Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design.WHY DARWIN MATTERS: The Case against Intelligent Design MICHAEL SHERMER Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, conceived after his voyage VOYAGE, marine law. The passage of a ship upon the seas, from one port to another, or to several ports. 2. Every voyage must have a terminus a quo and a terminus ad quem. to the Galapagos Islands, is a scientific achievement whose importance has reached mythic myth·i·cal also myth·ic adj. 1. Of or existing in myth: the mythical unicorn. 2. Imaginary; fictitious. 3. proportions. The idea that species are generated through the process of natural selection is one of the most culturally profound statements ever made, Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, argues in this book. That should be repeatedly pointed out in the battle that evolution scientists are currently forced to wage against religious creationists, the author asserts. He refers to the latest assault on evolution by proponents of a now-popular--but scientifically unsound--form of creationism creationism or creation science, belief in the biblical account of the creation of the world as described in Genesis, a characteristic especially of fundamentalist Protestantism (see fundamentalism). called intelligent design. He examines the philosophical arguments against evolution, reviews the challenges that intelligent design presents, and then spells out how evolution can meet each one. Finally, Shermer explains why conservatives and Christians should accept the theory of evolution and reviews the important questions scientists are working to answer through evolutionary theory
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