Darwin Vs Lamarck

Darwin despite being well known for his theory of evolution was not the first one to have taken a step in this direction. It is also well known now that he was not the first naturalist to have proposed the concept of evolution or that species change over time. Before Darwin, Buffon and other naturalists had started introducing ideas related to evolution. However, it was Lamarck who took the first major step in this direction and made a systematic presentation of evolution in 1809. Lamarck is therefore sometimes said to be the forerunner of Darwin. Lamarck’s and Darwin’s theories are considered to be the earliest in history and all the theories that followed are said to be based or to have derived from these two fundamental theories. However wrong, Lamarck may be now believed to be, still his theory is important as it predicts transformation in his times. Therefore the Lamarckian theory has to be taken seriously and contrasted with the Darwinian theory. The first remarkable difference between the two theories is that Darwin’s theory was a selectionist theory of evolution

Darwin’s theory clashed with religious and philosophical views. The debate between evolutionism and creationism had started with the publishing of Darwin’s “Origin of Species”. Michael Behe in response to Darwin’s theory has said that cell was a black box to Darwin and its inner workings a mystery. Other prominent creationists like Henry Morris and Phillip E Johnson. Johnson zeroed in on the tautology fallacy of Darwinism. Between YEC ( Young Earth creationism) and ID ( Intelligent Design) there area number of similarities. A significant distinction is that YEC does not attempt to identify the intelligent cause responsible for the design in nature. Dawkins, in his book, the Blind Watchmaker raises criticism by what he calls the fallacy of "the argument from personal incredulity". To quote