John Derbyshire wrote:
I would love to get a conversation going with creationists about the origin of species, but they seem to be even less interested in this topic than Darwin was in biogenesis.
Not buying it Derb. Where have you made your interest in debating a creationist on this issue known? Whom have you approached about this and who was it is that refused to debate you on this issue?
There are any number of creationists who I bet would be thrilled to debate you on the issue.
There is Todd Wood, co-author of Understanding the Pattern of Life: Origins and Organization of the Species.
Or how about Woods’ co-author, Harvard trained paleontologist Kurt Wise (who studied under Gould).
Then there is Walter ReMine , author of The Biotic Message: Evolution Versus Message Theory and formulator of Discontinuity Systematics (a framework for discerning and categorizing species, families, genera, etc. from a creationist perspective).
If these guys aren’t interested, I’d bet good money they can refer you to such a person.
In fact, there is a whole field of creationist studies dedicated to this field: Baraminology (from the Hebrew term for biological kind).
Let’s see you step up to the plate Derb: Issue a public challenge to the creationist community to debate this issue – and then follow through.
