12.26.08
Defining evolution?
Did Life Evolve? Defining ‘Evolution’
Should evolution be taught as a scientific fact? Some scientists and educators and parents will say “Absolutely! Evolution is necessary for understanding many biological processes!†Others will say, “No! Evolution is a humanistic belief system that has been promoted as science!†In some senses, the first can be correct. In other senses the second can be correct. It all boils down to what people mean by the term “evolution.â€
The problem is that while ‘evolution’ is transparent on one level, it becomes obscure as we consider its implications. We infer the evolution man, for example, and that seems an overwhelming conclusion, but when we try to assess just how that happened, Darwinism, at least, fails badly. For a simple reason: we can’t close in on the details of ‘how man evolved’.
Timothy Birdnow said,
December 26, 2008 at 3:47 pm
We infer the evolution man, for example, and that seems an overwhelming conclusion, but when we try to assess just how that happened, Darwinism, at least, fails badly. For a simple reason: we can’t close in on the details of ‘how man evolved’.
Excellent point, Nemo! One of the things that always aggravates me about Darwinists is that they DEMAND an alternative be presented or they will continue to use their theory. There is no reason we cannot say “we don`t know“ and try to work out a theory which actually explains things. That`s done in science all the time “why is the speed of light in a vacuum constant?“ We don`t know. Yet it isn`t allowed in the Evolution debate, because the Darwinists have such a vested interest in enshrining their largely mystical viewpoint. They insist that a theory be presented in full, or you are called a “Creationist“.
Yet they want enormous slack cut for themselves when they say “we don`t know“ when parts of their theory is challenged. None dare call it hypocrisy.