Yesterday I took the creationists to task for misrepresenting the science and statements of a number of prominent figures, from Karl Popper to Stephen Jay Gould, and I wanted to continue about the piece in question today.
In the past, I and others (most notably authors like Donald Prothero and Ken Miller) have exposed as false the creationist assertion that, when it comes evolution one must choose between Christ or fallible Man and his opinions. This is the classic false dilemma; millions of people both accept Christianity and accept that evolution occurred. This fact can only be doubted by the fools at Creation Ministries International and Answers in Genesis where their interpretation is the only correct one, and everyone else is compromising.
There is another aspect to this creationist assertion that I think is worth highlighting, for it exposes the Young-Earth Creationists as the hypocrites that they are.
The same science that declares evolution to be true is the very same science that tells us that the earth is very old. The same method, the same way of thinking, that supports evolution is the same that tells us that the climate is changing due to humans. The science that concluded that evolution happened is the same science that gave us the underlying knowledge that led to electricity in homes, cell phones, satellites, the automobile, the computer and the Internet. The science that concluded that evolution happened is the same science that gave us modern antibiotics, modern medicine and modern surgery. This is the astounding, amazing record of the science of "fallible Man", the science that tells us gravity exists and the science that put a man on the moon.
It is this unique method, this way of thinking that we call science, that has improved the condition of humanity more quickly in three hundred years than in the previous four thousand years combined. The science that gave us the medicine that extends our life expectancies is good enough for creationists, but not the science that tells us we aren't a special creation after all.
Creationists condemn society for having accepted the "fallible opinion of Man," as Ken Ham is fond of calling it, when it comes to evolution and thus rejecting Christ in their minds, but in their everyday actions creationists show that Man's opinion is good enough for them in nearly every other aspect of modern existence. This is the supreme hypocrisy of the Young-Earth Creationists; by their own definition, they reject Christ and choose Man in more situations than not.
In the past, I and others (most notably authors like Donald Prothero and Ken Miller) have exposed as false the creationist assertion that, when it comes evolution one must choose between Christ or fallible Man and his opinions. This is the classic false dilemma; millions of people both accept Christianity and accept that evolution occurred. This fact can only be doubted by the fools at Creation Ministries International and Answers in Genesis where their interpretation is the only correct one, and everyone else is compromising.
There is another aspect to this creationist assertion that I think is worth highlighting, for it exposes the Young-Earth Creationists as the hypocrites that they are.
The same science that declares evolution to be true is the very same science that tells us that the earth is very old. The same method, the same way of thinking, that supports evolution is the same that tells us that the climate is changing due to humans. The science that concluded that evolution happened is the same science that gave us the underlying knowledge that led to electricity in homes, cell phones, satellites, the automobile, the computer and the Internet. The science that concluded that evolution happened is the same science that gave us modern antibiotics, modern medicine and modern surgery. This is the astounding, amazing record of the science of "fallible Man", the science that tells us gravity exists and the science that put a man on the moon.
It is this unique method, this way of thinking that we call science, that has improved the condition of humanity more quickly in three hundred years than in the previous four thousand years combined. The science that gave us the medicine that extends our life expectancies is good enough for creationists, but not the science that tells us we aren't a special creation after all.
Creationists condemn society for having accepted the "fallible opinion of Man," as Ken Ham is fond of calling it, when it comes to evolution and thus rejecting Christ in their minds, but in their everyday actions creationists show that Man's opinion is good enough for them in nearly every other aspect of modern existence. This is the supreme hypocrisy of the Young-Earth Creationists; by their own definition, they reject Christ and choose Man in more situations than not.
Precisely :) That would also imply that by their definition, we are all either Satanists or Atheists.
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