You give me way to much credit, Walter. Thanks anyway.
He argues that:
> 1) Theism and evolution are compatible.
> 2) Randomness is not the same as purposelessness.
> 3) Natural selection is not a random process.
>Those are tired old saws, and none of them can save him from his own
>argument above.
Folks, every now and then you encounter something that just cannot be
improved upon, and perhaps that shouldn't. Walter's post of Sept. 1, speaks
for itself.
Recently, I posted a quote from the geneticist, Steve Jones, who complained
that dealing with evolutionary language is like shovelling fog. Well,
dealing with Walter's logic is like shovelling fog with a pitchfork.
Cheers,
Steve
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