Creationism is NOT a “competing idea” any more than astrology is a “competing idea” to astronomy.
It meets exactly zero scientific criteria.
It may have some currency in a philosophical/theological arena, but that isn’t where the so-called “debate” is occurring.
Neither creationism nor ID are science. To suggest they are is to purposely misrepresent science and the scientific method.
This takes it our of the “arena of ideas” and into the “arena of fraud.”
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Spoken like a true accountant, or pencil pusher, or some other non-scientist.
>>Spoken like a true accountant, or pencil pusher, or some other non-scientist.<<
No, spoken like someone who understands science and the scientific method.
The fact you don’t like the proper and only logical conclusion of a thought doesn’t mean you can eliminate the analysis via ad hominem.
Laughable that the dumb one associates astrology with astronomy! There is no historical reason to believe that such an association was ever even contemplated before the dumb one cooked it up in his head.
Science is science. If it leads to the conclusion that there may have been a Creator involved in the genesis of the earth, then so be it.
If God is God, He has the ability to create something out of nothing. Science will validate this if true scientific methods are used.
You should not be biased; allow science to take its course.