Difference between revisions of "Evolution by natural selection"

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[[Phillip E. Johnson]] told [[NOVA (PBS)|NOVA]]:
 
[[Phillip E. Johnson]] told [[NOVA (PBS)|NOVA]]:
 
:If evolution by natural selection is a scientific doctrine, then the critique of that doctrine, and even of the fundamental [[assumption]] on which it's based, is a legitimate part of [[science]] as well. [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/defense-id.html Intelligent Design on Trial - In Defense of Intelligent Design]
 
:If evolution by natural selection is a scientific doctrine, then the critique of that doctrine, and even of the fundamental [[assumption]] on which it's based, is a legitimate part of [[science]] as well. [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/defense-id.html Intelligent Design on Trial - In Defense of Intelligent Design]
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The problem with this statement is that evolution by natural selection is ''not'' a scientific doctrine; it is a scientific ''theory''.
 
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Phillip E. Johnson told NOVA:

If evolution by natural selection is a scientific doctrine, then the critique of that doctrine, and even of the fundamental assumption on which it's based, is a legitimate part of science as well. Intelligent Design on Trial - In Defense of Intelligent Design

The problem with this statement is that evolution by natural selection is not a scientific doctrine; it is a scientific theory.