... in which matter is the fundamental reality and only material causes are effective. The philosopher Daniel Dennett has defended a strong neo-Darwinian position, drawing from biology, probability theory, cognitive science, and computer simulations. Evolution, he asserts, is the product of a mindless, purposeless process. He vehemently rejects all forms of intelligent design, including Darwin's belief that the laws ... a population's genes explore the neighboring portions of "design space" (the set of all possible genetic configurations). Through natural selection, those genes that confer ...

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... up. The creation argument is attached to the infallibility of scripture, and often Christians consider any deviation from a literal interpretation to be undermining its validity as such. On the contrary, the big bang and evolution side of the conflict has attached itself to a staunch atheism: it is not even the realization of pure science any more today as it once was. Any ... missing do not lead to impaired functionality, but no functionality (Behe 123). How could forty different and complex parts suddenly and randomly metabolize within a cell and create this flagellum? If biology work...

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