Re: Evidence of "evolution," sensu Sagan: Where should I go to see?

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 06:06:15 +0000 (UTC), 
david ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Lenny Flank wrote:
> david ford:
> 
>> > Where should I go to see evidence of "evolution," where
>> > "evolution" is defined using Sagan's definition:
>> > "Only nine percent of Americans accept the central finding of
>> > modern biology that human beings (and all the other species)
>> > have slowly evolved by natural processes from a succession
>> > of more ancient beings with no divine intervention needed
>> > along the way."
>>
>> Would you mind telling me how to recognize "divine intervention" in
>> the history of life? Please be as specific as possible.
> 
> Would you mind telling me how Sagan "knows" that [Sagan]"divine
> intervention" wasn't needed to transform bacteria into humans?  (Or, to be
> more precise, to transform the common ancestor(s) of bacteria and
> trilobites and oak trees into humans.)  Please be as specific as possible.

Evasion noted.

> 
>> After that, would you mind telling me how I can tell that it is *your*
>> god that is divinely intervening, and not mine or my next door
>> neighbor's or my car mechanic's or my sister's dog's former owner's?
>> Please be as specific as possible.
> 
> After that, would you mind telling me how I can tell that it is Sagan's
> pet naturalistic mechanisms that were responsible for turning bacteria
> into humans, and not my next door neighbor's or my car mechanic's or my
> sister's dog's former owner's?  Please be as specific as possible.

Another evasion noted.

Go back to supplying web pages nobody reads, David.  You're beginning to
look like Mike Goodrich.

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Aaron Clausen

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