Re: All forms of science designed for discussion

Susan Brassfield (Susan-Brassfield@ou.edu)
Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:24:47 -0600

Steven Jones:

>Here is an op-ed piece by Jonathan Wells, one of the ID movement's
>leaders, reporting on a round-table discussion between ID advocates
>and Darwinists.

<....>

>The advocates of intelligent design countered that the biological evidence
>presents serious problems for macroevolution. For example, all the major
>types of animals appeared at the same time in the fossil record, with no
>evidence of common ancestry -- a pattern inconsistent with Darwin's
>theory.

I would love to see an actual transcript of the debate. I'd bet a pretty
penny that this transparent, and bald-faced lie did not go
unchallenged--though of course the challenge was not reported!

Susan

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