Carl Sagan agreed with Coffin that the fossil record points to creation
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The quote cited in Carl Sagan's book, Cosmos, is taken out of context. As can be seen from reading the two quotes below comparatively, Sagan's conclusion is quite the opposite of what the Life - How Did It Get Here? book had intended to portray.
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Misquoted Person
Source
- Anon, 1985. Life--How Did It Get Here?, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., page 70.
Original Source
- Cosmos, Ballantine Books 1980 edition, page 19.
Misquote
Astronomer Carl Sagan candidly acknowledged in his book Cosmos:
- "The fossil evidence could be consistent with the idea of a Great Designer."
Original Quote
- The fossil evidence could be consistent with the idea of a Great Designer; perhaps some species are destroyed when the Designer becomes dissatisfied with them, and new experiments are attempted on an improved design. But this notion is a little disconcerting. Each plant and animal is exquisitely made; should not a supremely competent Designer have been able to make the intended variety from the start? The fossil record implies trial and error, an inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with an efficient Great Designer (although not with a Designer of a more remote and indirect temperament).
