Perceiving The World As Well Designed And

No Single Discovery From Any Of These Fields Denotes Proof Of Evolution, But Together They Reveal That Life Evolved In A Certain Sequence By A Particular Process.

...there ... Remains A Huge Following [of Ayn Rand's Philosophy] Of Those Who Ignore The Indiscretions, Infidelities, And Moral Inconsistencies Of The Founder And Focus Instead On The Positive Aspects Of Her Philosophy. There Is Much In It To Admire, If You Do Not Have To Accept The Whole Package... Criticism Of The Founder Or Followers Of A Philosophy Does Not, By Itself, Constitute A Negation Of Any Part Of The Philosophy... Criticism Of Part Of A Philosophy Does Not Gainsay The Whole.

In Principle, Skeptics Are Neither Closed-minded Nor Cynical. We Are Curious But Cautious.

As Karl Marx Once Noted: 'hegel Remarks Somewhere That All Great, World-historical Facts And Personages Occur, As It Were, Twice. He Forgot To Add: The First Time As Tragedy, The Second As Farce.' William Jennings Bryan And The Scopes Trial Was A Tragedy. The Creationists And Intelligent Design Theorists Are A Farce.

...evolution Is Not A Religious Tenet, To Which One Swears Allegiance Or Belief As A Matter Of Faith.. It Is A Factual Reality Of The Empirical World. Just As One Would Not Say 'i Believe In Gravity," One Should Not Proclaim 'i Believe In Evolution.