Science or creation? Thou art too nosy

Toronto Sun ^ | March 19, 2009 | Mike Strobel

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

This week, the Globe and Mail asked Science Minister Gary Goodyear, a chiropractor, if he believed in evolution.

None of your beeswax, he replied.

"I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate."

Well, the primordial ooze hit the fan.

Scientists roasted Goodyear. Is this why the feds have cut research funding? Does Ottawa figure it's cheaper to read the Bible?

Fumed one: "It's the same as asking the gentleman, 'Do you believe the world is flat?' and he doesn't answer on religious grounds."

No, it's not the same. We can bloody well see the world is round. But I can't look at an ape and see myself.

You could say that God made Conservatives and only Liberals come from apes.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

For more marvels of science, vist Inbred Science.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

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[Tax-chick]

The biggest problem, imo, is that a government even has a “science minister” or equivalent. Any “science” worth the name ought to be able to stand up for itself in the free market.

[Buck W.]

Evolution and Christianity are perfectly compatible.

[Sopater]

Your “Inbred Science” link is broken.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Your “Inbred Science” link is broken.

Thanks. Inbred Science.

[MrB]

The title is based on a false assumption,

that Science and Creation are mutually exclusive.

Science is the discovery of the rules and constructs of creation.

[Sopater]

Science is the discovery of the rules and constructs of creation.

That is correct.

[GL of Sector 2814]

But I can't look at an ape and see myself.

On the other hand, any human who looks at himself is seeing an ape, since humans are apes, by definition.

[bird4four4]

I belive God created animals with the amazing ability to adapt to the suroundings to be better equiped to deal with their environment.

[MrB]

And in the original creation of the kinds, at the time of their creation, had the ability in their genes to express all of the necessary attributes for survival in various environments.

Their gene sequences, however, have never GAINED ability since that creation.

[count-your-change]

Evolution is the antithesis of Christianity.

[RobinOfKingston]

Inbred Science

Cool site.

[Non-Sequitur]

You could say that God made Conservatives and only Liberals come from apes.

Or you could also say Got made idiots that write for the Toronto Sun. Man did not descend from apes and I don't know anyone with half a brain that believes so, though I notice a lot of creationists seem to accept that. Says a lot about them.

[mountainlion]

God created Science.

[GodGunsGuts]

They Evos have drawn the line in the sand. Time to engage the battle!:

“We just feel a creationist shouldn’t be science minister. It doesn’t jibe with his mandate.”

[Dog Gone]

Evolution is the antithesis of Christianity.

To some Christians, yes. As a general statement, false.

[Caramelgal]

None of your beeswax, he replied.

"I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate.”

It would seem that the good chiropractor has admitted what a lot of us have been saying; that creationism is religion and not science.

None of your beeswax? Is he related to this guy?

[editor-surveyor]

"The biggest problem, imo, is that a government even has a 'science minister' or equivalent. Any 'science' worth the name ought to be able to stand up for itself in the free market."

And the real scince does that well. - Its the deviant religion of evolution that needs the "stimulus."

[editor-surveyor]

"On the other hand, any human who looks at himself is seeing an ape, since humans are apes, by definition"

Fart-breathing Ignorance Award !!!