Science, Creation & EvolutionSudden appearance of phyla in the Cambrian explosionAm I close minded on Darwin and the “Origin of Species”; yes I am. Am I close-minded on evolution; no I am not. I do not have a problem with science doing science in the laboratory and in the classroom. However, I do have a problem when scientists invade a Christian message board and attempt to dictate what will and will not be discussed based on their own agenda. You want to limit what you will discuss based on what is written in scientific journals and we want to discuss what is found in book and articles scientific journals will not publish based more on bias than a search for new information. I had an uncle who was the head of the engineering department at the University of Utah, I have a cousin who was a geology professor at Rice Institute in Houston and then a university in Missouri, and I have a cousin with a Ph.D. in physics and all have shared that getting published in scientific journals is difficult even impossible if the article questions the status quo or contravenes long held biases. Here we have the freedom to discuss anything and everything dealing with science and how it affects us and our faith. Now you are getting into theology. Is the human body sub-optimal? That depends on who is involved in the discussion. I have read articles by human anatomists who state the human body is efficiently and optimally designed for how we live. Talk to any engineer or architect and they will tell you that efficiency in design and optimal design are not always the same. Why did God create dinosaurs and then allow them to go extinct? My answer is who knows the mind of God but the Spirit of God. We can also ask if God views lust as a sin then why did God create mankind with emotions that lead us to lust; or why since coveting is a sin did God create mankind with free will that includes coveting as the one sin that defeats every human being on the face of the earth. Let me paraphrase Galileo; astronomy teaches about the heavens and the Bible teaches how to get into heaven”. In his book God and the Astronomers Robert Jastrow writes: Science does not have all the answers to life and our universe. The questions that are on many minds that science refuses to address are what is the origin of life and what is the origin of the Big Bang. As far as science is concerned evolution and the Big Bang are naturalistic explanations that avoid the first cause of all that science tries to explain. Science seeks to be in control and the fact is science is not in control of the hearts and minds of all men and never will be. Is there another explanation for the origins of the universe and the diversity of animal life other than evolution and the Big Bang? Yes, “In the beginning God created..” and “God created man in His own image..”. If you need a naturalistic and scientific explanation for Genesis 1 that is your right and privilege; however it is not your right and privilege to insist that science has to be in control of a Christian forum titled “Science, Creation, & Evolution”. It is not your right or privilege to mandate how this forum is managed or what information is or is not scientific based on your personal opinions, research or agenda. Digging into ancient history is not going to affect my quality of life and you have posted the only answer that is scientifically acceptable for the Cambrian explosion and that answer is “we don’t know”. My only agenda for this forum is to get it back on track and let our assigned moderator continue with sharing science to show the improbability of Darwinian evolution, the probability of the decay of light speed, and address science as it affects fundamentalists who view the Bible as literal truth; an agenda that disagrees with control freak scientists who are out to take control of all they survey. |
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