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I'm actually not following your logic. We'll never be able to prove everything in this world, but the important distinction here is the quest for knowledge--an
by Shenglong 14y ago
I'm actually not following your logic. We'll never be able to prove everything in this world, but the important distinction here is the quest for knowledge--an answer. Even those scientists who may not fully understand the chemistry behind the creation of life, they are making strides towards it. They are trying to find a justifiable answer.
Unless you count prayer as an attempt to further an understanding of the world through Creationism, I'd say my post was right on the money.
Science is moving forward, creationism is not. Regardless of which is right or which is more justifiable, it's not even debatable, which one promotes the pursuit of knowledge.
- stephenhuey 14y agoScientists who believe in a deity are not necessarily bumping into contradictions to their faith. Plenty consider theistic evolution to be a possibility. A deity actually makes a lot of the problems with our current theories much easier. It is actually possible to analyze all that can be observed and still be left with questions, and reserve the possibility that a deity is involved. You don't have to believe that, and I'm actually all for science education based on questioning and reasoning rather than forcing dogma down students' throats, but you shouldn't just assume that all creationists reason in the same ways and blatantly claim none of them advance scientific knowledge.
- Shenglong 14y agoThis isn't a mathematical theorem, and you can't use anecdotes to disprove a claim. I am not claiming that creationists in general do not advance scientific knowledge - I am claiming that creationism as a whole does not aid in advancing scientific knowledge. Can a creationist benefit scientific knowledge? Will a person benefit scientific knowledge more by choosing creationism over evolution? I doubt it, at least in a general case.