Creationists have nothing but feelings to back their claims. The evidence has left them long in the dust for over 150 years.If evolutionary science were indeed fact, then 150 years after it was first introduced, there wouldn't be a legitimate scientific argument against it, as there is now. Scientific principles that are true, are proven to be true and not questioned 150 years later, even if there is initial resistance to them. Evolution is still questioned because of its dubious origins and unprovable claims.
And please, don't confuse faith with 'feelings.' If you know any Scripture, you know that faith is not just a matter of the heart, but a matter of the mind.
Romans 12:2 - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
And we are also told in Scripture that the mind of the unbeliever is clouded.......2 Corinthians 4:4 - The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
The Psalmist clearly places great importance on thought.......Psalm 26:2 - Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;....... and Jesus has also commanded us to use our minds in our faith.........Matthew 22:37 - Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
This is not about feelings, Carolina. This is about thought, and logic, the search for truth, and the understanding that we cannot accept blindly what the voices of this age throw at us. Rejecting evolution for me, is the result of intellectual growth (when I was younger and more gullible, I believed it, at least in part).
There may be Creationists out there who go by their personal feelings, but they are not being faithful to Scripture nor do they understand who God is.
(Incidentally, I had a very conservative education all the way through. The only liberals teachers/profs I had were in history, and even by high school I knew that they were wrong..... My biology prof taught us of the wonders of God's creation.......he was a brilliant scientist, and a man of great faith).
btw, I slept very well, thank you. :) Isaiah 26:3 - "You will keep him (or her) in perfect peace, whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You."
"If evolutionary science were indeed fact, then 150 years after it was first introduced, there wouldn't be a legitimate scientific argument against it, as there is now."
There isn't. There is no legitimate scientific argument against evolution that hasn't been overthrown. The debate is between scientists and people who don't want to do science (creationists).
"Scientific principles that are true, are proven to be true and not questioned 150 years later, even if there is initial resistance to them. Evolution is still questioned because of its dubious origins and unprovable claims."
As I know you have been told this numerous times, no theories in science are ever proved. I take it you either can't read or are intentionally deceptive. Evolution doesn't need to be *proved*, just as The Theory of Relativity doesn't need to be proved (and can't be). All it needs is for the evidence to support it which it does, overwhelmingly. Creationism in all of its forms (YEC, ID) does not have evidence to support it; the evidence that does exist is against it. There is no logical reason to be concerned with theories that have only negative evidence as support. Whatever the merits of ID, it has no place in a science classroom.
"And please, don't confuse faith with 'feelings.' If you know any Scripture, you know that faith is not just a matter of the heart, but a matter of the mind."
Feelings exist in the Mind. Just because something is of the Mind, does not mean it is logical or that it based on evidence. Faith is not evidence; it is belief without evidence. It is subjectivism.
"This is not about feelings, Carolina. This is about thought, and logic, the search for truth, and the understanding that we cannot accept blindly what the voices of this age throw at us."
It is exactly about feelings. There is no mention of logic in any of the quotes you provided. It says to reject the *pattern of this world* for subjective feelings. There IS mention of illogic though,
"Romans 12:2 - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
This is a call for subjective mysticism over objective evidence. Only when you throw off this world (reality) for some inner subjective reality can you discover God's will. It is a call for the death of reason.