"Dr." Jason Lisle, the token astrophysicist at Answers in Genesis, has devoted much of his career to explaining how stars and galaxies that are several million or billion light-years away are actually visible to us in a creation that is, in their view, six thousand years old (which means that we should not see stars that are further than 6,000 light-years away). As though a Ph.D. astrophysicist prostituting himself out to Answers in Genesis wasn't bad enough, Lisle now has an article up which asserts that Darwin, and all evolutionists, are "unwittingly" creationists.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v4/n1/darwin-creationist
He asserts that, in order to argue against creation they must first assume it is true. Wait, what? So, in Lisle's view, relying on the principles of logic to do science proves Biblical creation? If that doesn't show the good doctor's poor grasp of logic, then I do not know what will.
Let's take another example of this kind of "logic." Deniers of Bigfoot must first assume it is true in order to argue against it, so Bigfoot must be real, and by arguing against it they unwittingly demonstrate its truth. How about another one? Atlantis-deniers must unwittingly assume the truth of Atlantis in order to argue against it, thus proving that the Lost Continent was an actual place.
Any wild claim can be shown to be true by this faulty "logic," even to the level of gods of the non-Christian variety. In order to argue against Zeus you are assuming the truth of the Thunderer in order to argue against it, ergo Zeus exists. Bad arguments all around here, but at its base they are the same as the claim Lisle makes.
Lisle also asserts that when evolutionists do science or use reason, they are ultimately acting on Biblical principles. Then he asserts that all science must start with the firm foundation of (his narrow reading of) Scripture. Sad that a man who earned a doctorate in a field of the sciences remains so ignorant of what science is and what it is not.
He can only get away with it because his employers expect no less, and no better, from him.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v4/n1/darwin-creationist
He asserts that, in order to argue against creation they must first assume it is true. Wait, what? So, in Lisle's view, relying on the principles of logic to do science proves Biblical creation? If that doesn't show the good doctor's poor grasp of logic, then I do not know what will.
Let's take another example of this kind of "logic." Deniers of Bigfoot must first assume it is true in order to argue against it, so Bigfoot must be real, and by arguing against it they unwittingly demonstrate its truth. How about another one? Atlantis-deniers must unwittingly assume the truth of Atlantis in order to argue against it, thus proving that the Lost Continent was an actual place.
Any wild claim can be shown to be true by this faulty "logic," even to the level of gods of the non-Christian variety. In order to argue against Zeus you are assuming the truth of the Thunderer in order to argue against it, ergo Zeus exists. Bad arguments all around here, but at its base they are the same as the claim Lisle makes.
Lisle also asserts that when evolutionists do science or use reason, they are ultimately acting on Biblical principles. Then he asserts that all science must start with the firm foundation of (his narrow reading of) Scripture. Sad that a man who earned a doctorate in a field of the sciences remains so ignorant of what science is and what it is not.
He can only get away with it because his employers expect no less, and no better, from him.
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