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FORA.tv Series: Faith & Civic Life – The Best of Chautauqua 2008

Kenneth Miller on Evolution and Intelligent Design

Chautauqua Institution
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Rob Mitchell Avatar
Rob Mitchell
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Posted: 09.26.08, 06:46 AM
Spot On Brother!
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antonianouf55
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Posted: 10.02.08, 08:09 PM
WHO'S THE IDIOT FILMING THIS??? man its really anoying we cant see the slides.
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Maarja
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Posted: 10.03.08, 04:16 PM
Amen to that! He dissected the topic of evolution and education in US very well and I have to agree with him on pretty much everything he said. I found the sentence "God likes matter, He invented it" particularly good to end the the speech. Thanks!
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AlienIquirer
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Posted: 11.24.08, 06:30 PM
Scientists should call it the Art of Evolution, not the theory of evolution.

Atomic theory is knowledge that can be producted here and now. Water boils at 212 degrees farenheit. I can do that in my kitchen as well as in the laboratory. The theory is true.

Evolution theory cannot be used to produce a chimpanzee to man. Are there experiments today trying to change a chimpanzee into man?

Evolution is not a theory. It is conjecture by overwhelming circumstantial evidence. Prove evolution is real by creating a man from a chimp. The hell with your proof about evolution of fruit flies or flowers.

We are here by a stroke of art.

The artist is a Mystery.
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davesidious
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Posted: 12.20.08, 07:53 AM
AlienIquirer, you don't seem to know what a scientific theory is. You also don't seem to know what the theory of evolution describes. No-one is claiming human beings came from chimpanzees. No-one. Well, only those who don't know what evolution is. The theory of evolution is a theory. No evidence has ever been discovered that doesn't fit with the theory. Every single discovery makes the theory more precise. The mechanisms are well understood.

The artist is not a mystery. Maybe to you, but not to science.
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Mr. Moore
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Posted: 01.07.09, 12:05 PM
Very well said, and very well explained.
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Athanora
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Posted: 01.20.09, 11:30 AM
A debate like that could not take place in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century.
What an amazing personality!
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rockriver
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Posted: 01.30.09, 03:20 PM
He didn't comment on believer-on-believer and christian-on-christian violence.
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heybd
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Posted: 02.20.09, 10:59 AM
It is so satisfying to see someone call out ID proponents on their "subterfuge" in trying to teach religion as fact. As someone who was raised in the Catholic church, I don't see how evolution is threatening to Christianity or any religion. The two are not mutually exclusive, and the physical evidence of adaptation cannot be ignored.
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deea
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Posted: 03.01.09, 11:25 PM
I recommend Critique of Intelligent Design written by John Bellamy Foster et al. as an excellent book on this subject.
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