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'''Neo-Darwinism''' is a "materialistic [[theory of origins]]"<ref>[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?id=349]</ref>

'''Neo-Darwinism''' is a "materialistic [[theory of origins]]"<ref>[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?id=349]</ref>

which states that "[[evolution]] is driven by random genetic [[mutation]]s followed by the weeding out of unfavorable variations by [[natural selection]]." [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm]

which states that "[[evolution]] is driven by random genetic [[mutation]]s followed by the weeding out of unfavorable variations by [[natural selection]]." [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm] The element "Neo-" in the term, meaning "new" refers to the melding of the [[Christian]] science of [[genetics]] put forward by [[Gregor Mendel]] with the [[liberal]] [[Darwinian]] [[pseudoscience]] of [[evolution]].

{{quotebox|The term evolution can have different meanings, such as “change over

{{quotebox|The term evolution can have different meanings, such as “change over time” or even “progress.” However, in modern [[biology]], evolution centers on two ideas. The first is that all the organisms we see are descended from a [[single common ancestor]] somewhere in the distant past. The second foundational idea is that an [[unguided]] process of [[natural selection]] (“[[survival of the fittest]]”) has the power to produce fundamentally new forms of life through [[random mutation]]s. This view of evolution is known as “Neo- Darwinism.” [http://www.getexpelled.com/_downloads/expelled_leadersguide.pdf]}}

time” or even “progress.” However, in modern [[biology]], evolution centers

on two ideas. The first is that all the organisms we see are descended from

a [[single common ancestor]] somewhere in the distant past. The second

foundational idea is that an [[unguided]] process of [[natural selection]] (“[[survival

of the fittest]]”) has the power to produce fundamentally new forms of life

through [[random mutation]]s. This view of evolution is known as “Neo-

Darwinism.” [http://www.getexpelled.com/_downloads/expelled_leadersguide.pdf]}}

{{quotebox|Despite the fact that most Americans believe that God created life, the only “origin of life” theory taught in the majority of American schools is Neo-Darwinism, which at its core holds that a random [[undirected]] process has led from non-life to all of the marvellous complexity we see in the living world. [ibid] }}

{{quotebox|Despite the fact that most Americans believe that God created life, the only “origin of life” theory taught in the majority of American schools is Neo-Darwinism, which at its core holds that a random [[undirected]] process has led from non-life to all of the marvelous complexity we see in the living world. [ibid] }}

As an explanation for design in [[biology]], [[Darwinism]] is perfectly secure when it is regarded as a deduction from [[materialism]], but remarkably insecure when it is subjected to empirical testing. [http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/14/oct95/dennett.htm]

As an explanation for design in [[biology]], [[Darwinism]] is perfectly secure when it is regarded as a deduction from [[materialism]], but remarkably insecure when it is subjected to empirical testing. [http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/14/oct95/dennett.htm]

{{quotebox|“By coupling [[undirected]], purposeless variation to the blind, uncaring process of natural selection, Darwin made theological or spiritual explanations of the life processes superfluous.” From Evolutionary Biology, a widely used college textbook.}}

{{quotebox|“By coupling [[undirected]], purposeless variation to the blind, uncaring process of natural selection, Darwin made theological or spiritual explanations of the life processes superfluous.” From Evolutionary Biology, a widely used college textbook.}}

See also:

 

*[[undirected evolution]]

==See also==

 

*[[Undirected evolution]]

[[Category:Evolution]]

[[Category:Evolution]]