Well....this is certainly discouraging.
Why? Pope, imam, rabbi, Mormon elder, guru... what relevance to a Biblically-oriented Christian?
You wrote: "Well....this is certainly discouraging."
But I'm not discouraged! All Facchini is asserting here makes perfect sense to me. First he says that Darwin proponents "erroneously assume" that their theory "explains everything." Obviously it does not. For one thing, it does not explain the origin of biological life, nor can it pinpoint its first emergence with any precision, nor can it explain or account for how natural processes -- for instance, DNA -- can be as "information rich" as they manifestly appear to be.
And so, "Better to recognize that the problem from the scientific point of view remains open."
Second, Facchini definitely suggests that science alone cannot explain life in general, let alone how individual human beings actually experience it. If so, his observation rings deeply true to me.
The issues involved here seem not to have at all been plumbed for their deep seriousness and importance to the future prospects of the human race. But then, in Pop Kultur, such issues tend to be dismissed.
But that is not Facchini's fault. He's simply an observer here. And he gets the main point. And passes it along to us.
Well, FWIW, my two cents. Thanks so much for the ping, xzins!
Well... not to me. As much as I'd like to see a counter to the Dawkins of of the world, Intelligent Design ain't it. Unfortunately.
Whenever this subject comes up, I think of the point of view of these men of science:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo8_xmas.html
I got this ping this morning, and I haven't read through the whole thread yet.
However, as a YEC, I do say that creationism is not science. One cannot empirically prove the existance of a creator. That being said, I also believe that science is not the only begetter of Truth, and that science classes should have to affirm this as they teach.