Tag Archives: NILES ELDREDGE
26
Dec
BOOK REVIEW: “DARWIN’S CREATION MYTH” BY ALEXANDER MEBANE – PART 3
Author:Tom Shipley
In Part 1 and Part 2 we reviewed evolutionist Alexander Mebane’s commentary on the “disconfirmations” of Darwinian evolution. We continue here beginning with #5 (a).
5a. First Taxonomic Disconfirmation: Cladistic Iconoclasm
In perusing the internet for definitions of “cladism” and “cladogenesis,” some of the definitions one will find are as follows:
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22
Dec
BOOK REVIEW: “DARWIN’S CREATION MYTH” BY ALEXANDER MEBANE, PART 2
Author: Tom Shipley
In Part 1, we reviewed evolutionist Alexander Mebane’s commentary on the “disconfirmations” of Darwinian evolution. We resume here reviewing disconfirmations #2 – #4.
#2 First Paleontological Disconfirmation: Observed Non-Evolution
Says Mebane:
“But the paleontologists of (Darwin’s) time immediately raised objections to this Darwinian ‘scenario,’ saying that what they actually found...
14
Dec
BOOK REVIEW: “DARWIN’S CREATION MYTH” BY ALEXANDER MEBANE
Author: Tom Shipley
Part 1
“Even if Darwinism is false above the microevolutionary level, it is nevertheless the only scientific theory of cladogenesis now available; and that is more important than the question of truth or falsity.” –Thomas Henry Huxley, quote from pg. 73, “Darwin’s Creation Myth” by Alexander Mebane
Until the time...
15
Nov
RADIOMETRIC DATING ON TRIAL: HOW RELIABLE IS IT? PART 2
Author: Tom Shipley
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WITNESS NUMBER TWO
If one watches any number of numerous popular documentaries about nature, especially about extinct animals or plants (dinosaurs are everybody’s favorites), a conspicuous feature of virtually all of these documentaries is the dogmatic, matter-of-fact manner in which the ages of rocks and fossils are assigned dates...
24
Oct
LIBERALISM, EVOLUTION AND ORIGINAL SIN
Author: Tom Shipley
The Western world today typically divides itself into one of two camps in a multitude of arenas, typically identifying themselves either as “liberal” or “conservative.” But what do these words, “liberal” and “conservative,” actually mean and denote in terms of the actual, real underlying ideological forces animating and driving them?
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17
Oct
THE SPECIOUSNESS OF “THE ORIGIN”
Author: Tom Shipley
In 1859 a now very famous book was published by Charles Darwin. Its title: “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life.” Not many people are aware of the full title and evolutionists are embarrassed to highlight...
