The Impotence of Darwinism
Airing on
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Dr. Ray Bohlin — Darwinian evolution has been described as a universal acid
that eats through everything it touches. What Daniel Dennett meant was that evolution as an idea, what he called "Darwin's dangerous idea," is an
all-encompassing worldview. Darwinism forms the basis of the way many people
think and act. It touches everything.
What Darwin proposed in 1859 was simply that all organisms
are related by common descent. This process of descent or evolution was carried
out by natural selection acting on variation found in populations. There was no
guidance, no purpose, and no design in nature. The modern Neo-Darwinian variety
of evolution identifies the source of variation as genetic mutation, changes in
the DNA structure of organisms. Therefore, evolution is described as the common
descent of all organisms by mutation and natural selection, and is assumed to
be able to explain everything we see in the biological realm.
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| MEET THE AUTHOR |
 DR. RAY BOHLIN
"For over 150 years Darwinism has been awarded uncomparable prowess for a process without purpose or plan. What we have learned over the last few decades is that Darwinism is vastly overrated. This week I have explored some of the critical failings of Darwinian evolution. Enjoy!"
Ray is president of Probe Ministries. He earned his B.S. in Zoology from the University of Illinois, an M.S. in population genetics from the University of North Texas, and his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Texas at Dallas. Passionate about Intelligent Design, Ray is a research fellow with the Discovery Institute. He and his wife Sue have served at Probe for 36 years, the longest of all active staff.
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