Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Hank All-American
when holes in Darwinistic theories are pointed out

Which "holes" would those be?

Other than, of course, the "holes" that Darwin himself listed and addressed one by one (the latter half of which being frequently ignored by quote-miners)?

136 posted on 12/01/2005 1:49:16 PM PST by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 131 | View Replies ]


To: highball

“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, 1958, p. 171.

I think that's a pretty big hole. There is no way a bacterial flagellum, which has some forty odd proteins necessary for it's function, could be the result of "numerous, successive, slight modifications." Only about ten of those proteins have been shown to have any other potential functionality. How did the other thirty accumulate? This is an very simple organism we're talking about. The theories I've read trying to explain it away simply aren't persuasive, because they always seem to miss the point.

Look, I'm not saying there's no room for argument here, and I'm not trying to start one. I just have never met any group of people quite as dogmatic as evolutionists. I have yet to be involved in a discussion with one that didn't descend into name-calling and condescension. And I don't even consider myself an ID proponent. I'm just what you might call an evolution sceptic, that's all.


143 posted on 12/01/2005 2:07:00 PM PST by Hank All-American (Free Men, Free Minds, Free Markets baby!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 136 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson