[JediGirl]

If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. " Charles Darwin, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", Chapter 6.

Ah, but my dear friend, if you'd gone on to read the next sentence (and obviously you didn't): "But I can find out no such case". And no such case has been found, darling.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Good catch. The general rule ought to be that a quote taken out of context must have its context provided before being judged.

[gore3000]

Ah, but my dear friend, if you'd gone on to read the next sentence (and obviously you didn't): "But I can find out no such case". And no such case has been found, darling.

Really? Where's the proof of the gradual evolution of the bacterial flagellum? Or of the gradual evolution of eukaryotes from prokaryotes? Or of the bat's sonar system?