Lesson No. 5 - Evolution & the Origin of Species

This will start what is planned to be a four part series on the subject of the ‘Origin of Species’. As one can imagine, this subject is quite involved and many individuals usually just stick to what they have been told and fail to see the necessity of fleshing out a theory that seems to have very little to do with the common, everyday life. The purpose of this series will be four fold:

1. A definition of terms.
2. A discussion of major flaws in the Darwinian Evolution (DE) Theory.
3. A discussion of a counter argument to DE, Intelligent Design (ID).
4. How does discussion of the ‘Origin of Species’ relate to an individual that is neither a science researcher nor holds a PhD in Evolutionary Biology?

The only way one can truly learn is by doing research about a topic and then receiving criticism about the taken position. Criticism should make the position holder take an even harder look at the evidence and force him/her to either through off the shackles of former familiar ideologies or to reaffirm one’s current understanding of the subject at hand.

We will attempt to follow this format for the discussion of the ‘Origin of Species’. If you have a preliminary comment or example that you would like to see discussed, please post it to this syllabus and I will do my best to work it into future discussions.