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To: js1138

No, evolution is a broad category that has so many elements that many different specialists can testify about it. My personal objection is the claim that Darwin’s theory has the same sourt of explanatory power as say Newton’s theory of gravitation. If you read the book, the theory is just not there. There is basically an assertion backed by a careful marshalling of evidence based on personal observation. More like a legal brief than principia mathematica.


68 posted on 01/18/2008 6:48:55 PM PST by RobbyS
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To: RobbyS
No, evolution is a broad category that has so many elements that many different specialists can testify about it.

The element of evolution that the Dover school board found offensive was common descent. There really aren't any competent scientists who disagree with common descent. Even the Discovery Institutes's experts do not question common descent.

A school board cannot override the consensus of science because it finds science inconvenient for religious reasons. And the religious motivation of the school board was established beyond doubt by testimony given under oath.

69 posted on 01/18/2008 6:54:24 PM PST by js1138
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