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Politics : Evolution
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To: average joe who wrote (19940)1/20/2012 6:49:05 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 69300
 
"None of the above precludes a creator."

No, of course not! Evolution is not about trying to explain how life first began. Biologists in general include that in their research. So why are "creationists" so hostile toward Evolutionary biology? Simple. Because evolution proves that the biblical record is not a factual and divine record, but rather a very human and flawed history/myth compilation from a small number of pre-scientific humans who belonged to a certain tribal culture and preserved some of their superstitions.

But I thought the question was why do "creationists" oppose evolutionary biology? After all, Evolution has nothing to say that would exclude any number of creators? So why are creationists so apoplectic in trying to whitewash the scientific facts? Again, because creationists are not by and large creationists as in "we believe in a 'god' who created heaven and earth out of nothing and who is immanent and personally involved in "His" creation"...but rather they are Fundamentalist Christians attempting to retain a fantastical dogma. THEY ARE CHRISTIANS. PURE AND SIMPLE.

Creationism has nothing to do with science. As ruled by the courts, it fails the tests of science on ALL counts:

  • It is guided by natural law;
  • It has to be explanatory by reference to natural law;
  • It is testable against the empirical world;
  • Its conclusions are tentative, i.e. are not necessarily the final word; and
  • It is falsifiable.

    A true creationist (in the broad definition) does not need to disprove or attack Evolution because Evolutionary Science does not dispute the possibility that a creator made heaven and earth and said creator does or does not care (theistic or deistic). So if he or she is foaming at the mouth (the creationist not the creator) and desperate to disprove what is now simple science...you know who you are dealing with. Ask them why we NEVER EVER EVER find fossils of humans or pre-humans within 60 MILLION years of one another?! And ask them why it even matters--if they are merely "creationists" rather than CHRISTIANS!

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