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If by ‘evolutionists’ you mean ‘people who accept the overwhelming evidence in favour of the theory of speciation by evolution’, then the single biggest problem facing them would probably be the large numbers of other people who, largely due to their religious indoctrination, are unable or unwilling to accept that evidence, and can’t understand that …
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Claims about divine creation refer to an event that took place in the past. It either happened or it didn’t; and since there is no evidence for it, there is no reason to think that it happened. We can be as confident as it is possible to be that it did not. There is no …
Rational people reject the concept of intelligent design because it is unsupported by even the slightest evidence. And the same is true of any other account of speciation, with the exception of evolutionary theory. Someone proposing an alternative to evolutionary theory not only has to find evidence for their alternative; they also have to explain …
Darwin could have been wrong. Any researcher can be wrong about anything. But there is no evidence that Darwin was wrong, and hence no reason to entertain the possibility that he was for even a microsecond. The origin of species is not a topic where there are multiple valid points of view. There is one position—evolutionary theory—which is supported by all the …
Unfortunately for the proponents of Intelligent Design, if we raise our credulity levels enough to accept the ‘evidence’ that they claim we are surrounded by, we also let in abundant ‘evidence’ for Stupid Design, Cruel Design and downright Bizarrely Inexplicable Design. Rather than trying to explain why a supposedly rational and compassionate deity should have …
It’s plausible, if you believe in gods at all, but only because it’s vacuous. It’s saying, in effect: “A being we know nothing about did something mysterious at a remote and unknown point in time for inscrutable reasons, and then carefully concealed any evidence that it had done so.” You can’t disprove it, but that …
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No proponent of intelligent design is at all convincing to a well-informed hearer who has access to reliable information and the results of genuine, objective research.
Because this ‘revelation’ is completely untrue, and anyone with a basic understanding of biology will immediately recognise it as such. But if you are proposing divine creation as an alternative to evolution, then you will need a plausible answer to the simple question of why an all-powerful creator needed to use DNA at all, for …
Because being a creationist, for most people, is not about knowing the truth or explaining the data. It’s a badge that you wear to show how devout you are. Nearly all the people who claim that they ‘don’t believe in’ the theory of evolution have no idea what it says or how it is supposed …
Explanations couched in terms of physical events provide a starting point for investigation. They can lead us to ask what events would have been necessary, how they could have come about, and what evidence, if any, they would have left behind them. The more unlikely or badly-supported hypotheses of this kind can be eliminated, and …
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