Posted by rpcman on September 17, 1999 at 19:17:29:
In Reply to: Macroevolution posted by Tom on September 17, 1999 at 16:47:01:
: Given my religious convictions I prefer to conclude that such developments are
: products of intelligent design.
What do you then make of the 'mistakes' in biological design. We've discussed this issue on the board a number of times. Here is one such thread.
: Like Behe, I doubt that changes on such a scale are possible.
Behe believes in macroevolution (the normal definition--not one that must insert the word non-supernatural before it).
: Denton seems to be more on the fence so far
: as the adequacy of naturalistic evolution is concerned.
Have you read his books? That certainly isn't the impression I get.
His first book was typical creationism--macroevolution could not occur in his view. His second book was a new view which now acknowledge macroevolution but indicated that an intelligent designer was at work. It turns out that his intelligent designer loves lobsters more than anything else so it decided to give them the best eyes.
A whole book could be written on the evolution of Denton's theology. ;)