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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

10 Ways Darwinists Help Intelligent Design

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Joe Carter suggestions ten ways in which Darwinists inadvertently help to make the case for Intelligent Design:
See also his short review of Expelled.

posted by JT at Wednesday, April 23, 2008


3 Comments:

Blogger aaron said...

I keep seeing reviewers bemoan Stein's relation of Darwinism to Nazi Germany as unfair or "beside the point".

I believe Carter said we need to evaluate Darwinism "on its merits and not on the possible outcomes".

I understand this, but I disagree. I think theories should be evaluated on their plausible (and historical) outcomes. We should also evaluate the evidence for said theory. . . . .but I would say that the History of applying the theory is fairly good "evidence".

Now, one can find unpleasant histories in any strain of thought (i.e., . . the crusades/Christianity). But, there doesn't seem to be an "upside" example from Darwinism. We have to go with what we've seen (Nazism). In Christianity, Islam, Freudianism, or Kantism, for example,. . you could conceivably counteract the negative historical examples with positive ones. I"m not sure the same could be done with Darwinism.

Aaron

4/23/2008 11:31:00 AM  
Blogger Mark and Maki said...

Aaron,

I agree with you. Racism in general was given a hefty boost through Darwinism - so was abortion, infanticide, suicide and a host of other social ills- the basic devaluing of mankind. These are the UNAVOIDABLE result of thinking that man is simply an overgrown ape, evolved to greater and lesser degrees.

4/24/2008 07:13:00 AM  
Blogger MSC said...

As much as I agree that Darwinian theory influenced Nazism, I think it unwise to give such a monolithic explanation for its rise and especially for the Holocaust. We must come to terms with the fact that the long standing strain of anti-semitism in the Church had an influence as well, both Catholic and Protestant. It is this same anti-semitic spirit that I believe gave rise to Replacement theology and the denegration of Israel in the Church's doctrine.

4/24/2008 10:57:00 AM  

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