“A Muslim creationist from Turkey is sending out unsolicited copies of a huge, expensive book he's produced, Atlas of Creation, which is intended to disprove the theory of natural selection.”
Ed Cognoski responds:I haven't read the book, but I have browsed the author's Web site. He does a good job of bringing together in one place all the (flawed) Creationist arguments against science, including some new ones I hadn't heard before, like the fossil crabs that supposedly prove there's been no evolution because there are still crabs around today. Cataloging bunkum can be a useful service, even if he doesn't see it that way.
But what struck me most was that for all the bunkum arguments against natural selection, he presents no evidence in favor of the theory of divine creation. Does he have none? Does he want us to believe in creation on faith alone?
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