Hi Erin, Glenn:
> Erin:
> "Gould's claim that evolution could be due to random processes is as much
> of a guess as Creationists claiming it is from a designer no?"
>
Glenn:
> The evolutionists guess has the advantage of Occam's Razor. Natural
> selection explains the outcome without introducing a mysterious designing
> force which would then itself need explaining. It at least pushes off the
> God question to the poor cosmologists. :)
>
> Also, the evolutionists guess coincides better with evidence. Many genetic
> mutations are not beneficial, and the organism suffers or dies. This does
> not seem to fit what a designing force seeking "betterment" would do. Glenn
Glenn seems to put great faith in Occam's Razor although it is nothing
more than one of the philosophical assumptions that make up the
"spectacles" through which science views the world, like "every effect
has a cause" and "morals are subjective."
But, more to the point, we find the following comments from Mr. Darwin
himself.
"As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all
corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress towards
perfection."
Does this make Darwin a creationist?
Platt
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