To: Walt Griffith
From the article:
Evolutionary theory has big problems when attempting to explain the existence and complexity of the Bombardier Beetle. Each state in the evolution of its special chemicals would have led to its destruction.
So now the creationists have alleged two critters as "proof" of their "Six days of magical creation, Snake in the Garden, Noah's Ark, etc." portfolio of miracles. First the platypus. and now the Bombardier Beetle. The platypus "miracle" seems to have dribbled away. We are left with this beetle. Interestingly, the fact that this unique insect plays around with such dangerous chemicals is probably a good argument for evolution. If it were all that easy for mutations to develop such a system, it would be far more common. One can well imagine all the blind alleys that evolution has taken, which never worked out. In hundreds of millions of years, and untold billions of mutations, it seems that only one managed to thread the needle. Like all other examples of the "fallacy of retrospective astonishment," this one fails to convince.
If God wants to announce his existence with indisputable evidence, He can surely do better.
13 Posted on 08/24/2001 12:36:09 PDT by PatrickHenry
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And your point is?