Switched through the night news jokes tonight and hit the Abrahms Report just as they had a debate between an ID guy and an evolutionist. The evolutionist was a Ph. D. in anthropology which makes her expertise in biology about as good as mine. I really wonder why they didn't go out and get an evolutionary biologist instead of an ideologue.
The supposedly damning question to the ID guy was effectively "Do you believe God is behind intelligent design." Of course if he answers yes, Abrahms has a gotcha because we know all about those religious fundamentalists. I'm not sure the presence of God eternally damns evolution, but those with a burning true faith seem to think so.
Neither side can prove or disprove their point. Neither side can show how it happened to prove their point. It is a battle of faith and ideology. The question neither can answer is "show me incontrovertable evidence supporting your point of view." Neither can, so both are taking it on faith.
If the science is not iron-clad, only a rabid fanatic would deny the suggestion of an alternative explanation. The entire debate is between two groups of flat-earthers.
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