"Squelch Dime"/Scott responded:
>> one's belief in it
>> seems on a par with one's religious beliefs -- and evolutionists
>> typically react as though dearly held religious beliefs have been
>> challenged whenever anybody points out that some facet of their theory
>> might be flawed. They go ape-wire (pun intended ;).
>
> I agree with this. True, objective, scientific inquiry is open to
> reinterpretation and alternate theories that can be scientifically
> tested. Scientists (and I guess I may be guilty of this too) become
> emotionally attached to their theories and are offended or feel a sense
> of failure when theories are "proven" wrong.
>
> So in either case, both creationism and evolutionism require a certain
> amount of faith to believe either one. In the case of evolution, one
> has faith in the scientific process that develops theories and tests
> those theories through observation and experimentation. Creationism
> requires a belief that there is an almighty entity or creator. Either
> one is a valid theories. Neither never to be really proven. But, I
Yes, but here is where experience comes into play. It seems to me that
religious belief can be a high quality experience. Belief in evolution
results in a neutral experience at best.
> personally get offended when people shove the Bible in front of me and
> say "see, we were created by God!! It says it right here in the Bible."
I too abhor this kind of circular reasoning. I recommend C.S. Lewis'
"Mere Christianity". He takes an indefinable "difference between right
and wrong", not unlike Quality, and proves, to my satisfaction anyway,
that there is a God.
"Brother" George
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