Lest readers think that I'm endorsing the Pope without reservation, I thought I'd include a link to the essay Losing Sight of Progress which includes a persuasive lay argument against that absurd philosophy "Intelligent Design".

In essence, the author uses the case of blind salamanders to underscore some of the shortcomings in creationist theory that should be obvious to... even a blind salamander.

Please, please, don't comment in favor of ID. I won't approve the comment anyway as I don't want to get embroiled in a debate about it here. Your chances of convincing me that evolution doesn't happen are right up there with my chances of mastering transcendent meditation while eating dinner tonight.

Don't comment about the Flying Spaghetti Monster either, I won't approve it and it'll only make me hungry.

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