I think you missed the point that crash was talking about.
When you accept something by faith you do so in the absence of evidence. I believe in God without any evidence. In fact, the Bible specifically states that you are more blessed if you have faith in God without any evidence. It is expressly telling you it is better to believe without proof. John 20:29
The things that science accepts it does so based on evidence. The alarm clock has not blown up the past 1,000,000 times I have hit the snooze button therefore I can use this as evidence that it will most likely not blow up the 1,000,001 time. The first time I might not be so sure so I better do it from behind a blast screen with a remote snooze button presser. Then after I do it a bunch of times I can be mostly certain that it wont blow up if I take it home.
That is all science is in the business of, being mostly certain about something with what we know as fact so far. The fact in the alarm clock case is the history of trials where the clock did not blow up.
If your conclusions are so tentative, please explain why you defend evolution so furiously.
Evolution is defended because it is being attacked not by its merits but rather by its perceived impact on the moral fabric of society. Not one legitimate problem with evolution has even been brought up by YECs yet they have at many times attempted to destroy it based on these supposed problems.
It is exactly the equivalent of being framed for a crime you did not commit. You have a group of people prosecuting a case against you that is completely made up or a horrid bastardization of the truth. If something like this was happening to you I would hope that same people who are advocating for evolution here would also advocate for your fair treatment in the legal system.
I mean, it could be wrong, right?
With the same amount of probability that you alarm clock will explode when you hit the snooze button. Yes it could be wrong.
So why make such a big deal over some Creationists? After all, the chances of you theory being wrong is about the same as ours.
We make a big deal over YECism because it is an insult to honesty, intelligence, education, democracy, freedom, American values, Christianity, and nearly every other religion in the world.
We make a big deal over YECism because the actions of those who define what YECism is have been shown to be deceptive, malicious, greedy, and self-serving.
We make a big deal over YECism because they are trying to sidestep the system in a deceptive manner in order to further a religious agenda that does not even conform to the faith of the majority of the people they claim to represent.
We make a big deal over YECism because it is observably false. Yet more and more is become a powerful political force in America influencing our beloved country in a way that would turn it into a theocracy.
AND in NO WAY is the chance of evolution being wrong the same as the chance that YECism is wrong. YECism is demonstrably wrong by anyone who has take high school geology while evolution has adapted and withstood the challenges put forth of some of the greatest minds over more than a century. It is almost insulting to compare the two.
YECism is like a toothpick. It takes only minimal education to be able to dispel it like you would break a toothpick between your fingers. A child could do it.
And besides, even if it turns out to be false, what is so abhorrent about believing in something other than pseudo-proven 'scientific' concepts?
Nothing is wrong with other people believing in myth like YECism. The problem is when they expect and try to force other people to believe in such a myth. This site and all this controversy would not exist whatsoever if there was not an active YEC force trying to drive the education of our children into the ground and make this country into a theocracy.
This message has been edited by Jazzns, 05-06-2005 09:27 AM
FOX has a pretty good system they have cooked up. 10 mil people watch the show on the network, FOX. Then 5 mil, different people, tune into FOX News to get outraged by it. I just hope that those good, God fearing people at FOX continue to battle those morally bankrupt people at FOX.
-- Lewis Black, The Daily Show
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