Along with the question of scale or degree there is the question of time.  Scientists are realizing that the complexity of life’s molecular structures could not have come about through trial-and-error (random chance or natural selection) as Darwin postulated.

Another major problem with Darwinian macro-evolutionary theory is that the fossil record does not confirm the existence of intermediate species, one of the pillars of the Darwinian idea that evolution comes about through small incremental changes. Macroevolution is in effect speciation, or transpecific evolution. "Species simply appear at a given point in geologic time, persist largely unchanged for a few million years and then disappear. There are very few examples – some say none – of one species gradually shading gradually into another." (New York Times Report on evolution, Nov. 5, 1980)

Another compelling dissent from the Darwinian general theory was published in the Dec. 28, 2005, issue of The American Spectator, an article that just came to my attention today. Written by mathematician Granville Sewell, "Evolution’s Thermodynamic Failure." Sewell writes:  "A National Geographic article from November, 2004, proclaims that the evidence is ‘overwhelming’ that Darwin was right about evolution. Since there is no proof that natural selection has ever done anything more spectacular than cause bacteria to develop drug-resistant strains, where is the overwhelming evidence that justifies assigning to it an ability we do not attribute to any other natural force in the universe: the ability to create order out of disorder?"

These are just a few of the dissents gathering on the horizon of biological studies. I hope to post news and reflections on this site.