Evolutionist Says: Darwinism Is in Trouble!

About this episode

The episode discusses Dr. Francis Hitching's criticisms of Darwinism and the challenges faced by the theory of evolution.

Years ago, Dr. Francis Hitching gave us his book The Neck of the Giraffe, and in this, he writes that Darwinism is in a lot of trouble. He laments, and I’m using his own words, that evolution “has not, contrary to general belief, and despite very great efforts, been proven.”Hitching points out that fossils do not show any history of evolutionary development. He says, creatures “come into the fossil record seemingly from nowhere – mysteriously, suddenly, fully formed and in a most un-Darwinian way.” He admits that the systematic gaps in the fossil record will never be filled with evolutionary ancestors and that it can no longer be claimed that someday scientists will find the missing creatures. He confesses that in the history of life, plants and animals must be treated as though they came into existence fully formed – in the forms we know today. Hitching also notes other problems and complains that science has no idea how the genetic code could have formed without a Creator, while mutations cannot explain the supposed changes of evolution.Hitching insists that there can be no debate that evolution actually took place. After all, he says, we are here and that is proof enough. But…

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Hosts: Ian T. Taylor, Mark W. Cadwallader

Topics covered

• Darwinism
• evolution
• fossil record
• genetic code
• creationism

Keywords

• Darwinism
• evolution
• fossils
• genetic code
• creation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Neck of the Giraffe

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