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Originally Posted by Salaün
Yes, some Neo-Darwinists are as "fundamentalist" as Creationnists are, indeed.
But the theory of Intelligent Design doesn't sound very scientific to me, anyway. I may be wrong, but I think that this criticism of Darwinism is mostly motivate by religious beliefs.
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But that is just what the article above said.
These people are not necessarily religious, and they are not the Creationists of old. The proponents of ID do not declare that the earth is 6000 years old or anything else. All they say is that Darwinism should not be above question or criticism. They believe that there are problems with Darwinism and they believe that they should be able to challenge it in the name of investigative science. It is extremely unscientific of people like Dawkins, Gould and others to attempt to suppress or mock any questioning of Darwinism.
Can you imagine if Einstein had been denounced as "ignorant" or "stupid" because he challenged Newton's laws? The cause of science cannot be progressed by attempting to silence debate over scientific theories.
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For exemple, are there any atheists who refute Darwin's theories ?
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Yes, there have been many notable scientists, thiests and athiests, who have not been impressed by Darwin's theory.
What is interesting is that despite the charges that those challenging Darwinism are all motivated by religious belief, it may be as equally true to say that those militantly defending Darwinism from all criticism are as much motivated by athiestic ideology as by any dedication to science.
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