Firstly, this is NOT a religious thread. Kindly keep that elsewhere, thanks.
Charles Darwin was the first to formulate the theory of evolution by natural selection, about 150 years ago, by observing the variation in several species of animals ranging from finches, dogs and tortoises to eventually humans(he dealt with human evolution in a separate book).
Since then, scientists have discovered things like DNA and RNA, and while there is no scientific objection to evolution itself, there are objections to the possible Mechanisms by which evolution occurs, I.e by means other than natural selection.
This is a part of biology, and I'm sure people have studied at least its basics. But I noticed quite a few people objecting to it , here and on other sites/places as well.
So, keeping your religious convictions aside, why do you consider this theory valid/invalid as an intellectual/person on PURELY secular grounds?
E g: I think evolution is the best explanation for phenomenon such as dinosaur fossil bones and for the huge varieties of animals with vestigial(formerly useful organs) that we find in the natural world, such as dolphins with lungs and running birds(ostriches) with wings.
Your thoughts?
Charles Darwin was the first to formulate the theory of evolution by natural selection, about 150 years ago, by observing the variation in several species of animals ranging from finches, dogs and tortoises to eventually humans(he dealt with human evolution in a separate book).
Since then, scientists have discovered things like DNA and RNA, and while there is no scientific objection to evolution itself, there are objections to the possible Mechanisms by which evolution occurs, I.e by means other than natural selection.
This is a part of biology, and I'm sure people have studied at least its basics. But I noticed quite a few people objecting to it , here and on other sites/places as well.
So, keeping your religious convictions aside, why do you consider this theory valid/invalid as an intellectual/person on PURELY secular grounds?
E g: I think evolution is the best explanation for phenomenon such as dinosaur fossil bones and for the huge varieties of animals with vestigial(formerly useful organs) that we find in the natural world, such as dolphins with lungs and running birds(ostriches) with wings.
Your thoughts?