Re: True things about evolutionary theory

Wesley R. Elsberry (welsberr@inia.cls.org)
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 12:40:05 -0600 (CST)

Art Chadwick writes:

AC>That's good Wesley! Now, tell me something you know for sure
AC>about the process of evolution that differentiates it from
AC>special creation.

Well, I don't know of any version of special creation that
has these properties:

WRE>- Evolutionary interrelationships have been used to advantage
WRE>in medical research.

WRE>- The principles of natural selection have been used to
WRE>advantage in computational optimization and search.

Otherwise, one can devise some theological themata to combine
with "special creation" which allows it to conform to
evolutionary expectations. It is obvious upon inspection that
"special creation" as a concept is far broader than say,
common descent. Thus, I think that if Art believes "special
creation" to be distinguishable on some basis from evolutionary
expectations that Art should provide those basis.

As a reminder, Art originally asked what was true about
evolution, not what differentiated evolution from special
creation.

Wesley