The Theory of Evolution is foundational to modern biology and an applied science. So yeah, it's kinda relevant.
Sure, if it's only ToE. Where ToE has problems is with origins. ToE argumentators usually avoid it, but they can't avoid chemical evolution. This is where the creationist, such as myself, brings in origins.
However, yesterday I heard a simpler argument. Who better to argue against ToE than an evolutionist.
Evolutionary scientist admits theory’s major flaws
EVOLUTION | Gerd Müller notes evolution doesn’t adequately explain life’s origins or complexity
by Julie Borg
Posted 9/07/17, 12:33 pm
Gerd Müller, a highly regarded Austrian evolutionary theorist, recently gave a
presentation, published in
Interface Focus, in which he admitted Charlies Darwin’s theory largely avoids explaining how life originated and how complexity developed.
Müller did not espouse any creationist or design beliefs, but his presentation demonstrated that even the most staunch advocates of evolution are forced to admit the theory has many holes. The presentation was devastating “for anyone who wants to think that, on the great questions of biological origins, orthodox evolutionary theory has got it all figured out,” Discovery Institute experts
wrote on their organization’s blog.
Müller’s admission offers a particularly damning critique since answers to questions about how things originated and how complexity developed form the basis for all origin theories. He also referred to the concept of macroevolution, the idea that one species can evolve into a totally different species, as “vague” and advised proponents of an expanded framework of evolution to avoid the term altogether.
Many Christians reject the theory of macroevolution because the Bible teaches that God created everything according to its kind. Somewhat less controversial is the theory of microevolution, which refers to changes or adaptations within a species. For example, dog breeders can breed a dog that sheds less, but it’s still a dog. But they can’t breed a dog that can fly. Many evolutionists believe microevolutionary changes lead to macroevolution, but Müller admitted even evolutionary experts argue among themselves about whether microevolutionary adaptations actually produce macroevolution.
Even within evolutionary circles, Müller noted, a large number of scientists recognize that the standard theory of evolution needs to be revised or replaced altogether: “A rising number of publications argue for a major revision or even a replacement of the standard theory of evolution, indicating that this cannot be dismissed as a minority view but rather is a widespread feeling among scientists and philosophers alike.”
Canadian musician Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” Perhaps the ever-widening cracks in the theory of evolution will let some of the light of God’s truth shine into the scientific world.
