https://freerepublic.com/tag/godmakesfish/ en-us Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:52:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201516/posts Expelling Design from Biology Professor Walter Bock introduces his short essay by referring to the letter Darwin wrote to Asa Gray in 1860: "I am conscious that I am in an utterly hopeless muddle. I cannot think that the world, as we see it, is the result of chance; and yet I cannot look at each separate thing as the result of design". Ernst Mayr took up the challenge and he also found a tension between his understanding of evolutionary theory and the need to use terms like "design" and "purposefulness". Mayr concluded: "Given all this, the conclusion is inevitable:... ARN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201516/posts#comment Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:52:52 GMT