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

david ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 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.
> 
> > 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.




Would you mind answering my fucking questions?





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