http://www.rae.org/critanl.html

[snip]

On December 3/04 evolutionist Richard Dawkins, [the Charles Simonyi
Professor of the Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University] was
interviewed on “NOW with Bill Moyers” (PBS)
(http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript349_full.html)

At the conclusion of the interview Dawkins read from his book, “The
Devil’s Chaplain"--reading aloud the last paragraph from the letter he
originally wrote to his then 10-year-old daughter [Good and Bad Reasons
for Believing]:

“What can we do about all of this? It’s not easy for you to do anything
because you are only 10. But you could try this. Next time somebody tells
you something that sounds important, think to yourself, ‘Is this the kind
of thing that people probably know because of evidence or is it the kind
of thing that people only believe because of tradition, authority or
revelation?’ And next time somebody tells you that something is true, why
not say to them, ‘What kind of evidence is there for that?’ And if they
can’t give you a good answer, I hope you’ll think very carefully before
you believe a word they say. Your loving Daddy.”

Some questions for Richard Dawkins:

1. In your book, “The Devil’s Chaplain”, you write to your then
10-year-old daughter: “And next time somebody tells you that something is
true, why not say to them, ‘What kind of evidence is there for that?’

What is the best evidence you can cite for vertical evolution
(information-enhancing evolution)? How do you know it’s true?

2. Regarding University of Massachussetts professor Lynn Margulis, Michael
Behe writes in “Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to
Evolution” (1996): “At one of her many public talks she asks the molecular
biologists in the audience to name a single, unambiguous example of the
formation of a new species by the accumulation of mutations. Her challenge
goes unmet.” (Behe, p. 26).

In the years since Margulis first asked the question, can biologists now
name a single, unambiguous example of the formation of a new species by
the accumulation of mutations? Can you give one example of an evolutionary
process or mechanism which can be seen to create new functional
information at the genetic level? Can you give one reference for any study
that has shown that duplicated genes acquired different functions during
an experiment or series of experiments?

3. Are you able to describe the specific evolutionary process that
accounted for the complex arrangement of inanimate matter into a life form
that grows, metabolizes, reacts to stimuli, and reproduces? (the four
criteria for biological life). If ‘yes’, what was the process? If ‘no’,
why can’t the process be specifically described?

4. On page one of your book, “The Blind Watchmaker” you write: “Biology is
the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been
designed for a purpose”.

a) If living things look designed--if the empirical evidence suggests
purpose--then how do you know they weren’t designed?

b) What is your criteria for “apparent” design?

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http://www.icr.org/article/natural-selection-creationists-idea/

Natural Selection - A Creationist’s Idea
by Paul G. Humber, M.S.

http://creation.com/charles-darwins-illegitimate-brainchild

Darwin’s illegitimate brainchild
If you thought Darwin’s Origin was original, think again!
by Russell Grigg, Australia