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From: bivalve [mailto:bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:54 PM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: RE: Islam and terrorism, Islam and science
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>Hmmm. Religious believers looking to modern science for a vindication of
the credibility of their Sacred Book. Where have I seen that before?
>
>---Perhaps Haeckel's attempt to support Darwin's writings?
Actually, it was Haeckel's attempts to support Haeckel's writings that
caused problems. His ideas about development strictly recapitulating
phylogeny are contrary to a modern evolutionary understanding.
---Yet, it was presented, per New York State syllabus, as a "proof" as late
as 1962, and appears as such in Smithsonian Institute books on the subject
at least 20 years after that...not to mention as a tool to dehumanize
fetuses by the Choice advocates, even to this day.
Nevertheless, there are many similarities among embryos or juveniles that
are readily explained by evolution from a common ancestor but remain
problematic for limited evolution advocates such as most intelligent design
and young earth creationists.
A common design by the Common Designer...where's the problem?
Norm
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