<sigh>... All three "evolutions" listed below are contained within the Theory of Evolution. There are not different or competing Theories of Evolution, there is only one, as The Theory is a container, a collection of facts as it were.
Natural Selection acting on random mutations is an evolutionary process. ID apparently has difficulty admitting or realizing that a *process* can exist without a *purpose*. This again is a huge red-flag about the religious influences driving ID. ID wants there to be a purpose behind it all. And unfortunately, natural selection doesn't have a goal, only a process. > Guess you didn't read it. > Does Intelligent Design Conflict with Evolution? > > It depends on what one means by the word "evolution." If one > simply means "change over time," or even that living things are > related by common ancestry (Evolution #1 or Evolution #2), then > there is no inherent conflict between evolutionary theory and > the theory of intelligent design. However, the dominant theory > of evolution today is neo-Darwinism (Evolution #3), which > contends that evolution is driven by natural selection acting on > random mutations, an unpredictable and purposeless process > that "has no discernable direction or goal, including survival of > a species" (NABT Statement on Teaching Evolution). It is this > specific claim made by neo-Darwinism that intelligent design > directly challenges. > > > On Jan 4, 2008 2:57 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > > Isn't that what they said about evolution back in the day? > > > > Actually... I think what they said about evolution back in the day was > > similar to what they say today: > > > > "Oh no! What ever shall we do?!?!?! This science stuff challenges our > > religious belief system!" > > > > The big difference back then being that after saying it Jed got his > > pitchfork and torch and tried to kill the evil-science-doer. > > > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
