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My advisor, Dr. Gilbert Woodside, was chairman of the Department of Zoology at the University of Massachusetts and was an evolutionist with an international reputation in embryology. He apparently did not appreciate a scientific alternative to evolution, but he declared to me very clearly that evolution was not applicable in the field of embryology. It was obvious to him that evolution actually had hurt embryological disciplines, because many fine scientists had wasted their time trying to fit data from their studies into some illusionary evolutionary scheme.
Also, it needs to be pointed out this supposed incident happened of 50 years ago.
One more point. Why does a supposed comment by an embryologist have any real relevance? Here is one guy that MAY have had some reservations about how embryology may be affected by a current scientific paradigm of the time? We have no evidence other than an anecdote.
Now this Frair dude is an interesting guy.
Dr Frair was the president of the Creation Research Society from 1986 to 1993, and remained on the board until 2004. He has been an active research creation scientist for several decades, publishing numerous papers on biological science. Frair is perhaps principally responsible for the development of the creation science field of baraminology, which is the study and classification of the created kinds. His papers on creationist taxonomy span 25 years with the first being published in 1967. His 2000 paper title BaraminologyClassification of Created Organisms was instrumental in defining baramin terminology that is used widely today in creationist literature.
Along with Percival Davis, he co-authored the book A Case for Creation, and was one of 50 creation scientists to contribute a chapter to the book In Six Days.
Hmm, wonder where his papers have been published? Oooh gee looks like Creation Research Society Quarterly and Journal of Creation.
Don't they even realize that it isn't science if it presupposes a biblical creation? Real sharp scientists there.
His specialty is
BaraminologyBaraminology is the study of the ancestry of life on Earth (biosystematics), which draws from the presupposition that God created many kinds of organisms as described in the Biblical book of Genesis.
Look at the definition. Presupposition. Kind of throws science right out the window, doesn't it.
Dr. Frairs personal statement.
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In our scientific studies we learn a lot about nature, which is God’s creation. Also, God reveals himself in history and our consciences, but most importantly in His inspired Word, the Bible. For a full and fruitful life, no matter what our occupation is, I believe we must live in accord with this book.
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Also, as a Christian, I accept the historicity of the Bible, this being supported by much external empirical evidence, and I have found no reasons from science to reject the Bible...But it has been my custom for more than 40 years, a custom which is consistent with that of conservative Christian biblical scholars, to take an inductive-historical approach to the Bible. This means that to construct our theology we start with accepting the Bible as literally and historically true, and we compare one passage with others to obtain a consensus on their meanings.
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