The Explanatory Power of Darwinism

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@jongarvey, I’m honestly not sure what you are trying to accomplish here.

@swamidass

If God made humans with common descent, there is zero reason to object to him making other animals by common descent. There is precisely zero people arguing simultaneously that (1) Cambrian explosion was not be common descent, but (2) human evolution was by common descent. That would be a totally incoherent position. This is why it makes most sense to focus on human evolution, where the theological challenges are greatest, and the scientific evidence is strongest.

The place of highest theological significance, and the most scientific evidence, is human evolution. We see clear transitional forms and solid genetic evidence of transitions across these forms. I’m pretty sure you accept common descent here. If you do here, with humans, why in the world would you think something else is happening with Iguanodons?