To: GodGunsGuts
Behe and others make a strong case for intelligent design. As any genetics student can attest to, one finds it difficult to understand how THIS is the end result of random mutation and natural selection.
28 posted on
02/12/2009 3:47:18 PM PST by
Doc Savage
("Are you saying Jesus can't hit a curve ball? - Harris to Cerrano - Major League)
To: Doc Savage
Behe and others make a strong case for intelligent design. As any genetics student can attest to, one finds it difficult to understand how THIS is the end result of random mutation and natural selection.
Shakespeare famously said "There's method in this madness!". I.e. even if mutations are completely random, they still require a certain environment and mutagenic pressure, i.e. chemical composition of the planet's crust, climate, background radiation and insolation etc..
Even for someone who accepts evolution, it isn't contradictory at all to suspect a divine origin. Randomness neither proves nor disproves a God. What is important however, is to distinguish between science and metaphysics.
30 posted on
02/12/2009 3:58:16 PM PST by
wolf78
(Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender)
To: Doc Savage
Behe and others make a strong case for intelligent design. A strong case that has been demolished in court.
42 posted on
02/12/2009 4:30:44 PM PST by
Jeff Gordon
("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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