Perhaps this is the greatest weakness of the creationist argument.
Darwin published over 150 years ago, but his work is still the focus of
attack.  Advances in statistics, genetics, chemistry, physics,
paleontology, archaeology, and other scientific disciplines have
contributed to our understanding of evolution, and the theory (unlike
creationism) has been modified as new evidence has become available.  No
one in the scientific community accepts Darwin as gospel, but as the
starting point of a line of inquiry that has been refined by the work of
countless dedicated scientists in the intervening years.  Where debate
exists today in scientific circles, it is about the pace and mechanisms
of evolutionary change, but the evidence for evolutionary change is
overwhelming.

For more on Darwin's Black Box, check out
http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/dave/Behe_links.html

Matt and Elizabeth Wittemann wrote:
>
> At the risk of rousing the ire of the orthodox evolutionists, allow me to
> suggest just one title that is necessary reading for anyone with a sincere
> desire for scientific truth, a book that presents scientific evidence
> unbiased by religion. If museum professionals take seriously their role as
> educators, then they ought to perhaps try to look deeply into the theory of
> evolution and not simply accept it as it is handed down from the "scientific
> community." The book is called "Darwin's Black Box" by Michael J. Behe,
> published by Free Press(Simon & Schuster), New York.
>
> Behe is a microbiologist. Basically the book lays out a number of recent
> scientific developments that can not be reconciled to Darwin's model and
> highlights the scientific community's reluctance to let go of their
> preconceptions.
>
> How is it that we, moving into the 21st century, will so easily accept the
> simplistic science of a nineteenth century Englishman? The world of
> microbiology is vastly more complex than evolution can explain, and no
> pop-scientists are willing to address the obstacles Behe lays out, such as
> the irreducibility of a complex micro-chemical machine, such as is needed
> for vision or blood-clotting---essential to "evolved" life.
>
> Anyway, sorry to be so long-winded. I just think it is high time that
> educated people start questioning the beliefs they so vehemently defend,
> just as they propose creationists ought to do.
>
> Matthew Wittemann
>



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James H Tichgelaar
Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum
http://museum.astate.edu

"All we ever wanted was everything.  All we ever got was cold."

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