[whattajoke]

Quite a leap you've made there. Equivalent to, "A preacher called Christianity a bunch of hogwash" and therefore it is.

Okay, so you got a talking point from Anne Coulter about a Cornell professor who did indeed say the first quote you mined. My curiosity led me to sift thru the drudgery of creationist drivel to find the actual quote and its context.

Yes, William Provine (the singular scientist who said this, not the trumped up "scientistS" of your comment) said exactly what you said he said. But it is, of course, part of a much longer article about faith and science. It's a good read.

Regardless, I'm not sure how one guy's thoughts on the matter of faith and science reconciling lead to your odd conclusion that "evolution is a failed theory." Provine could believe that magic unicorns created us all yesterday, but that has no bearing on the fact of evolution.

[CatherineofAragon]

Well, actually I didn’t get that quote from Ann Coulter ( I don’t keep up with her these days) but if she published it, good for her.

One person, huh? The slightest bit of research will pull up evolutionary scientists who are increasingly doubting the failed theory or admitting that it can’t be true.

[Matchett-PI]

Re: Ann Coulter:

“No science is ever frightening to Christians. Religious people don’t need the science to come out any particular way on IQ or AIDS or sex differences any more than they need the science to come out any particular way on evolution...If evolution is true, then God created evolution. ... Although God-believers don’t need evolution to be false, athiests need evolution to be true. “. ­ Ann Coulter (from her 2006 book, “Godless”)

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Undeniable truth of life # 23. Evolution cannot explain Creation. ­ Rush Limbaugh (1980’s)

“...evolution does take place, but it doesn’t explain Creation. Obviously, it can’t ..” Rush Limbaugh Facts, Science Smash the Global Warming Myth February 28, 2007