Bertvan:
Many skeptics of "random mutation and natural selection as an explanation
for macro evolution" have claimed Darwinism was a moving target and wish
someone would define it. When materialists claim to have the "true"
explanation, one must be skeptical, since materialists have abandoned any
hope of achieving a more reasonable explanation which might include design.
Where does one go after Design is invoked? One tries to work out the details
of the design.
NEW HUXTER:
>WHY does one have to 'believe in' design to find this mysterious plan
>or purpose? You are delving into metaphysics and philosophy again.
>How is one to find 'plan' or 'purpose' by examining empirical evidence?
Bertvan:
One doen't have to believe in design to figure out the details of the design,
but I suspect it might help.
NEW HUXTER: wrote concerning micro evolution and macro evolution:
>Actually, it isn't even that. It is merely descent from a parent stock.
> What it IS, is the testing of the methodology of using DNA sequence
>data to glean information on relationships. There have numerous
>such tests - the above is but one example. If the methodology works
>for small scale issues like this What is the rationale for assuming
>that it fails for more 'diffiicult' problems? Not a SINGLE
>anti-evolutionist has been able to provide a rational, reasonable argument.
Bertvan:
The rationale for assuming something true in one situation is universally
true is the same for assuming the mechanisms might be different. Both are
assumptions.
BV:
>>I am not a scientist, but I can even think of a few myself. I hope
>>>cientists who believe design and purpose to be a part of nature are
thinking
>>of others.
NEW HUXTER:
Well, lets hear them. It would be a switch from the usual 'you
philosophy is flawed' fluff we hear so often.
Bertvan
Any of my speculations would be similar to just-so stories. I find the work
of Kauffman, Margulis, Spetner, Shapiro, panspermia, Behe, and Denton all
interesting. (If you want to have discussions with me, and I can't imagine
why you do, you'll have to speak politely.)
Bertvan