When one tries to defend a theory that is contradicted by fundamental laws of science, he will sooner or later contradict himself or make other amazing admissions. These are samples of recent "gotcha" moments from evolutionists.
RICHARD DAWKINS
"Any fool can see that if [evolution] were random chance it wouldn't work...the origin of life has to be a chance event."
- "Interview: Richard Dawkins," BBC Knowledge, Mar/Apr 2009, pp.60,63
In this interview, Dawkins claims that "creationists think evolution is a theory of random chance. Any fool can see that if it were random chance, it wouldn't work." He goes on to explain that "natural selection is very much not a theory of chance. Natural selection is really the opposite of chance, it's non-random survival" (p.60). But when he is asked about the origin of life, he recognizes that natural selection cannot account for this, as "The origin of life, for me, is the origin of the first self-replicating entity. And a self-replicating entity is a prerequisite for natural selection," and so he admits that "it has to be a chance event." He then appeals to "the sheer number of planets in the Universe on which life could have arisen...to postulate a very high level of chance for the origin of life." (pp.62-63)
Naturally, he does not attempt an actual probability calculation here. If he did, he would see that it is, in fact, wildly impossible. (See the article "A Primer on Probability".) So it seems that Dawkins is wrong in saying that "any fool can see that if [evolution] were random chance it wouldn't work"; he is one fool who cannot see it.
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Are you retarded? Evolution isnt a theory about how life began its a theory about how hereditary information is propogated through generations. Evolution doesn't have to make any claims about the origin of life because it's a different subject altogether. Similarly, whether or not the origin of life is chance or not has no bearing on the theory of evolution. Idiot.
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ReplyDeleteActually, the theory of evolution encompasses far more than simple “how hereditary information is propagated through generations.” It is meant to be a comprehensive materialistic explanation for life in all its forms, which does, of course, include life’s origin. In the introduction to the massive new (2009) book “Evolution: The First Four Billion Years,” editors Michael Ruse & Joseph Travis write, “From the history of evolutionary thought to the controversies over education, from the fossil record and the origin of life to the process of adaptation, the long essays offer primers on the major features of evolution.” (p.xi, italics added.) The origin of life focuses on what is called “chemical evolution” (i.e. the rise of the first simple cell from nonliving matter) and propagation of hereditary information is called “biological evolution.” They are both within the purview of a blog called “Facts on Evolution.”