[RobbyS]

I think you are misconstruing the constroversy. It is not between creationists and evolutionists but between microevolutionists and macroevolutionists. The latter seem to presuppose a uniform development that is not in evidence. That is why Gould's theory is so much in vogue. Probably, though, it is a holding pattern. My whole attitude is like Pascal's: let us wait on the evidence and not presume to know what we don't know.

[ndt]

"I think you are misconstruing the constroversy. It is not between creationists and evolutionists but between microevolutionists and macroevolutionists."

Well it depends. Creationists can be a very diverse lot. Old earth, Young earth, micro vs macro and I even had somone argue for a geocentric worldview recently.

"My whole attitude is like Pascal's: let us wait on the evidence and not presume to know what we don't know."

Well that's just being agnostic. I can respect that.