Originally posted by Davo:
Seriously though, I don't know why people like ODC think Creationists are the ones that should accept evolutionists' points. Evolution involves the same sorts of things that you can't see or touch or hear that Creationism involves. If you've actually seen evolution happen, then I want to take a couple puffs from your pipe. I'd like the same for Creationists. Both theories of our existence involve a level of faith, and for some reason those that construct this faith around religion are casted off as the wackos. No evolutionist has ever convinced me that they are intellectually superior because they believe in evolution.



There are so many problems, misstatements and falsehoods here that I'm not even going to try.

As a rule science and scientists are indifferent to the various religious beliefs. Science is not about faith. Everything is open to question and examination â??? though at some point it is silly and counterproductive to do so. In the world of science, evolution is both a fact and a theory.

No serious scientist questions that evolution has occurred â??? it's as well established a fact as any in science. The theory behind evolution, the precise mechanisms responsible, is a dynamic and exciting field of study with new insights and understanding developed daily.

Let me put it this way, you are never going to see a serious biologist publish a paper titled something like â??New proof for evolution discovered!â? It would be ridiculously redundant. The fact of evolution has been firmly established for well over a century.

Science has nothing to say about faith-based beliefs â??? except that they are not science!

Scientists do care when religious groups try to define faith-based beliefs as â??scienceâ? (redefining science) and then aggressively use the political process to try and distort childrenâ??s understanding of it.

This absolutely reeks of madness in a culture so dependent on the disciplined application of science.

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