Re: [asa] Denyse O'Leary on family values and Darwinism

In my mind Darwinism means something more than biological evolution. With
Charles Hodge I see Darwinism as belief in biological evolution combined with
an insistence on no design. I can accept biological evolution, but not
Darwinism on that basis. So I believe that Darwinism, properly defined, should
remain in our discussions.

--- George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com> wrote:

> Bob et al -
>
> I agree that the term "Darwinism" is often unhelpful but it can't be
> replaced simply with "biological evolution." "Biological evolution through
> natural selection," while still an oversimplification, is, I think, the
> minimum that's needed to convey what people _should_ mean by "Darwinism."
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Schneider" <rjschn39@bellsouth.net>
> To: "PvM" <pvm.pandas@gmail.com>; "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu>
> Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [asa] Denyse O'Leary on family values and Darwinism
>
>
> > If I were the dictator of language I would banish "Darwinism" from the
> > vocabulary. It causes no end of confusion. It is virtually impossible to
> > carry on a logical conversation about it when the term means different
> > things to different people. If we would simply use the terms "biological
> > evolution" and "cosmological evolution," we could stay in the realm of
> > science and not muck us the discussion with philosophical meanings.
> >
> > Bob Schneider
>
>
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Bill Hamilton
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