[asa] New foray by the DISCOVER Institute

Just noted today:

From the Christian Post:

An intelligent design think tank has launched a new website recounting the
failures of Darwinism that were left unmentioned by study materials on a PBS
documentary covering the 2005 Dover trial.

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The Discovery Institute plans to post a slide show presentation critiquing
the online materials from PBS-NOVA's "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on
Trial" documentary on www.judgingpbs.com.

The presentation, entitled "Darwin's Failed Predictions," challenges an
assertion made by PBS that evidence "unequivocally supports the theory of
evolution by natural selection."

"The following slides show that scientists are increasingly skeptical that
natural selection is the primary agent of evolutionary change," according to
Anika Smith, a contributor for the group's Center for Science &
Culture<http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071221/30588_Intelligent_Design_Group_Identifies_Failures_of_Darwinism.htm#>
.

"Moreover, key postulates of Darwin's theory – universal common descent, the
continuity of life, and transitions in the fossil record – have come under
intense scientific scrutiny from a diverse array of fields, including
molecular biology, developmental biology, genetics, biochemistry, and
paleontology," Smith added.

According to the website, some of Darwin's failed predictions include:

• The failure of evolutionary biology to provide detailed evolutionary
explanations for the origin of complex biochemical features
• The failure of the fossil record to provide support for Darwinian
evolution
• The failure of molecular biology to provide evidence for universal common
descent
• The failure of genetics and chemistry to explain the origin of the genetic
code
• The failure of developmental biology to explain why vertebrate embryos
diverge from the beginning of development.

Burgy

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Received on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:56:01 -0600