Re: [asa] Re: Cosmological vs. Biological Design

My argument with Parker and the late Henry Morris is that they make this
claim as a sweeping assertion. I am familiar with Lucretius' views (he was
my comp. exam major author as an undergraduate classics major), though I
wouldn't go so far as to say he had Darwin minus the evidence.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Davis" <TDavis@messiah.edu>
To: <rjschn39@bellsouth.net>; <asa@calvin.edu>; "David Campbell"
<pleuronaia@gmail.com>; <gregoryarago@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] Re: Cosmological vs. Biological Design

>>>> "Robert Schneider" <rjschn39@bellsouth.net> 10/10/06 10:29 PM
>>>>writes:
>
> With Ted I also read Aristotle as holding the fixity of species. I've not
> had a chance to challenge a YEC like Gary Parker when he claims that "The
> Greeks believed in evolution."
>
> Ted comments:
> Well, some Greeks (and Romans) did propose an evolutionary scheme, in some
> cases strikingly similar to Darwin's ideas. Empedocles is an example.
> Lucretius affirmed a purely random, naturalistic way to produce living
> things by natural selection. Darwin had nothing on him except more
> evidence.
>
> ted
>
>

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