Why Darwinism Is Doomed

WorldNetDaily ^ | 09/27/2006 | Jonathan Wells

[finnman69]

That was well put and I can agree with that. I'm not an atheist, but I am not religious. However, I have respect for religion, but not if it throws out the 'facts of science' as you eloquently stated your position.

[oldleft]

Ducking...

[ExtremeUnction]

Evolution happens...

[sandbar]

>>>If anyone does not believe in Darwinism, i'll take them on a tour in the Museum of Natural History and explain it.>>>

"According to Darwinists, there is such overwhelming evidence for their view that it should be considered a fact."

It's true cause I said so! Right?

[steve-b]

Oh, puh-leeze. This is a bit of semantic obfuscation that would make Bill Clinton blush scarlet.

[sandbar]

I don't think every creationist believes the earth is 10,000 years old.

[RobRoy]

>>"Darwinism teaches that we are accidental byproducts of purposeless natural processes that had no need for God,..."

"Darwinism" teaches nothing of the sort. Evolution is an explanation of, to be brief, how we got here. It describes a theorized mechanism, one which is perfectly compatible with Christianity.<<

For crying out loud, quit mincing words, With the exception of your first sentence and your last "compatibility" remark, you are saying the same thing thw quotes says. Read the actual words in what you quoted.

And Darwinism is pretty much dead. Those that never believed it in school, yet were not religious, would be what we call "skeptics". Those who did believe it, hook, line and sinker are what we call "lemmings".

It is good to ask questions. Many of the "anti-evolution" books are written by men who never got straight answers from their biology professors regarding evolution as it relates to science and decided to find out for themselves, resulting in the books they wrote.

[Al Simmons]

OK. You asked for a fight? I'll GIVE you a fight!!!

*CREVO FLYING BRICKBAT PING!!

[razzle]

"These creationist goons make thinking conservatives look bad. "

And you must be one of the "thinking conservatives" who wants to stop any and all thinking in school other than that we have a great great ...grandfather that was an amoebas. (and what about the other amoebas that didn't become "thinking conservatives" such as yourself)

[<1/1,000,000th%]

So after 150 years, Darwinists are still looking for evidence – any evidence, no matter how skimpy – to justify their speculations.

Actually, they're not. They're trying to nail down the difficult relationships using the new genetic tools. As in, how many phyla of animals are there?

That's what makes the creationists' story line so difficult to maintain. Facts just aren't relevant to creationists. They'll still be writing this story 100 years from now, 1000 years from now, and 10,000 years from now.

After that, no one will remember what the argument was about.

[Buck W.]

"Did you read the article? "

Yes. However, your reference to Scriptural Christianity is the issue, not Darwinism. Decendence from a common ancestor is perfectly compatible with Christianity. However, this is not true if one holds to the literal inerrancy of the Bible.

[drangundsturm]

Well, even Darwinism predicts that Darwinism is doomed. People who believe in creation are against abortion in far higher numbers than people who believe in evolution. Therefore, creationists' children are not aborted, while Darwinist babies get killed. Even a 1% lower birth rate mathmatically dooms a pool of genes over many generations... Therefore, if Darwinism is true it predicts that it's own adherents will be squeezed out of the gene pool eventually. If Darwinism is not true, it will eventually be proven false, also reducing its adherents. Either way it is doomed insofar as being the majority view.

[Coyoteman]

I don't think every creationist believes the earth is 10,000 years old.

You're right. A lot of them prefer a date much closer to 6,000 years.

[muawiyah]

We already dismissed the "young earth" crowd the other day through the simple expedient of demonstrating that a story that allegedly took place in Abraham's life is measurably in excess of 7,000 years.

The "young earth" crowd only give the Earth 5,100 years based on their error filled analysis of Bible stories.

They don't count, and their use as a "straw man" is ridiculous.

[oldleft]

It was a joke...may biblical literalists do believe that.

[adam_smith_76]

Darwinism teaches that we are accidental byproducts of purposeless natural processes that had no need for God

Here we go again... :( The earth is at the center of the universe. Spontaneous generation creates rats. Anyone who disagrees with these things is a liberal atheist. Why science itself is liberal! Let's just abandon all science, live in huts, and ignore any challenge to our orthodoxy.

Good heavens, it's 2006, and we're still debating if evolution is real. Sad but true. And for the record, I am a staunch Christian.

[muawiyah]

The "young earth" crowd only give it about 5,100 years, not 10,000.

[Al Simmons]

It doesn't quite work that way.

BTW, did you perchance think of the devastating effect on young people's religious faith that finding out that they have been sold a bunch of *BS* masquerading as science?

WELL, DID YOU???

Didn't think so.

[muawiyah]

The people you're talking about believe that it's about 5,100 years, far short of 10,000.

[skeptoid]

A creationist goons very rarely hold "a Ph.D. in biology from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in theology from Yale University".

Thanks for the tour offer, but I'll pass.