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: Regarding evolution, the quote continues with "And the obvious flaw in Darwinism is that it ‘falls notably short of explaining the origin of species’ (p. 177). So atheism is left nakedly ideological, with all its attempts to wrap itself in science thwarted." Also, there is a footnote which adds "By attributing the appearance of design to natural selection, Darwin replaced this argument for the existence of God with a naturalistic process. His argument was flawed, however, in that natural selection can only select from things that already exist so it does not explain the origin of the created kinds".
: Regarding evolution, the quote continues with "And the obvious flaw in Darwinism is that it ‘falls notably short of explaining the origin of species’ (p. 177). So atheism is left nakedly ideological, with all its attempts to wrap itself in science thwarted." Also, there is a footnote which adds "By attributing the appearance of design to natural selection, Darwin replaced this argument for the existence of God with a naturalistic process. His argument was flawed, however, in that natural selection can only select from things that already exist so it does not explain the origin of the created kinds".
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:20, 13 March 2008 (EDT)
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:20, 13 March 2008 (EDT)
::This appeal to authority is not impressive. And I'm all for marveling at the patterns of the world... but marveling is not science!-[[User:PhoenixWright|PhoenixWright]] 09:25, 13 March 2008 (EDT)