> DT: Perhaps you would like to suggest reasons why Darwinists, who hold so strongly to the stochastic character of mutations and of environmental pressures, find it so easy to drop into terminology >
> They are terms which have a loaded meaning, perhaps they should
> be avoided but when properly understood how they are used in the
> various circumstances, one can still understand the meaning.
> It's a confusion which arises when common vocabulary is used to
> discuss issues.
Pim, I am tempted to say to these Darwinists: "Put your own house in
order". I would not use the word "perhaps" as you do. I would also
suggest that the words, when "properly understood", convey design and
the marks of an intelligent agent. In this area, it is Darwinists
who are muddying the waters! My agument here is for consistency.
In a way, I agree with the Darwinian authors of the letter to Nature.
Where I disagree with them is that this Darwinian position is the
only one that is acceptable in the academic community.
Best regards,
David J. Tyler.