Posted on 06/22/2006 1:28:41 PM PDT by Tim Long
600 dissenters sign on challenging claims about support for theory
More than 600 scientists holding doctoral degrees have gone on the record expressing skepticism about Darwin's theory of evolution and calling for critical examination of the evidence cited in its support.
All are signatories to the Scientific Dissent From Darwinism statement, which reads: "We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged."
The statement, which includes endorsement by members of the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences, was first published by the Seattle-based Discovery Institute in 2001 to challenge statements about Darwinian evolution made in promoting PBS's "Evolution" series.
The PBS promotion claimed "virtually every scientist in the world believes the theory to be true."
The list of 610 signatories includes scientists from National Academies of Science in Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, India (Hindustan), Nigeria, Poland, Russia and the United States. Many of the signers are professors or researchers at major universities and international research institutions such as Cambridge University, British Museum of Natural History, Moscow State University, Masaryk University in Czech Republic, Hong Kong University, University of Turku in Finland, Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico, University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, Institut de Paleontologie Humaine in France, Chitose Institute of Science & Technology in Japan, Ben-Gurion University in Israel, MIT, The Smithsonian and Princeton.
"Dissent from Darwinism has gone global," said Discovery Institute President Bruce Chapman. "Darwinists used to claim that virtually every scientist in the world held that Darwinian evolution was true, but we quickly started finding U.S. scientists that disproved that statement. Now we're finding that there are hundreds, and probably thousands, of scientists all over the world that don't subscribe to Darwin's theory."
The Discovery Institute is the leading promoter of the theory of Intelligent Design, which has been at the center of challenges in federal court over the teaching of evolution in public school classes. Advocates say it draws on recent discoveries in physics, biochemistry and related disciplines that indicate some features of the natural world are best explained as the product of an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection.
"I signed the Scientific Dissent From Darwinism statement because I am absolutely convinced of the lack of true scientific evidence in favor of Darwinian dogma," said Raul Leguizamon, M.D., pathologist and professor of medicine at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
"Nobody in the biological sciences, medicine included, needs Darwinism at all," he added. "Darwinism is certainly needed, however, in order to pose as a philosopher, since it is primarily a worldview. And an awful one, as Bernard Shaw used to say."
For someone that has stated he doesn't want to waste his time and is 'done with me', you sure are wasting a lot of time putting up your irrational posts. Why, in half the time you could have put up a couple of AC's "FACTS" and we could have had a civil discussion on the merits of the facts but instead you are acting like an immature juvenile.
I have found a brick wall, and it is you.
Just so I am clear before commenting, are you claiming AC said the Cambrain explosion happened 5-10 million years ago, or that it only lasted 5-10 million years?
For somone who is "done" with the conversation, you certainly don't know how to keep yourself from posting. Geez.
Only lasted 5-10 million years. The actual figure should be 10-30 or 10-40 million years.
Not that it's any of your business, but I have a problem with obnoxious people who continue to post to me (even double posting) saying the same old cr@p. Sometimes pictures speak louder than words.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Or do you not believe in that?
I agree she stated that on page 220, but her book is well researched so I don't know how anyone could say she is definitely incorrect.
I can see that. You've clearly graduated from the debate, as now you post only immature insults.
Did you learn that in church this morning? Never mind. I don't think you made church today.
Then she was in error?
Here is where she probably erred. Each subdivision is 5-6 million years long. Adding all the subdivisions you get 30 to 40 million years. Probably just carelessness on her part or one of here writers fed her the error. No big deal. OTOH, if she knew what she was talking about she would have caught the error.
The chart at left shows the major subdivisions of the Cambrian Period for North America (Laurentia during the Cambrian). International ages (subdivisions) have not been established. The size of the bars does not correlate with the length of time for each age. The oldest unnamed age is 543 to 520 million years ago, while the remaining six ages are from 520 to 490 million years ago, each approximately 5-6 million years long.
And I guess it makes you feel superior responding to immature insults. Whatever....
Meant to ping you in my post #457. Check it out.
He fails to explain why there are no human, dog, horse, elephant, zebra, whale fossils in the "Cambrian Explosion" region ....
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!
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