Re: Anthony van Leeuwen’s Dec. 30 letter, “Evolution as a religion�:
Mr. Leeuwen is wrong in his assertions on several counts.
There are no simplistic explanantions for many of Mr. Leeuwen’s assertions. Evolution is a very complex process, and to understand it requires many years of dedicated study in paleontology, microbiology, biology, chemistry and physics, just to mention a few areas. Scientific creationism does not explain life’s origin based on an explanation of any evidence, but simply because it is consistent with the story of Genesis.
To address just a few issues that he brought up which are erroneous:
1. Man did not evolve from apes or monkeys, a common misconception promulgated by religious fundamentalists.
2. Evolution has been been observed and documented, including speciation events (cross-species).
3. Fossil records are very time-consuming, expensive efforts, and a lot has been discovered, including many missing links.
4. Many religious organizations, including the Catholic Church, have accepted evolution, as the evidence is overwhelming.
5. Evolution is a theory in the scientific sense, in that it is the only explanation for the origin of life that accounts for the fossil, anatomical and molecular (including genetic), behavioral and geological evidence. Biologists long ago concluded that evolution happens because it explains all of the evidence far better than all other proposed explanations for the origin of life. The popular use of the word “theory� and the scientific use are quite different.
There are numerous Web sites that Mr. Leeuwen can visit that would give him more concrete evidence, including visual proof which he can follow up depending on his desire to know the facts.
— George Pohoski, Camarillo
Evolution is retarded...it's cult, evolution should go to hell...with the palestinians
"To understand evolution requires many years of dedicated study in ..." is just pure nonsense. The real issue is the evidence for evolution. It doesn't exist. Everything that evolutionists produce as evidence for evolution is eventually discounted. For example, all of the evidence presented at the Scopes trial has already been shown by the evolutionist themselves as false or superseded by other theories and ideas.
What relevant education did Charles Darwin have? Not much. He did not even understand heredity. Darwin believed that the features or characteristics you inherit from your forbears were infinite. Real scientist like Mendel demonstrated that the characteristics you inherit were limited. He devised scientific experiments with sweet peas to demonstrate that. What scientific experiment did Darwin pull off to prove his theory of evolution.