[Right Wing Professor]

Darwin never said whales were descended from bears. He said that he didn't see why natural selection could not accomplish a transformation from a bear to something as monstrous as a whale.

Coulter said, and I quote, "They [evolutionists] say the whale "evolved" when a bear fell in the ocean". No, we don't say that.

[Fester Chugabrew]

No, we don't say that.

Of course not. Like good liberals you dare not say what you really mean and believe. It has to be couched in tomes of scientific certitude, just as evidence contrary to the theory of evolution must be explained away or discarded.

[Heartlander]

Perhaps you could put Coulter’s quote in context so we might discern her actual meaning as you are able to do with Darwin’s statements. Surely you bought Coulter’s book and read it because I know you would not just quote from some blog that has problems with her book? I admit that I have not read her book - - - yet… It’s on the short list now though ; )

Back to Chuck… Apparently others in the scientific commune were embarrassed by his statement and he decided to revise it by removing the sentence - “Even in so extreme a case as this, if the supply of insects were constant, and if better adapted competitors did not already exist in the country, I can see no difficulty in a race of bears being rendered, by natural selection, more aquatic in their structure and habits, with larger and larger mouths, till a creature was produced as monstrous as a whale.” Although in fairness, he regretted omitting this passage.

But, if we are going to quote a mere sentence and decide if an individual is worth reading - I submit this sentence:

You have expressed my inward conviction, though far more clearly and vividly than I could have done, that the universe is not the result of chance.
Darwin

Again, I am apparently not privy with the ability to discern what Darwin might or might not have meant by this statement ; )