Dr. Pitman, you keep arguing that the vast majority of …

Comment on The Creative Potential of Randomness and Chaos? by Arthur K.

Dr. Pitman, you keep arguing that the vast majority of mutations and allelic options are of the degenerative kind, resulting in less fitness and devolution, not evolution. And yet we see dog breeds that have become highly specialized with adaptations to fit the climates they live in, and traits that suit them well for desired traits. Why is it that artificial selection leads to beneficial mutations and great diversity (evolution), whereas natural selection leads to deleterious mutations and diminished diversity (devolution)?

We still have the problem of species. Why is that after the two individuals and their descendents have bred for a few thousand years, and scientists think they have evolved extremely rapidly, they still remain just one single species? There are many other “pairs” that emerged from the ark that had to evolve into dozens or hundreds of species. Why didn’t the dogs do the same?

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I think Shawna has a valid point.

Everyone knows that being a denominational employee, particularly in positions requiring an advanced degree, demands a sacrifice in terms of income, retirement benefits, and job security. University faculty, particularly at our institutions, are grossly underpaid.

It’s exceptionally easy to find fault in others, and some truly excel at this. It’s more difficult to step up and do the job that you criticize others at doing, particularly when the sacrifices are great. As Wayne astutely pointed out, who would want to leave a cushy physician job with good pay, solid retirement benefits, and no one going on line to publicly criticize you and demand your firing?

As Anthony Campolo once put it, SDA physicians for the most part go where the money is. Where is their sense of mission, he implored? Do they flock to the inner cities? Do they go overseas to work in developing countries? Do they give up their lucrative practice to help educate others in our institutions?

It’s much easier to play Elijah than it is to be a Mother Teresa.