Posted on 04/17/2009 7:59:08 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Why close your eyes? The scientific mind looks at ALL possibilities, and the theory that our universe and everything in it is an artifact created by a supernatural Being outside of time and space is one possibility. Although this Being can never be the object of direct scientific study, His Existence and Nature can be examined on a secondhand basis through examination of the Artifact (the universe).
Don’t be misled by the notion that only those things that can be observed with the senses are real. This is a unprovable and unscientific belief, not a demonstrable fact. And, since we’re basing our wordviews on belief anyway, why not believe in God?
You just gotta have faith!
PS That’s millions of generations, in which the fruit flies are shocked, exposed to chemicals, X-rays, etc, all specifically designed to induce mutations. And yet, it either kills them, makes them sterile, or they remain fruitflies.
I'm sure "Bronze Age" folk would've been highly impressed had God used more acronyms in His revelations.
Fortunately for them, God is a better communicator than most. His description of the roles of man and woman in Genesis are timeless and enduring. While Moses' contemporaries might not have understood the details as do you and I, God's affirmation that when man leaves parents to cleave unto woman the result is 'one flesh' has quite naturally stood the test of time...and science.
A definition quite understandable to the relatively ignorant while not at all at odds with modern genetic research...divine revelation is a wonderful thing.
Faith is belief despite the absence of evidence. That certainly sums up creationism.
Unlikely that millions of years of evolution can be reproduced in a lab in a few decades.
And we creationists would like to extend a hearty thank you to all the Evos who are generating endless reams of data (paid for by our tax dollars) that creation scientists then reinterpret to demonstrate A) Creation is TRUE and B) Evolution is FALSE.
Speaking of faith, isn’t it curious that the Evos have never seen macroevolution take place, and yet they still believe it?
Perhaps, but divinely inspired?
Genesis' comments on relationships and social structure might well have been germane, but it's scientific worth is provably wrong if taken in a literal context.
But I'm pretty certain that we know it's most likely silicates and ice and not pixie dust and marshmallow cream.
Belief without proof (or at least compelling evidence) is fantasy based reality.
The best explanations for what we observe in our Universe, at this point in our history, obsoletes religion based beliefs no matter how you spin and twist them.
Rejecting or invalidating evolution does not immediately validate fantasy based religious beliefs, although the gutter garbage posted nonstop by GGG would insist such is the case. It is not an either/or situation.
The truth is, I have opened my eyes, and I choose not to follow with blind faith. I am not a drone. I have not simply rejected your point of view, but put that point of view in the lowest percentile of probability concerning our reality.
In the end, I have no quarrels with anyone believing what they please as long as they are not attempting to force me or mine to believe the same.
Are you suggesting there exists new scientific revelation that mom and dad's DNA do NOT combine into one unique 'flesh'?
The first five books of the Bible (Torah) were dictated, letter by letter, to Moses by God.
Knowledge of DNA is not required to know that males and females mate to produce offspring.
How do you know this?
In America, the theory of evolution is the only faith-based indoctrination which is mandated with any authority.
Fortunately, we are all free as you say 'in the end' to believe what we wish. Whether we are always free to express our differing faiths is another matter.
The difference of course being that the creatures that are said to be evolving can be directly observed in nature, not to mention the lab. And yet, macro-evolution is not observed in either setting. Thus, evolution is a matter of faith, NOT SCIENCE.
If Genesis mentioned DNA or microorganisms, the words would not have any known translation. Those are modern words which, if a language had them thousands of years ago, would not have had any counterpart until now. And then, how would we know what they mean now?
Those words would be like the word *Selah* in the Psalms.
That's because it takes millions of years.
It's not faith, it's the most sound explanation we have for the diversity of life. If a better explanation comes along backed up by research, we will alter our perceptions. The same can't be said of creation science which is based on faith in ancient texts.
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