May 2014 Forum – New Reasons to Doubt Darwin

Two books come close to defining the current discussions around Intelligent Design, both by Stephen Meyer. In the first, “Signature in the Cell,” Meyer sets out the case for Intelligent Design based on the kind of information we find in DNA. In his more recent work, “Darwin’s Doubt,” he takes this argument several steps further and looks at the complexity involved in creating new animal forms compared to the incredibly short time period over which most forms show up in the fossil record.

It’s difficult to understand the complexity, marvel at the “burst” of animal forms 500 million years ago, and not conclude that there was more going on than random mutation and natural selection as the orthodox Darwinists would maintain.