These 2 ideas are completely unsupportable. Intelligent Design people work like this "Look at that Newt's eye, isn't it amazing, it must have been designed." and then the other side goes "This and that can go wrong with the eye therefore God does not exist". Creationists work with a hyperliteral interpretation of Genesis, which is not good. Theistic evolution is the only sensible idea. For more information on theistic evolution visit counterbalance.org
I see the creation story as one perspective from one group of people...the Hebrews. Full of
metaphor. To suggest that this is about the first humans is silly and a waste of people's time to
dwell on it.
I interpret the creation story as a metaphor; with Science as HOW God made humans. Humans at the
time may have been unable to comprehend the complexities of science, and therefore the Bible had it
written the way it does now.
But hey, take it whatever way you want to. People can't force you into thinking certain ways..
Granted creationism is not provable through the use of the scientific method. This does not mean it
is false. Evolution (life arising from nonlife or nothingness) is also not provable through the
scientific method. Both are speculation on the part of the person that believes them to be true.
And haters, don't bother commenting on how science has proven evolution through the fossil record or
the fact that species change through natural selection because neither of those contradict
creationism.
Creationism is mythology and intelligent design is a politically based movement to secure the
support of a certain segment of the population. Not nonsense just nothing particularly to do with
the truth.
"intelligent design is a plitically based movement to secure the support of a certain segment of the population." What 80% of the U.S. "Not nonsense just nothing particularly to do with the truth." So you're claiming to know what the truth is. Please tell me. Since science can't support evolution at all and phylosophy points to a higher standard. But you know the truth. Please let the whole world in on it.
I don't attempt to defend either intelligent design or creationism....However:
Here is the problem with science: It is completely ill equipped to answer any questions of ascribing
meaning. Those of science cannot answer the question of why we are here. There is no measurement
or experiment that science has that can address this. Because there is no ability to answer why,
they say there is no why. Those of faith use elements that are also outside the domain of science
to answer their questions. Through morality, love, virtues, evils etc. Life has meaning, and is
elevated.
Making sense of life and of why we exist is not nonsense at all. Personally, i find those questions
of far greater depth, than all the hows. Science in the end (for me) is less intellectually
satisfying than theology and philosophy.
17 May 2008 23:07
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