6.20.2007

Creation Museum

If 60% of Americans believe in creation, then why is evolution being taught in school text books? Here is some good news that might help turn things around:

Creation Museum Opens to capacity crowd, large media turnout, and small protest group
Posted by carla at 20.6.07
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7 comments:

Michael said...

If 60% of Americans believe in creation, then why is evolution being taught in school text books?

Because commonly accepted beliefs are not always true.

Evolution is one of the best documented facts to be established by science in the last 2 centuries. Most of modern biology makes no sense without it.

Wed Jun 20, 12:40:00 PM PDT
carla said...

True, there has been a lot written on evolution. But neither the evolutionist or the creationist were there when it all began. So now, each one looks at the same evidence, wearing different 'glasses', drawing different conclusions. Both are beliefs. When scientist now look at the tiniest machines of biology, they can either say, 'wow, it's amazing how that just evolved'...or 'wow, in order for there to be a machine, there had to be a designer'. For example, the cell:
http://www.allaboutscience.org/intelligent-design-video.htm
(That link is probably too long to show up in these crummy little comment boxes on blogger. If so, I can put it in a post later.)

When I see the amazing, incomprehensible complexity of the 'simple' machines of biology, it causes me to say, "Wow, we have an amazingly intelligent Creator".

But I will still respect you if you believe in evolution. :)

Wed Jun 20, 01:53:00 PM PDT
carla said...

Hey, the link fit. I guess blogger must have fixed that problem.

Wed Jun 20, 01:55:00 PM PDT
Michael said...

You're right; we draw different conclusions.

Evolution, however, is just the fact that species have changed over time. How that change change has occurred is a separate issue, which is hotly debated among biologists. Since science is an endeavor that looks at provable (or disprovable) assertions, special creation (which by its nature can neither be proven nor disproven; it is a belief of faith) is simply not a part of scientific biology.

Is there a God? Did he create everything?

I'm too agnositc to try and answer those questions... But if there is, and He did, then he chose a very elegant system (evolution, natural selection) as a set of ground ruls by which the "machine" runs.

Thu Jun 21, 02:12:00 PM PDT
carla said...

True...over time creatures grow bigger beaks, or longer hair, or whatever. But a dog is always a dog, whether it's a wolf or a coyote, and a monkey is always a monkey. There has never been any evidence found for that infamous missing link, although I've seen many people who might fit the description...however, evolution within a species is as good as it gets. :)


"Is there a God?"

Ask Him and see if He gives you an answer.

I did that once.

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Question of the day:

Does God believe in atheists? :)

Thu Jun 21, 02:35:00 PM PDT
Michael said...

Does God believe in atheists?
Probably.

God created Man in His own image, and Man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
Mark Twain

You said: There has never been any evidence found for that infamous missing link

Actually, there's been a lot of it, for many "missing links."

The fossil record is spotty and incomplete, but it does contain several excellent examples of transitional sequences, showing that dogs weren't always dogs, or that whales weren't always whales.

Some of the better ones include: the dinosaur-bird transition, the early evolution of whales, the early evolutoin of horses, and the ape-human transition.

I might have to put together a blog post about all this sometime; comments are just too cramped to fit good links and explanations.

Fri Jun 22, 03:06:00 AM PDT
carla said...

re: the Mark Twain quote

He's right. People have way to small an image of who God is in their minds.

re: putting missing links, whales, horses, etc. into a blog post

Good idea. I think I will do the same and make a post. This comment box is far too small for this subject.

Fri Jun 22, 07:15:00 AM PDT

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