Refuting Evolution, part 2

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Introducere
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Partea 1. Afirmatie: Evolutia este Stiinta
Evolutionistii insista ca teoria evolutiei este stiinta, si afirma ca creationismul e religie.
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Capitolul 1: Argument: Creationismul e religie, nu stiinta
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Capitolul 2: Argument: Evolutia e compatibila cu religia crestina
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Capitolul 3: Argument: Evolutia e stiinta adevarata, nu 'doar o teorie'
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Partea 2. Claim: Evolutia e foarte sustinuta de catre dovezi
Evolutionistii insista ca au gasit dovezi abundente, observabile in favoarea evolutiei.
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Capitolul 4: Argument: Selectia naturala duce la speciatie
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Capitolul 5: Argument: Unele mutatii sunt beneficiale
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Capitolul 6: Argument: Designul comun arata catre un stramos comun
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Capitolul 7: Argument: 'Designul prost' e o dovada a resturilor evolutiei
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Capitolul 8: Argument: Cataloagele de fosile sustin evolutia
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Partea 3. Claim: 'Problemele' cu teoria evolutiei sunt iluzorii
Evolutionistii se incapataneaza ca exista teorii rezonabile chiar si pentru cele mai mari 'surprize' ale evolutiei.
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Capitolul 9: Argument: Probabilitatea matematica a evolutiei
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Capitolul 10: Argument: 'Complexitatea ireductibila'
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Capitolul 11: Argument: Evolutia sexului
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Capitolul 12: Argument: Evolutia omenirii
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Appendix 1: Argumente comune in favoarea evolutiei care au fost respinse
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Appendix 2: Argumente comune in favoarea creationismului care nu ar trebui folosite
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Belief in creation is ‘nonsense.’ Creation is ‘a religious view that has nothing to do with science.’

Daily, the airwaves and newspaper racks are filled with such inflammatory claims. The barrage of new arguments and scientific ‘evidence’ that ‘prove’ evolution can seem overwhelming to believers in the Word of God, who are ridiculed as irrational religious zealots who still live in the dark ages and believe the Bible’s ‘fables’ about creation. It is more crucial than ever that believers are ‘ready’ to defend their faith (1 Pet. 3:15).

This book pulls together the most powerful arguments that Christians are likely to hear from today’s leading evolutionary scientists. These arguments come from two powerhouses in the media—PBSTV and the journal Scientific American which have taken up the mantle of the pro-evolution crusade, preaching their message to a broad market around the world. PBS summarized the modern arguments for evolution in its lavish eight-hour series Evolution, which still airs and is shown in schools across America. It has also aired in Australia. Scientific American pulled together its own best arguments in a combative cover story, ‘15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense.’

PBS TV’s Evolution series multimillion-dollar propaganda

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) first aired its ambitious TV series Evolution in September 2001. Co-produced by Clear Blue Sky Productions (founded and chaired by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen), Evolution had almost unlimited funding. In addition to the TV series, the producers launched an aggressive campaign to fully equip teachers to indoctrinate young people in moleculesto-man evolution. This propaganda effort included ‘an unprecedented array of resources for further learning at home and in school’ (their own words), including a free teacher’s guide, an interactive website, a multimedia web library, teacher videos, monthly newsletters, student lessons, and teacher training workshops.

The final segment in the series, titled ‘What about God?’ featured Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian ministry that shows how the scientific evidence makes sense when interpreted within the biblical worldview. Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, was interviewed for over two hours for this episode and was filmed at a live AiG seminar. The producers assured AiG that the series would be ‘balanced,’ but that proved to be untrue (as expected). Far from being ‘balanced,’ the program failed to show any of the scientific evidence against evolution. The real intent of the series was to show, once and for all, that evolution is true.

To avoid the impression that Evolution was one-sided propaganda, the producers claimed that they invited the Discovery Institute, part of the ‘intelligent design’ movement,1 for ‘balance.’ But the Discovery Institute declined because they would have been slotted in the ‘religious’ objections segments, whereas their objections to evolution are purely scientific. By failing to provide space to the scientific criticism of evolution, the PBS/Nova series gave the impression that the only criticisms of evolution are ‘religious.’ They also ignored the self-declared atheistic faith of many of evolution’s proponents, including several of those involved in the series, e.g., Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, the late Stephen Jay Gould, Edward O. Wilson, and Eugenie Scott.

The PBS ‘overview’ of this program leaves no doubts about the producers’ worshipful attitude toward evolution:

Evolution plays a critical role in our daily lives, yet it is one of the most overlooked principles of life. It is the mechanism that determines who lives, who dies, and who gets the opportunity to pass traits on to the next generation, and the next, and the next … . Evolution [is] the underpinning of all of biology, affecting our health, our food supply and the vast web of life … . It’s such a simple theory, yet we see millions of examples of it at work in our everyday lives …

The goal of Evolution is to heighten public awareness about what evolution is and how it works, and to dispel common misunderstandings. The project seeks to illuminate why evolution is relevant, to improve its teaching, and to encourage a national dialogue on the issues currently surrounding this science.

Such in-your-face propaganda demands an answer from Christians who believe the biblical account of origins.