11.07.09
Miller’s contradictions (which aren’t resovled by ID)
Science and Religion: Is Evolution “Random and Undirected”?
Ken Miller styles himself as a Catholic theistic evolutionist, leading one critic to observe that he is sometimes presented as if any potential conflicts between evolution and religion are “reconciled, as it were, in his person.”1 Dr. Miller has the right to believe whatever he wishes; there is no need or desire to question his personal faith. What we do seek, however, are straight answers from Dr. Miller about inconsistencies in his evolving statements on this topic.
Five editions of Miller’s textbook, Biology, stated that “evolution works without either plan or purpose … Evolution is random and undirected.”2 At the Dover trial, Dr. Miller admitted on cross-examination that this description “requires a conclusion about meaning and purpose that I think is beyond the realm of science.”3