AGN-TCL Newswire 7/22/09. Oakley, Calilfornia. One of the hottest topics in academia--Science vs.Creationism (or religion, or God) has spawned passionate debates among scholars on both sides of the issue.The scientific community presents no balance in these discussions. Science is fact, religion is fiction....period.
It is precisely this lack of balance that has stunted the growth of science. Bullheaded theologians and scientists are equally at fault for retarding knowledge that could give a total explanation of the origin of the earth and its inhabitants; the theologians because they are more interested in blindly arguing a point, with or without facts, and the scientists who have violated their most important tenet, honest scientific research.
While scientists dispute the creationist biblical account, nowhere have I read where diligent research with scientific investigative skills were applied to the Bible, or more disturbing, to Biblical Archaeology, a growing and important field which has received highly respected notice.
Donald L. McEachron, a co-author of the paper, “Teaching Theories; The Evolution-Creation Controversy,” goes to the heart of the matter of Anthropology in determining that evolution by natural selection is a valid scientific theory because it and its underlying assumptions have been tested and validated by observation and experiment. Indeed, the validity of science, according to Mr. McEachron and others, is that science can be tested while Creationism, according to his theory, is invalid because it cannot be tested.
To combat Christian thought through deceit, scientists try to arbitrarily bring God into the discussions. One of those, George Smoot, an American astrophysicist said this to appease the strong religious feelings of readers; “If you’re religious, trying to put things in perspective, this is like looking at God.”
Noted Physicist Stephen Hawking, gave this statement of hope to the faithful; that “someday humankind will truly know the mind of God.” However as the article progresses, we detect quite clearly that scientists’ referrals to God is metaphorical, and the idea of God in the scheme of creation falls short of helping prove this point. The question then raised is: Is the universe a product of intelligent design (God), or a spontaneous combustion of gasses, out of which came life-giving creatures with a perfect bodily system?
Does the evolution theory, along with the discovery of scientifically tested fossil remains, give us certainty that we are only separated by a period of evolution from our primate ancestors, or, our fish relatives, as espoused by others? Is our closest ancestor the chimpanzee, as suggested in college anthropology class lectures?
Are feathered creatures direct descendents of the ill-fated dinosaurs as preached by Carl Sagan in one of his films? Indeed, shall I guard against stepping on a cockroach or other creature fearing the trauma of squashing a relative? One of Sagan’s films show a map where this creature “then suddenly appeared,” and another one suddenly appeared over there.This is an example of secular science.
Carl Sagan, whom this writer once met, was a humanist. As in the case of most humanists and atheists, excellent scientific skills are often misappropriated in order to try and prove that God had nothing to do with creating life, because God does not exist.(!) They appear to be more anxious to prove their atheistic non-beliefs than in finding the truth, which is tragic.
Science and God do go together. In a class lecture at Los Medanos College (Pittsburg,California), Professor Gail Bouchet showed the class that Anthropology has discovered that the earliest homosapiens were vegetarians.. This is totally compatible with the Bible, which states in Genesis 1:29: “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (verse 30) And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so.’ (The Holy Bible, King James Version.) See also Daniel 4:20.
Therefore, in the beginning, both man and beasts were vegetarians. Herbs were their meat, not flesh. Anthropology and archaeology eventually came to recognize by discovery and investigation what the Bible knew and documented over 6000 years ago. This is but one example.
And what about evolution? A species cannot evolve into another species! If that were true, why do we not see creatures in a state of evolution now, since all those species from which they say we came from are still in existence? If evolution is a valid theory, then why did Charles Darwin fake a vertebrae to try and prove his theory of evolution? His fakery was exposed on the front page of the New York Times, back when it was a legitimate newspaper. Using a lie to support a theory proves that the idea is not legitimate. Truth will stand on its own. You don’t have to lie about something that is valid.
We can now draw some important conclusions. Most important of these (according to science itself), is the fact that scientific theories can never be proven absolutely. Science is not, therefore truth. At best it is the unending search for truth. The conclusions reached by science are only contingent truths--truths contingent upon man’s limited knowledge of himself and the world around him.
Religion doesn’t have it all either. By stripping away bias and working together, perhaps science and religion will eventually be able to show us without reservation where we came from and why. Even so, this unworthy Australopithecus does indeed have the answer to that one without question or doubt...and with good reason..
Rev. Austin Miles
http://revaustinmiles.com/
Rev. Austin Miles has been a college instructor, certified by the State of California, is presently a teacher and Dean of Students for the School of Theology in Oakley and is currently working toward two Ph.Ds. He is listed in the International Who’s Who Historical Society and is a certified chaplain and counselor.
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