Sentences with phrase «against evolution as»
This task is quite possible in the evolutionary context.6 There are those who have reservations against evolution as a theological and philosophic category.
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To say that evolution was «proven» 100 years ago is to disregard the fact that even Darwin doubted his own contentions (as he states in origin of species), for every bit of scientific evidence for evolution there is scientific evidence against it.
(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.
The trial set modernists, who said evolution was consistent with religion, against fundamentalists who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over all human knowledge.»
I think my question to those of you who couple atheism with evolution and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?
I think my question to those of you who couple evil atheism with evolution, the big bang, and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?
This is popular ply by the anti science / antievolution crowd, take a quotation by a reputable scientist out of context, or leave out the salient parts, and use that as a weapon against evolution.
I in the past believed in evolution as a whole and I did not feel that it went against my faith.
What I think is funny is that creationist use this as supposed «evidence» against evolution, yet have no explanation as to why there are any fossils at all.
I know several scientists and they have a hard time arguing against any of the findings because evolution is not observable as Mr. Nye claims.
Whilst they may speak against evolution, as a religious society, they have evolved into something akin to....
Alvin Plantinga, explaining the vehemence with which atheists like Dawkins use evolution as a weapon against theism, says that, «For the nontheist, evolution is the only game in town; it is an essential part of any reasonably complex nontheistic way of thinking...» (Plantinga 18 - 19).
There is just as much and as little evidence for and against religious beliefs as there is for, for example, the big bang, or evolution.
The influence of these older evolutionary cosmologies on Whitehead's thought, moreover, is never carefully examined so much as it is presupposed.1 Against such presuppositions, I shall argue here that evolution and evolutionist theories play no significant role in Whitehead's metaphysics, and that there is no evidence in his major works of any significant influence from earlier process - oriented «evolutionary cosmologies.»
Elsewhere in the book, which tracks what Perry calls a secular war against the Boy Scouts, he characterizes evolution as an inherently atheistic idea.
Even to the atheist this goes against the process of evolution as species are under constant stress or testing.
However, biological teaching about evolution guards itself against the intrusion of purposes in another way as well.
Does that make any sense to you as a valid agrument against evolution?
Thus he saw modern cosmology and biological evolution as evidence in favour of God, not against.
Dr. Austin, the «scientist» in question, is a young earth creationist who went to the site with the stated purpose of finding «proof against evolution,» gathered material which was a mix of newly formed rock and ancient rock which had been ejected from the mountain, dated them with imprecise methods, and then skewed the results, as thousands of actual scientists have already reported.
If there is a war against christianity, it is between christian extremists and those «who require evidence prior to believing», and seeing as how there is no evidence supporting creation by an almighty whatever, and that there is tons of evidence supporting evolution, the most effective weapon in the «war» is the utter stupidity that keeps emanating from the mouths of christian loudmouths.
a. Evolution, as a science, is based upon testing ideas against evidence.
The great fact that drives a coach and horses through the theory of evolution, the lack of fossil (or skeletal) evidence for it, is here described dismissively as «one of the arguments against».
No one play personified Thomas» evolution with the Celtics as much as the brilliant over-the-shoulder pass he made to Crowder in the corner for a game - winning three against Milwaukee this February.
The Democrats say what one part of the electorate wants to hear, the Republicans say what another part wants to hear (pro-church, against «liberal» ideas such as evolution and climate change), but finally the difference for ordinary people is marginal.
The discoveries reported in two independent studies in the American Journal of Human Genetics on January 7 add to evidence for an important role for interspecies relations in human evolution and specifically in the evolution of the innate immune system, which serves as the body's first line of defense against infection.
This widespread lack of the need for telomerase is used by evolution as a key component of our defense against cancer, because having a limit to the size and renewal of telomeres prevents our cells from replicating themselves indefinitely — the crucial hallmark of cancer.
«The view has long been held that this trait evolved during the course of human evolution, when our ancestors were facing a prolonged period of warfare, as parochialism increases group cohesion and cooperation against opposing factions.
While stressing that de Mattei's book doesn't reflect CNR's position on evolution, President Maiani has, in a media statement, defended the vice-president's right to publish the book, saying: «I'd like to stress both the fact that the intellectual research is an open enterprise, as well as my personal endorsement against any form of censorship.
«The birds counter-evolved against those defenses as evolution favored deeper - beaked crossbills, resulting in a coevolutionary arms race that has driven evolutionary divergence of this unique bird population.»
But finally they just wore down the moderates on the board, and they ended up with a standard to replace that old, bad strength - and - weaknesses one that been used against evolution with a phrase that is still going to be used to beat up the publishers, still going to be used to try to get evolution taught as bad science in the state of Texas.
My research focuses on the evolution, physiology and biochemistry of alpha crystallins, a group of small heat shock proteins that protect cells against stress and are implicated in numerous diseases such as lens cataracts, Parkinsons, Alzheimers and cancer.
The finding that sexual isolation may be brought about by changes in at most a few genes argues against the evolution of new species in this manner by long - term runaway processes, as dictated by evolutionary dogma, Coyne said.
When asked by a Christian radio station, Bennett said that their science curriculum presents evolution, creationism, and intelligent design as equally tenable explanations for the existence of life,» adding «We're centered in the Judeo - Christian tradition, we do not ignore faith and religion, we do not ignore the arguments against evolution, because there are some...»
«Fruit Ninja Kinect» is an amazing evolution of the slice - em - up genre created by Halfbrick, which brings the worldwide mobile gaming phenomenon to Kinect so you can use your arms as blades in an epic battle against the world's most delicious produce is just beginning.
Developer Evolution Studios claimed they had the idea for a persistently connected racer that lets players join «Clubs» to race against rivals as well as having a rich single player game for years and said that their vision could only be achieved on the PS4.
Then in 1996, the Evolution Championship series (known as EVO) was founded, pitting 40 fighters against each other in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.
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It's a vastly different story on iOS, of course, where that platform is over-saturated with examples of tower defence games, and indeed, which has served as something of an evolution chamber for it, with various features like hero units and upgradeable towers added over the years to the basic «plant down some towers to defend against waves of enemies» template.
Installed in the Nave, Long Gallery and Central Gallery at UCCA against a lime - green backdrop, Beijing - based artist Xie Nanxing's seven major oil paintings serve as an informative path that traces the evolution of European oil painting from the Renaissance to modern times.
The exhibition surveys the representation of the Devil from the 16th through the 20th century, tracing his evolution from the bestial enemy of mankind and Christ in the earlier period, to his perception by the Romantics as a sort of noble rebel against patriarchal authority, to an insinuating dandy, to his virtual absence in the 20th century (in all but advertising and entertainment) as people increasingly recognised that we create our own hell on earth.
Some creationists do use thermodynamics to argue against evolution, but that is not what I am doing here; as an expert on evolutionary processes I would never do that.
In particular, What if macroscopic evolution is not just another «a cultural consensus» imposed by like minded atheists / materialists who by definition preclude open science of testing it against the null hypothesis of known stochastic and chemical processes (as distinct from mutations causing microevolution)?
David L Hagan: What if macroscopic evolution is not just another «a cultural consensus» imposed by like minded atheists / materialists who by definition preclude open science of testing it against the null hypothesis of known stochastic and chemical processes (as distinct from mutations causing microevolution)?
Our evolution works against the long time frame as «humans did not need to know what the local climate would be like a century into the future» as «they were much more concerned with the necessities of the here and now, and had little time or inclination to ponder the abstract world.»
The litigation concerns claims made against the Defendants by subscribers to a film partnership scheme known as the Evolution Films Partnerships in connection with the Defendants» actions as (i) sponsor and promoter, (ii) administrator, and / or as appropriate (iii) tax and financial adviser in relation to the Evolution Films Partnerships.
While some argue that this goes against the cryptocurrency's original ideology as laid down in its whitepaper, others believe that it is a natural evolution for bitcoin.