Is Creationism Destructible?
Is Creationism Destructible? - Where to go from Dover. By William Saletan: "Scientifically, Jones settles the issue. Culturally, he fails. And until we learn the difference, the fight over creationism in schools and courts will go on.
The decisive assumption in Jones' opinion is the definitions of science proposed by the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. First, scientific explanations must be natural, not supernatural. Second, they must be testable. These criteria instantly kill ID as science. Its explicit aspiration was to defeat 'methodological naturalism.' Once you accept naturalism, as Jones does, you guarantee his conclusion that supernatural theories are a 'science stopper.'"
This article is kind of interesting. But raises the question, is Evolution testable? Well I don't think it's any more testable than Intelligent Design. So it should instantly kill Evolution as science as well.
And one more point I'd like to bring out. I believe that truth never changes. And that the truth lasts forever. Now if you don't agree you probably also believe there's no such thing as absolutes.
Now Creationism has been around since the beginning, it has never changed, and is still around without any doubt it's staying. Now Evolution was thought up by a man around 1958-1959. Only some 40 years ago. The first people to pick it up were communist. How can anyone trust such a theory of their own existence?
1 comments:
Haha, great satire.
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