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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / How does "instinct" evolve?
« on: 02/12/2009 20:54:47 »
Being new to this forum, it's not clear why this subject has died.
Surely we can discuss objections to scientific theory without being accused of being religious can't we?
I do have a problem with Asyncritus's conclusions and perhaps someone could talk me through the thinking here, as he appears to have been excluded. It seems to me that he is saying, 'Here with instinct is a marvellous thing which evolutionary theory cannot accommodate, and THEREFORE there must be a God who did it because no other explanation has been given.'
Surely this is a 'God-of-the-gaps' explanation, which is fine unless, and until, someone comes up with a better theory which gives some deeper consideration to these objections and provides an explanation which incorporates the objections that he makes to the current theory.
It is a valid argument against Darwinian theory but is not proof of God.
My own take on it is that the existence of what I perceive as design in the universe (not only biological , but also at all levels from subatomic to cosmology) begs the question of any existing theory for the origin of the universe and life.
One theory that should be taken into account in any reasonable open discussion is that there may be a Creator God. It is one possibility in a sea of competing theories. We can't dismiss it out of hand just because we don't like it!
Surely we can discuss objections to scientific theory without being accused of being religious can't we?
I do have a problem with Asyncritus's conclusions and perhaps someone could talk me through the thinking here, as he appears to have been excluded. It seems to me that he is saying, 'Here with instinct is a marvellous thing which evolutionary theory cannot accommodate, and THEREFORE there must be a God who did it because no other explanation has been given.'
Surely this is a 'God-of-the-gaps' explanation, which is fine unless, and until, someone comes up with a better theory which gives some deeper consideration to these objections and provides an explanation which incorporates the objections that he makes to the current theory.
It is a valid argument against Darwinian theory but is not proof of God.
My own take on it is that the existence of what I perceive as design in the universe (not only biological , but also at all levels from subatomic to cosmology) begs the question of any existing theory for the origin of the universe and life.
One theory that should be taken into account in any reasonable open discussion is that there may be a Creator God. It is one possibility in a sea of competing theories. We can't dismiss it out of hand just because we don't like it!