure...
: "The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology,
: and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a
: science founded on an unproved theory--is it then a
: science of a faith? Belief in the theory of evolution is
: thus exactly parallel to belief in special creation --
: both are concepts which believers know to be true but
: neither, up to the present, has been capable of
: proof."
So from this perspective if both evolution and creation are based on faith agnostics have the right perpective? I think that evolution has been proved through archeology and medical endevour has it not?
: "The Theory of Evolution is no longer with us,
: because neo-Darwinism is not acknowledged as being unable
: to explain anything more than trivial change, and in
: defaulr of some other theory we have none.. despite the
: hostility of witness provided by the fossil record,
: despite the innumerable difficulties, and despite the
: lack of even a credible theory, evolution survives. Can
: there be any other area of science, for instance, in
: which a concept as intellectually barren as embryonic
: recapitulation could be used as evidence for a
: theory?"
: Any belief in evolution is as much faith as my belief in special creation.
Justification for agnosticism again, is it the only rational position then?
:
: And no, I'm working on the answers to your supposed "contradictions," I haven't conceded them. I'll also be out for the Thanksgiving holidays, so who knows when I'll return. (Is that rejoicing I'm hearing from someone:)?)
I dont think it's rejoicing the debates only good because people hold entrenched views while at the same time being willing to exchange these views without constantly falling back on prejudice etc.
Cheers,
Lark
