Well, Keith got a small rise out of me (but it was a good rise[1]), so I felt compelled to say this:
Macro-evolution is not a scientific doctrine
It's as simple as that. According to the measure of science, the scientific method, macro-evolution is simply not scientific. It has never been observed, you can't make predictions with it, it's not testable, etc. It's as much of a creation-myth as, well, the "creation myth" is!
To me, saying that we evolved from monkeys (sorry, ape like creatures), who evolved from lizards, who evolved from fish, who evolved from slime - that living matter came from non-living matter, that rationality spawned from non-rationality, that conscious spawned from non-consciousness, that intelligence appeared from nowhere, that a-moral chemicals became moral, and on and on, is as fantastic as saying that the world sits on a turtle, which sits on an elephant, etc.
When I talk to people who believe in evolution (no one seems to even know the distinction between macro and micro-evolution either), they can't tell me why. It's simply assumed in biology textbooks, and they never hear any reasons why they should believe in evolution. Yet they believe it. It's as much of a faith committment as any religion is.
I wish I was a better writer. This post sounds childish and ranty. I wish it could sound dignified and authoritative. Oh well.
Footnotes:
[1]: because I now have Handel's Messiah stuck in my head "Arise! The Glo-o-o-ry o-o-of the Loooooord, is RIsen, U-uh-pon THEE! Say un-to the cit-ies of Ju-dah, behold, your God! Arise!" It's track 9 over here if you want to hear it. But it doesn't seem to be working! Aaah.
Thursday, August 8, 2002
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