Last night I was reflecting on the state of affairs on the Reflector.
I have come to a number of conclusions:
On Thomas Moore:
Thomas Moore has tenaciously argued that evolutionists do not have
a history of interpreting their data with Darwinist bias. I have
a few final comments on this:
1) If it is true that evolutionists have eliminated their bias
from their interpretation of the facts, then they have succeeded
where every other community of human beings united by a common belief
system have failed. I find this highly doubtful, but extend my conditional
congratulations.
2) He has argued that because geologists were slow to accept continental
drift, this means that all evolution scientists who did not accept evidence
for stasis or for the Cambrian explosion were not biased. This assumes
that there was no bias on behalf of geologists studying the motion of the
continents. Another proposition I find highly doubtful.
On Glenn Morton:
I do not know how things came to be so bitter between Glenn Morton and myself,
but I lament the significant role I have played in the degeneration of our
conversation. I ask the forgiveness of the members of the reflector for a
liberal and insensitive use of sarcasm. I will restrain myself in the future.
As for Glenn and I, there is no way that mere rational discourse can bridge the
chasm between our two positions. I will no longer read or respond to any of
his posts.
On Lying Evolutionists:
I overstated my case against the evolutionary community. First in the use of
the rape analogy and second in the categoral indictment of individual
evolutionists. I believe there is a "conspiracy" but it is spiritual in nature
and the "conspirator" is perfectly capable of using those who do their best
to be intellectually honest. I apologize to those offended by this poorly
conceived remark.
Forward
Over the next few months, I will be posting excerpts from a pamphlet that I
hope to publish. I hope to start next week and post according to the
following outline:
I The Burden of Proof
II The Case for Evolution
A. "Evolution All Around Us"
B. "Evolution in the Fossil Record"
C. "The Argument from Imperfection"
(*** Note that these are the three strongest arguments for evolution according
to Stephen Jay Gould in an interview he did for a PBS documentary
entitled, "In the Beginning")
D. "Vestigial Organs"
E. "Genetic Throwbacks"
F. Molecular Evidence
G. Evidence for the Evolution of Man
H. Theological Arguments for Evolution
(The "Why would God do it this way" argument)
III The Case Against Evolution
A. The Fossil Record Gradual or Saltational?
B. The Origin of Intelligence
C. The Origin of Sex
D. Haldane's Dilemma and the Limits of Evolutionary change
E. Complex Organs
Looking forward to getting started.
In Christ,
robert van de water
associate researcher
UCLA
in Christ,
robert van de water
associate researcher
UCLA