Francis Collins, Eye Evolution, and Blind Faith

Episode 1520 October 22, 2021 00:08:49
Francis Collins, Eye Evolution, and Blind Faith
Intelligent Design the Future
Francis Collins, Eye Evolution, and Blind Faith

Oct 22 2021 | 00:08:49

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Show Notes

On this classic ID the Future, Casey Luskin tackles another neo-Darwinian assertion made by Francis Collins and Karl Giberson in The Language of Science and Faith. There they make an offhand statement that a series of random mutations can lead to such a novel structure as the eye. However, they neglect to give any citation or discuss any evidence to support the claim. Instead of simply accepting the neo-Darwinian explanation of the eye on faith, Luskin leads listeners through an examination of the evidence. As he shows, the more closely we look, the more problems appear for the idea that the eye originated through a process of mindless evolution. For additional evidence that the vertebrate eye was instead intelligently designed, see this nine-minute video from Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture.

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