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"You obviously know nothing about the subject of evolution."

What struck me was this response came from the man who's called "Darwin's rotweiller", an avowed atheist who nevertheless is probably the most intelligent and sharply articulate spokesman for the evolutionary worldview. I suddenly realized that I'm guilty of the same error as Haggard - and many other Christians too: a gross misinterpretation of evolution. And I'm guilty of the same error as so many evolutionists, who as grossly misinterpret our faith in God as we misinterpret their faith in science. In order to avoid being told that I know nothing about the subject of evolution - and thus not being able to engage any evolutionists in an intelligent debate - I thought I should review the facts.

Why did Dawkins take such offense at Haggard's remark about the eye evolving by accident? I think it has to do with the fact that evolutionists believe life developed through the mechanism of natural selection, which to them is the "intelligent designer", rationallly guiding every genetic process of every organism toward improved degrees of functional adaptation to it's environment, until it is fit for reproductive survival, and they see empirical scientific evidence of this throughout the history of life on earth. A mature evolutionist knows the details and operations of natural selection as well as a mature Christian knows the attributes and character of God. We have no right to call natural selection simply "an accident" without really understanding it, just as the evolutionist has no right to call God "a mental virus" without really comprehending Him.

All this to say, we need to learn more about evolution so that we will know how to debate intelligently and effectively with those who think our beliefs about God's creation are childish and irrational. For example, it appears our argument of irreducible complexity has been soundly refuted by evolutionists on the basis of scientific methodology. We must accept the fact that neither creationism nor intelligent design will ever be accepted or even considered to be at all within the realms of academic science, simply because it begs the question, "who done it?" Dawkin's challenge to Christians is, show me empirical scientific evidence for the existence of God, and then I'll believe.

But, of course, this evidence will appear only on the revelationary Last Day when Dawkins will no longer have a chance to repent. Until then, "the just shall live by faith" in the unchanging One, and the rest of the world shall stumble blindly from one new theory to the next!>

Check out the Time Magazine's current issue, where Dawkins debates theistic evolutionist Francis Collins.>