Posted on 10/01/2009 11:22:50 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
An Open Letter to Karl Giberson
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Unfortunately the claim that evolution is a fact, as much as is gravity or heliocentrism, has always been motivated by metaphysical assumptions. These assumptions trace back to the Enlightenment, and Darwin and Wallace built upon them. The conclusion ever since was that evolution had to be true, not because of the empirical science but because of the metaphysical mandate...
(Excerpt) Read more at uncommondescent.com ...
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Dr. Karl Giberson is a professor at Eastern Nazarene College (allegedly a Christian college) and contends that process theology (in part, God is not all knowing) is a proper middle position that should be taken to rectify the tension between religion and science.
I appreciate Dr. Hunter’s effort, but my experience is that it is probably wasted. Giberson’s past writings have revealed him to be a close-minded fanatic, unable to deal honestly with even simple arguments within his own field (physics) (see for example my article at http://www.rae.org/FAQ16.html). Giberson was quite open in calling for censorship against non-evolutionists regardless of merit, and engaging in such, as editor at Science News.
It is hard to read beyond the first few lines of a paper whose introduction paragraph contains an obvious falsehood. There is not a single credible scientist who describes Evolution as anything other than an as yet unproven theory.
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I've read that before, but I don't find those proponents credible scientists. They have omitted the necessity of a guiding hand or Intelligent Designer fro their citations.
A true fact is redundant and a false fact is oxymoronic. Science does not need cheerleaders or grand interpreters. In science fact must be provable and repeatable and a fact 100% of the time. Evolutionary Theory, although compelling, has not met this standard.
“It is hard to read beyond the first few lines of a paper whose introduction paragraph contains an obvious falsehood. There is not a single credible scientist who describes Evolution as anything other than an as yet unproven theory”.
Misses the point entirely...liberals aren’t stopped at this anymore so than algore’s hot air cult.
Like the responsible parents pointing out to students that evolution indeed is NOT fact, necessitating stickers to be placed on science texts...and got sued to remove them.
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