“So, for scientific purposes, is there any reason to reach beyond science’s natural boundaries to find supernatural explanations for observed speciation?”
When the only natural process that scientists can propose to account for speciation is statistically impossible, then yes, I think we have a good reason.
>>>When the only natural process that scientists can propose to account for speciation is statistically impossible, then yes, I think we have a good reason.
Boogieman, I suspect you are referring to “descent with modification”, or “common descent”, which requires a gain in genetic information. From the literature I have read, that process is statistically impossible.
Speciation, on the other hand, is fairly common. It is understood as the loss of genetic information, or “devolution”:
“Definition of devolution: retrogression from a derived to a primitive or less differentiated state; the reverse of evolution.” [Mai et al, “The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution.” 2005, p.142]
Mr. Kalamata
I am totally unimpressed with the alleged mathematical "proofs" claiming basic evolution is impossible.
On the Origin of Life, that jury is still out and may remain out for a very long time to come.
So far there's nothing to confirm various hypotheses about how it may have happened.
But regardless, I have no doubt that God is responsible and His plan is being executed as He intended, whether by evolution or some other process.