Kenneth R. Miller quotes

Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable. (Kenneth R. Miller)

Biology is far from understanding exactly how a single cell develops into a baby, but research suggests that human development can ultimately be explained in terms of biochemistry and molecular biology. Most scientists would make a similar statement about evolution.

Kenneth R. Miller

We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth.

Kenneth R. Miller

America's got a Darwin problem - and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they 'believe in evolution.'

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Evolution isn't just a story about where we came from. It's an epic at the center of life itself. Far from robbing our lives of meaning, it instills an appreciation for the beautiful, enduring, and ultimately triumphant fabric of life that covers our planet. Understanding that doesn't demean human life - it enhances it.

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The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually.

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I am always struck by the fact that human awareness of our place in nature, like so much of modern science, began with the Industrial Revolution.

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Any suggestion that science and religion are incompatible flies in the face of history, logic, and common sense.

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Whether conservative or liberal, fundamentalist or agnostic, the more students learn of biology, the more they accept evolution.

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There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory.

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Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl. (Kenneth R. Miller)

Although each egg cell produced by a woman carries a single X chromosome, the sperm cells produced by a man carry either an X or a Y. This means, in very simple terms, that the sperm cell determines a baby's sex.

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What evolution tells us is that we are part of a grand, dynamic, and ever-changing fabric of life that covers our planet. Even to a person of faith, in fact especially to a person of faith, an understanding of the evolutionary process should only deepen their appreciation of the scope and wisdom of the creator's work.

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From Roger Bacon, the 13th century Franciscan who pioneered the scientific method, to George Lemaitre, the 20th century Belgian priest who first developed a mathematical foundation for the 'Big Bang,' people of faith have played a key role in advancing scientific understanding.

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The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer every question.

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Being a Christian, I'm eager to introduce people to Jesus. I just don't think I should do it in the science classroom.

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We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the climate.

Kenneth R. Miller

Evolution isn't just a take-it-or-leave-it story about where we came from. It's an epic at the centre of life itself. It tells us we are part of nature in every respect.

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