{"id":138,"date":"2009-04-28T13:49:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/04\/who-designed-the-designer.html"},"modified":"2009-04-28T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T13:49:55","slug":"who-designed-the-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/04\/who-designed-the-designer.html","title":{"rendered":"Who designed the Designer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That and other interesting questions debated in the hundered-plus comments to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mormonmatters.org\/2009\/03\/28\/what-do-you-think-about-evolution\/\">What do you think about Evolution?<\/a>&#8221; at Mormon Matters. FYI, I would not rely on the way the quote that constitutes the bulk of the post tries to distinguish natural selection from evolution.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Other recent posts on evolution (with LDS views spanning the spectrum) that you might find interesting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the Mormon Organon, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebysteve.net\/?p=773\">So you want to learn something about evolution<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebysteve.net\/?p=947\">Immutable Species&mdash;brought to you by the Great Apostasy<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonsandscience.com\/1\/post\/2009\/04\/evolution-biology-pot-calling-the-psychology-kettle-black.html\">Evolution[ary] biology pot calling the [evolutionary] psychology kettle black<\/a>,&#8221; at the oddly named Mormons and Science blog, which, as in this post, generally argues against evolutionary science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That and other interesting questions debated in the hundered-plus comments to &#8220;What do you think about Evolution?&#8221; at Mormon Matters. 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