Evolutionary Theory is DEAD FOREVER!
Posted by Cory Tucholski on August 11, 2007
Of course my title is facetious, but my first thought upon reading this news item is how my side of the debate is going to misuse this paper as “proof” that evolution is crap. Two or three.net, which is a Christian living blog I follow, offered this piece on the story which goes to show how our side really does misuse these pieces of evidence.
I don’t believe that evolutionists are being honest with themselves. I believe that they are denying God’s creative role in their life, and thus, His sovereignty over His creation. But, I don’t think that Christians are being intellectually honest with themselves when they attempt to dispute evolutionary claims.
I have already made clear in my continuing series of posts on the foundations of Geocreationism that I’m fairly agnostic about things like a real age for the earth (I don’t believe that it is dateable). There is ample convincing evidence for a young universe, but one must admit that the evidence for an old universe is equally powerful.
Perhaps we’re meant to forever debate the question of origins. Maybe the debate serves God’s purpose better than a clear-cut fossil record and a perfectly preserved history of the beginning.
Of course, I have to give props to my old friend Brian for his list of both sides on this extraordinary find. Though I seriously doubt that this find will even slightly diminish evolutionary theory, I hope so for Brian’s sake especially. He’s an evolutionary biologist, so that would kind of kill his career.
Of course, if something ever were to completely kill evolutionary theory, I’m hiring closers at BK.
chiefjack said
Perhaps we will never know the answer to either side of this question, for even if, in our future travels, we were to encounter the entity of God, the question would become, “Great, we found you, but now how did YOU get here?”
Bodragon said
Look around you. Evolution is a natural process. Everything evolves. Everything. Some things reach their evolutionary peak and stop right there such as slugs and snails and maybe the odd croc or alligator. Whether it be coal to oil or a simple computer progam, we, as a human race are still evolving, and, I might add at an exponential rate! The stars and beyond must be our goal. After all, our own sun is middle-aged and will die in due course. Where does that leave us? Brave New World? With the incredible advancement of technology on an ever faster scale, I say: “We can handle it!” I say this beacause we’re on the verge of creating a super-race. Yeah, I’m scared too. But that’s evolution…