Riz Khan - Darwin's legacy - 21 July 08 Part 1

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first announcement of Darwin's theory of natural selection, the main driving force behind evolution. More than a century and half later his theories continue to be hotly debated, raising issues of Creationism and Intelligent Design, as well as what we should be teaching our children in schools about the creation of man.

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[JoseEatsAirplane]

okay well, if the universe needed a creator, a designer, then who created "God"? It would be also preposterous to say God always existed.

[Darahcos]

Notice how Evolution isn't Abiogenesis.

[trenton9]

@JoseEatsAirplane

No, no it wouldn't.

[MardasMan]

Hm, i would have likened to hear an islamic creationist instead of an old-school christian one, as AJE is normally having a muslim audience. It would have been interesting to see, how a muslim creationist would have debated here.

[idriss0007]

@dirtyhyde8 me too ex muslim and muslims try to islamise everything

[hedersknyffeln]

Just about everything Dinesh D'souza says (including his book "What's so great about christianity?") brings to mind the old Pythonesque question "I'm sorry...this is irrelevant, isn't it?"

[firoz85]

@JoseEatsAirplane  /watch?v=2rSJ1qpQ0Kk :)

[AthosAmo]

Al Jazira allows comments? No censorship this time? But stupid comments are inevitable so why the exception?

[misterkel10]

As an atheist, I believe we should teach ID. Let each camp have its say and teach critical thinking to children. Trust them to figure it out and sort it out for themselves. Evo-Devo has shown that there are a lot of problems with the reigning theory of evolution.

[SqueakerAlpha]

how do you teach science in a theistic way ? @4:47 he makes a leap into fantasy. Evolution doesnt discuss the origin of life , so what ? the theory of gravity doesnt explain how planets got there either , so what . No you have to start with a self replicating molocule, then work up from there.

[SqueakerAlpha]

@wallidjan How ? 

[SqueakerAlpha]

@wallidjan cno ompulsion , but worship me or I will torture you for eternity ? Certainly no compulsion there 8(