Intelligent Design - the Creationists' Latest Wheeze

[jporter]

On Sep 29, 2005, at 4:29 PM, malignd at aol.com wrote:

> <<Persuasive? plausibility? Which part of evolutionary theory is so 
> persuasive or plausible?>>
>
> Is this rhetorical or are you that stupid?
>

Implying that I'm stupid does not prove that you know enough
about the theory of evolution to make a credible argument for
it's validity. In fact, it suggests the opposite. But if you'd like to
try and provide a reasonable argument for evolution I'd like to
hear it.

There are aspects of the theory which are quite persuasive and
plausible, but not the ones put forth by Darwin, which have been
largely discredited, or at least, modified and extended well beyond
Darwin's initial thesis. So the question stands:

    Which part of evolutionary theory is so persuasive or plausible?

Not believing in creationism is easy. Using Darwinism, or some
popularized version thereof to shore up that disbelief is another
matter, and usually indicates  ignorance of the theory of evolution
as it stands today.

jody