"I hope not! She's my girl. I even called her as the VP nod (on my own political blog) well before McCain announced her."

If you are being honest, and I believe you are, you should consider calling attention to this. Seriously:

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Pollster_Predicted_Palin_/2008/08/30/126415.html
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/news/?p=359

Apparently, Randy and I agree on something else: Both of us would like it if Sarah Palin ran on the Republican ticket with Dick Cheney as her running mate in 2012.

There are two worldviews from which we are debating. Yet another nod to Gould's NOMA thesis. I take umbrage at the assertion that the Darwinian model represents materialism, though: Consider all the good things that those who accept ToETNS do. (Remember, the majority of the world, Christians and nonChristians, wholly accept natural selection.) I would argue that Team Darwin's worldview is based in reason, empiricism and rationality, whereas, Team Paley's is based on something unprovable that, by its definition, cannot be science. Science is the observation of, examination of, and measurement of
natural phenomena, not the supernatural.

I would think the following sentence lends itself the credibility of my position:
'Every fossil that has ever been found fully supports Darwin's theory."

This seems like a really easy sentence to refute. Thousands and thousands of fossils have been found. One of my students brought in one today. The nature of Science is to posit an idea and then say "Refute Me." I challenge you guys to do it. Refute evolution using the 6 criteria I listed above. Really.

If one, if just one hominid fossil were found in the Jurassic Strata, you could refute evolution. You guys (Randy and Tom) should do it. People have been digging up fossils for many, many years. Give it a try. Should you find the one you are looking for, you could be the most influential scientist since, well, Darwin. We'll name schools after you. Hell, I'll take down the pictures of scientists I have in the classroom and put up yours.

Here are just a few from hominids which themselves are difficult to fossilize (as compared to organisms with and exoskeleton):
http://www.theistic-evolution.com/transitional.html#FamilyTree

Here's a good site that explains why this is:
http://www.scienceviews.com/dinosaurs/fossilformation.html

I would like to have the answers to those 6 questions, Randy.

David