Comments on: Intelligent design again http://biffster.org/2005/11/intelligent-design-again A little slice of Biffster, live from Denver, Colorado. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:19:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Biffster http://biffster.org/2005/11/intelligent-design-again#comment-3 Biffster Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:22:29 +0000 http://biffster.org/thoughts/?p=469#comment-3 Ah, yes, I meant to write "ID most definitely is a religious belief, and <b>if it is to be taught in public schools</b>, should be taught as such." As for gaps in the fossil record, that's no argument against Evolution at all. For an example argument, I quote from Berkeley: <blockquote>The fact that some transitional fossils are not preserved does not disprove evolution. Evolutionary biologists do not expect that all transitional forms will be found and realize that many species leave no fossils at all. Lots of organisms don't fossilize well and the environmental conditions for forming good fossils are not that common. So, science actually predicts that for many evolutionary changes there will be gaps in the record.<br /> <br /> Also, scientists have found many transitional fossils. For example, there are fossils of transitional organisms between modern birds and their theropod dinosaur ancestors, and between whales and their terrestrial mammal ancestors.</blockquote> (cite: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/misconceps/IICgaps.shtml) Ah, yes, I meant to write “ID most definitely is a religious belief, and if it is to be taught in public schools, should be taught as such.”

As for gaps in the fossil record, that’s no argument against Evolution at all. For an example argument, I quote from Berkeley:

The fact that some transitional fossils are not preserved does not disprove evolution. Evolutionary biologists do not expect that all transitional forms will be found and realize that many species leave no fossils at all. Lots of organisms don’t fossilize well and the environmental conditions for forming good fossils are not that common. So, science actually predicts that for many evolutionary changes there will be gaps in the record.

Also, scientists have found many transitional fossils. For example, there are fossils of transitional organisms between modern birds and their theropod dinosaur ancestors, and between whales and their terrestrial mammal ancestors.

(cite: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/misconceps/IICgaps.shtml)

]]> By: the forester http://biffster.org/2005/11/intelligent-design-again#comment-2 the forester Sun, 06 Nov 2005 13:50:07 +0000 http://biffster.org/thoughts/?p=469#comment-2 It's a religious belief -- and should be taught? I'm confused. What is your own opinion about the separation of church and state? Also, kicking ID out of schools only ducks the issue of the many gaping holes in evolution -- for example, the utter lack of transitional forms in the fossil record. Should the evidence against evolution also be taught in schools? It’s a religious belief — and should be taught? I’m confused. What is your own opinion about the separation of church and state?

Also, kicking ID out of schools only ducks the issue of the many gaping holes in evolution — for example, the utter lack of transitional forms in the fossil record. Should the evidence against evolution also be taught in schools?

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