[fishtank]

Mentioned in the first paragraph

[relictele]

Darwinism survives not because it is empirically verified, but because it is a deduction from a tightly-held materialistic worldview.

At the risk of being pedantic, isn't it more of an induction?

ie it assumes certain things at the outset and then builds (erroneous) conclusions on them.

[Westbrook]

Evolutionism and its ugly twin sister, Global Warmism, are contrivances imposed upon the evidence to validate a faulty thesis.

[Wiz-Nerd]

Thanks for posting. I went to the Discovery Institute’s website and saw they have this on the front page.

I really like the work they and Dr. Stephen Meyer do.

https://www.discovery.org/

[Dr. Sivana]

Tom Bethell is still writing? He had a GREAT article in (I believe) Harpers 10/82 on this topic. He found taxonomists who believed in evolution, but admitted they believed in it as a matter of faith, NOT true scientific proof. I had been meaning to get a copy of the article. It is likely cited in the book.

[Moonman62]

From a more reliable source:

In the course of the approximately 5,700 tests conducted by the researchers, they found that for 22 of the 56 gene pairs studies, the paralogous gene took over in the absence of its counterpart. “Gene function is maintained by the paralogous gene still present in the cell, which supports the hypothesis that genetic duplication ensures genome resilience,” said Christian Landry. However, for 22 other pairs, the absence of one of the two paralogous genes interfered with cellular function. “The presence of both paralogous genes from the pair is sometimes essential to maintain cellular function,” he explained. In these cases, the spontaneous mutation of one of the paralogous genes would be sufficient to create a situation where gene function is no longer assured. Duplication of the gene therefore made the genome more fragile.”

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-tenet-dominant-evolutionary-biology.html#jCp

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This makes sense. The longer a duplication exists, the more likely an organism may become dependent on it. But a newer duplications should be more conducive to beneficial mutations.

[semimojo]

Anyone who refers to modern evolutionary theory as ‘Darwinism’ has no real interest in the science.

[sodpoodle]

God’s greatest gifts to man were curiosity, observation, the ability to use the earth and its resources for food, shelter and procreation. He sent his Son to help us understand the wonder of it all.

the word SCIENCE means:

Seek
Christ
In
Everything
Natural
Creative
Eternal

[Moonman62]

Lots of derogatory comments about evolution on this thread that have nothing to do with the article. Is that your goal?