I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman L. Geisler & Frank Turek
Week 7: Chapter 6 — New Life Forms: From the Goo to You via the Zoo?
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Even granting that life began, does the fossil record and the mechanisms of evolution support the idea that all living things share a common ancestor without divine guidance?
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.The authors take on Darwinian macroevolution directly in this chapter. What are the five main lines of evidence they examine, and what is their overall verdict on whether the evidence supports an unguided, naturalistic account of the diversity of life?
2.Geisler and Turek discuss the Cambrian explosion — the sudden appearance in the fossil record of most major animal body plans within a geologically brief window of time. Why is this event sometimes called 'Darwin's dilemma,' and how does it challenge the gradualistic model of evolution?
3.The authors cite paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould's concept of 'punctuated equilibrium' as an attempt to explain the lack of transitional fossils. What is this theory, and do the authors find it a convincing rescue of Darwinism? Do you?