{"id":46,"date":"2009-06-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/scienceandthesacred\/2009\/06\/a-crash-course-in-evolution.html"},"modified":"2014-05-19T09:16:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:16:29","slug":"a-crash-course-in-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/scienceandthesacred\/2009\/06\/a-crash-course-in-evolution.html","title":{"rendered":"A Crash Course in Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"center\"><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FnzmxeZJeho&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FnzmxeZJeho&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">While the process of evolution has taken billions of years to unfold, this video shows its basic principles can be explained in about two minutes.&nbsp; In those two minutes, the video outlines the three basic mechanisms of evolution &#8212; mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift &#8212; as well as the unifying power of evolution for modern biology.<\/p>\n<p>As the video notes, &#8220;after 150 years of rigorous scientific testing every day, not a single observation or experiment has been made which has falsified the unifying principle of biology.&#8221;&nbsp; The question is not <i>if<\/i> evolution happens, but rather where, when, and how evolution occurs.&nbsp; By no means does evolution deny God&#8217;s role as Creator. <\/p>\n<p>For more on evolution, be sure to see <a href=\"http:\/\/biologos.org\/questions\/what-is-evolution\/\">&#8220;What is evolution?&#8221;<\/a> in our Questions section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the process of evolution has taken billions of years to unfold, this video shows its basic principles can be explained in about two minutes.&nbsp; In those two minutes, the video outlines the three basic mechanisms of evolution &#8212; 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