Is Creationism an attempt to denounce other religions by "scientifically" proving the holy scripture of Christians to be correct, thereby proving the holy scriptures of other religions incorrect?
By Creationism here I am talking about Biblical Fundamentalist Creationism. I sure there are other kinds of creationism out there that do not fit this model.
To your quesiton I would say no. Rather, creationism is a defense of the supposed reality of certain religious mythology in the face of scientific facts that prove the myths to be false. Creationism is also a movement to reject the scientific dedication to naturalism which does not regard religion when answering questions about the universe. This is especially fueled in secular societies where prosthelizing a certain religion in public schools is forbidden.
I do not mean to cause offence, but there is very little mention of other religions in this debate and as it's a religion verse science debate, this strikes me as odd.
Other religions are not mentioned because there is no context of religious incursion into science in the culture of most who post here execpt from the Abrahamic faiths. I am sure though, that if there was a majority trying to push Karma and reincarnation into Health Science education that you would see similar criticism from the folk around here.
Science really only has a problem with religion when religion is the one sticking its nose where it does not belong. The concept of methodological naturalism can only be misunderstood by those who are truly in a position of at best ignorance or at worst cognitive dissonance.
Edited by Jazzns, : No reason given.
Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)
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