Thursday, August 25, 2005

Naive news writers

I'm confused ... an article from 8/3 in the Washington Post makes clear that the writers don't think evolution is a religious viewpoint. Let me quote them so that I can't be accused of misquoting. Here's what they say, "Much of the scientific establishment says that intelligent design is not a tested scientific theory but a cleverly marketed effort to introduce religious -- especially Christian -- thinking to students." What is clearly left unstated is that evolution is a tested scientific theory (did I miss something or did someone replicate macroevolution in the last 5 years) and non-religious.

It's this 2nd aspect of evolution being non-religious that is naive. Somehow because a matter is "science" it sits off in some area that is neutral. Not true. Every scientist brings his beliefs with him. If you doubt it, work with one. They'll convince you otherwise. The true fact is that evolution takes as much or more belief in an unreproducible event or events than Creation. That anyone does anything without assuming ultimate answers in a worldview is impossible. It's the way we were made.

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