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Monday, April 23, 2007

What Darwinism cannot explain


Over 600 doctoral scientists have signed a statment called "Dissent from Darwinism" which reads: “We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.”
Why do a growing number of scientists doubt Darwin?
There are five things Darwinism cannot explain:
1. The "first cause" of the universe.
2. The origin of life.
3. Human consciousness and reasoning.
4. The "Cambrian explosion" when most of the known phyla of the animal kingdom show up in the fossil record in a relatively brief period of history.
5. The complexity of the simplest life forms, such as bacterial flagellum and DNA.
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