the point of Sagans [sic] quote was to show that he was acknowledging that the fossil record shows great design. The design in living things could not have come about by random mutations...the emphasis is on his description of a 'design' in nature
Just as a matter of interest, do you recall ever hearing the phrase "natural selection"? Seems like that might have come up here on one or two occasions. It has a way of appearing in the same sentence as "mutation". That's "selection". As in "not random". As in favoring the survival of one kind of organism over another. The kind of thing that could give the illusion of conscious design if one didn't understand the principles involved.
Ask yourself who designed the neat patterns in the rocks at a gravel beach. Design does not require a conscious being. That is what Sagan thought. You should read him some time.
Capt.
Edited by Capt Stormfield, : grammar
Is it getting solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
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