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Today at the Design of Life blog: The Smithsonian vs. the Cambrian explosion

February 19, 2008 Posted by O'Leary under The Design of Life
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Charles Walcott, secretary  of the Smithsonian, had found the equivalent of Noah’s Ark. He found every animal phylum, or – as physicist Gerald Schroeder puts it – the “basic anatomies” of all animal life forms today.

Cause for rejoicing?

No, because there was a problem. The problem was that the find obviously did not support Darwin’s theory of evolution:

So what did he do?

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32 Responses to Today at the Design of Life blog: The Smithsonian vs. the Cambrian explosion

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    PannenbergOmegaFebruary 22, 2008 at 11:51 am

    I probably shouldn’t have put socialists in with the other two categories. When writing about Darrow.

    After all William Jennings Bryan was a socialist of sorts (a Populist). Alot of what Jesus says seems to advocate cooperation (not mandated by the state though).

    Socialism can mean a bunch of things. Was the New Deal socialist?
    I don’t think so, but some do.
    I can’t imagine what would have happened if Hoover or Robert Taft had beaten Roosevelt.

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    PannenbergOmegaFebruary 22, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    Peter Viereck, an academic who helped create the modern conservative movement in America, described the Neal Deal as a conservative project. For the preservation of our society and culture against more radical forces.

    Viereck has since fallen out of favor amongst conservatives, but I like him.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Viereck

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