On that web site -- they give the following definition of Darwinism. Any
comments? I happen to think it may be somewhat too specific as to
mechanisms. My own variant follows:
Site's definition:
"the scientific theory which, operating under the philosophies of
materialism and naturalism, makes the assertion that life today is the
result of purely natural processes, such as the natural chemical origins
of the first cell, and a mutatation-selection mechanism causing
microevolution, macroevolution, speciation, which account for the origins
of all cellular functions, morphologies, and common ancestry through
descent with modification for all life forms."
My variant:
"the scientific theory which, operating under the philosophies of
materialism and naturalism, makes the assertion that life today is the
result of purely natural processes, such as the natural
origins of the first cell, and natural mechanisms causing
microevolution, macroevolution, speciation, which account for the origins
of all cellular functions, morphologies, and common ancestry through
descent with modification for all life forms.
John Burgeson (Burgy)
http://www.burgy.50megs.com
(science/theology, quantum mechanics, baseball, ethics,
humor, cars, God's intervention into natural causation, etc.)
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