Hi Douglas
Nice to hear from you!
"We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged."
Do you agree that one could make a similar statement about every other field in science? the theory of gravitation, quantum mechanics etc?
Would you also agree that modern evolutionary theory is much more than "random mutation" and "natural selection"?
Do you feel there is any reason for claiming that an unknown intelligent agent must be responsible for at least part of life?
The Discovery institute uses the list to prove that scientists are skeptical of Darwin. Would you intepret that statement as saying that the scientists are skeptical of the claims made by Charles Darwin, or as saying that they are sceptical of current evolutionary theory?
Why does the statement say "Darwinian theory", and why does it only mention mutations and natural selection, and not other mechanisms of gentic change?
Since you have studied the statement intendly - why did you think it unnecessary to mention other mechanisms of genetic changes, and why did you think it relevant to sign a statement pertaining to a theory set forth about 150 years ago, and not the current version of evolutionary theory?
/Sren