[PatrickHenry]

If I "believe" in orgnic chemistry and yet cannot master it intellectually, I will never be a competent physician. On the contrary, if I am skeptical of the evolutionary explanation of the fossil record and yet "ace the tests," I at least have a shot at being accepted into medical school.

Conversely, if someone aces all his exams in divinity school, yet he steadfastly refuses to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God who died for our sins, would he be qualified to be a preacher? I think not.

[diode]

Your response is a non sequitur, unless you are equating science with a religion. Among other things, the future physician is charged with the acquistion of knowledge, i.e. facts, as well as the theories that unify these facts. Theories always have degrees of support that vary in integrity over time, many edure. They are interesting and often helpful, but dogmatic adherence to them is sometimes detrimental. In fact, bold challenges to prevailing theories has often brought about some of the most important discoveries in science and medicine.

[diode]

Your response is a non sequitur, unless you are equating science with a religion. Among other things, the future physician is charged with the acquistion of knowledge, i.e. facts, as well as the theories that unify these facts. Theories always have degrees of support that vary in integrity over time, many edure. They are interesting and often helpful, but dogmatic adherence to them is sometimes detrimental. In fact, bold challenges to prevailing theories has often brought about some of the most important discoveries in science and medicine.

[MEGoody]

"Conversely, if someone aces all his exams in divinity school, yet he steadfastly refuses to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God who died for our sins, would he be qualified to be a preacher? I think not."

Are you comparing evolution to the spiritual realm?