Creation is Religion Pt
V
Creation is Religion Pt
V
[An excerpt: Creation Is
Religion by Ken Ham] “…Neither creation nor evolution can be proven
scientifically.
Both creation and evolution are belief systems that result in different
scientific models and totally different interpretations of the evidence. This is
not to say that the creationist will always have exactly the right explanation
about every fact. Because the creationist does not have all available data,
there will be many things that may not be able to be explained in specific
terms, but nonetheless, all facts should fit into the framework as set by the
biblical record.
At one church, a scientist (in a very vocal manner) stood and told the
congregation not to believe what I had said. He informed them that, as a
scientist, he could show them that what had been said concerning Noah’s Flood
and creation was wrong. Science, in his words, had proven the Bible to be wrong.
Since he had stated publicly that he was a Christian, I asked him if he believed
there was a person in history called Noah. He said that he did believe this. I
asked him why. He told me that it was because he had read it in the Bible. I
asked him if he believed that there had been a worldwide flood. His answer was
no. I asked him why he did not believe there was a worldwide flood. He then went
on to say it was obvious from science that there could not have been a worldwide
flood—that science had proven the Bible wrong. I asked him how he could trust
the Bible when it talked about Noah if he could not trust the Bible when it
actually talked about Noah’s Flood. I also suggested that the particular
evidence he was using to say there could not have been a worldwide flood might
be interpreted in other ways. That is, because we do not have all the evidence
or know all the assumptions involved in many of the techniques used for dating
the earth, etc., was it not possible that his interpretations could be wrong and
the Bible could be right after all?
He admitted that he did not know everything and it was possible there were
assumptions behind some of the scientific methods to which he was referring.
This additional information could totally change his conclusions. He admitted
this was a possibility, but then he went on to say that he could not believe the
Bible in all areas (e.g., Noah’s flood) until science had proven it. Again,
there was a problem in understanding what science is all about and the fact that
science cannot prove anything in relation to the past. I accepted the Bible as
the Word of God and therefore interpreted the evidence on that basis. He was
accepting the Bible as containing the Word of God but subject to proof by
science. Of course, if you hold to the latter approach, as scientists make new
discoveries and their theories change, your attitude towards the Bible must also
continually change—you can never be sure of anything."
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/the-lie/chapter3.asp
Should students in the classroom be told that evolution is fact and the Bible has been proven wrong? Aren't scientists supposed to keep asking questions?
Response to comment [from a Muslim]: "Evolution is proven. While Creationist and it's supporters choose to be willfully ignorant..."
You have that backward: "They willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water (2 Pe 3:5-6)."
"...[E]volution is based on fossils..."
"Genesis tells us that because of wickedness God judged the world with a
worldwide flood. If this is true, what sort of evidence would we find? We could
expect that we would find billions of dead things (fossils) buried in rock
layers, laid down by water and catastrophic processes over most of the earth.
This is exactly what we
observe
(Creation Is Religion,
Ham)."
Response to comment [from a Muslim]: "I see Ken Ham
has you right on the path to being a Hamster just like him.
Ad hominem.
x 2
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, Non-Excluvistic. You are a Muslim. You are supposed to be guided by the scriptures. Shouldn't it offend you as a Muslim that students are told that the scriptures are not true?
