Re: 'Directed' evolution?

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:48:34 -0500

At 08:01 PM 9/23/98 -0400, Howard J. Van Till wrote:
>Glenn,
>
>You noted that if Denton's new book represents a radical change of
>perspective "we will see a star fall from the Young-earth heavens."
>
>Here's a sample of what Denton has to say on that: (from p. xviii)
>
>"Contrary to the creationist position, the whole argument presented here is
>critically dependent on the presumption of the unbroken continuity of the
>organic world--that is, on the reality of organic evolution and on the
>presumption that all living organisms on earth are natural forms in the
>profoundest sense of the word, no less natural than salt crystals, atoms,
>waterfalls, or galaxies."
>
>"In large measure, therefore, the teleological argument presented here and
>the special creationist worldview are mutually exclusive accounts of the
>world. In the last analysis, evidence for one is evidence against the
>other. Put simply, the more convincing is the evidence for believing that
>the world is prefabricated to the end of life, that the design is built
>into the laws of nature, the less credible becomes the special creationist
>worldview."

Yep, I see a falling star.
glenn

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