[picti]

I was raised is a different culture where inquiry was encouraged rather than catechism, of either camp. We were taught comparative religion in one class and evolutionary biology in another, and encouraged to question in both. The Balkanization of the discussion of the origin of life on Earth and in our universe goes against all that I hold dear about intellectual inquiry. It reminds me of the Balkanization of the abortion issue -- both sides are wrong but neither wants the other to win any ground.

In the origin of species debate, not only do the evolutionist deny the holes in their explanation, they deny the right to question these gaps. The intelligent designers fail in many ways, but are not so dogmatic about criticism, although they do not like being asked to explain who designed the intelligence in the first place -- any all the philosophical flaws that flow from that question.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"In the origin of species debate, not only do the evolutionist deny the holes in their explanation, they deny the right to question these gaps."

Nonsense. Evolutionists are always questioning their theories. ID simply isn't a scientific claim; why compound the imperfection of the Theory of Evolution with the horse manure that is ID?

[Chickensoup]

In the origin of species debate, not only do the evolutionist deny the holes in their explanation, they deny the right to question these gaps. The intelligent designers fail in many ways, but are not so dogmatic about criticism, although they do not like being asked to explain who designed the intelligence in the first place -- any all the philosophical flaws that flow from that question.

most intellegent statement on the thread.