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True ...
It is also worth mentioning that Behe, the reining guru of Intelligent Design, is on record as accepting common descent, and so is the webmaster for Dembski's site.
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So is this guy...

http://home.planet.nl/~gkorthof/kortho28.htm

I think most creationists don't take enough stock of the fact that while there are very few scientists who disavow common descent, there are quite a number with serious doubts that we have a good handle on the mechanism of evolution.

My position is that until we pin down the mechanism there needs to be at least some humility about the 'fact of common descent' even if there is tremendous evidence that appears to support it. Sort of like solving a murder without the weapon, you can do it, but it sure helps to find the weapon.

Of course many of the evolutionary advocates also don't like to mention the fact that mechanism is a lot more fuzzy than common descent.

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"I think most creationists don't take enough stock of the fact that while there are very few scientists who disavow common descent, there are quite a number with serious doubts that we have a good handle on the mechanism of evolution."

Mechanism? Not mechanisms?

Which mechanism is it that we do not have a good handle on?

BTW, common descent isn't really a mechanism as much as it is a result.