Re: quote is wildly out of context? (was A Baylor Scientist on Dembski 1/2)

From: Cliff Lundberg (cliff@cab.com)
Date: Fri Aug 25 2000 - 23:50:33 EDT

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    Stephen E. Jones wrote:

    >However, if evolution of a "complex organ" like the eye was not by
    >"numerous, successive, slight modifications", then one would have to
    >advocate the equivalent of a genetic miracle!

    Well, a miracle is exactly what you believe in, why should you care
    whether it's genetic or something else? Does ID demand action through
    non-natural mechanisms? You can call anything a miracle

    Macroevolution can suddenly create a complex of structures; microevolution
    then refines the complex. This is a most reasonable idea, one which is
    indispensable for explaining the Cambrian explosion.

    --Cliff Lundberg  ~  San Francisco  ~  415-648-0208  ~  cliff@cab.com



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