Objections to Macro Evolution

Since then, nearly all criticisms of evolution have come from religious sources, rather than from the scientific community.[4] Although most religions accept the occurrence of evolution, such as those advocating theistic evolution, some members still reject it in favor of creationism, the view that God created the world largely in its current form.[5] The resultant creation-evolution controversy has been a focal point of recent conflict between religion and science.

 In contrast to earlier objections to evolution that were either strictly scientific or explicitly religious, recent objections to evolution have frequently attempted to blur the distinction between the two. Such objections have often centered on undermining evolution's scientific basis, with the intent of combating the teaching of evolution as fact and opposing the spread of "atheistic materialism".[6] Modern creationism is characterized by movements such as Creation Science, neocreationism, and Intelligent Design which argue that the idea of life being directly "designed" by a God or intelligence is at least as scientific as evolutionary theory, and should therefore be taught in public schools. Their arguments against evolution have become widespread, and include objections to evolution's evidence, methodology, plausibility, morality, and scientific acceptance. The scientific community, however, does not accept such objections as having any validity, citing detractors' misinterpretations of scientific method, evidence, and basic physical laws.[7]

Methods used to discredit those who oppose macro evolution

Confuse (or purposefully blurr distinctions between differing definitions of evolution)

State that there is no credible controversy: Implicit suggestion that anyone who questions the validity of evolution is functionally “unscientific”

Claim that all objections to evolution are religiously motivated.

Assume that religion is only credible when it operates outside the realm of observation.