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Science Cannot Prove Evolution

Posted on: Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 06:00 CDT

Those ignorant of a topic would do well to keep quiet until such time as they become sufficiently knowledgeable of it.

Chris Carney's arrogant, hostile and downright misleading letter to the editor (June 15) showcased the fact that he is not only uninformed historically, but is entirely hypocritical regarding creation science vs. evolution and the local hot-button issue of which should be taught in the public schools.

To begin, Carney misrepresents the entire debate and unfairly skews the reader's intake by characterizing it as a religion/ creation vs. evolution/science thing.

The fact is that the debate is essentially between two worldviews.

Creationists appeal to the realm of science to support their view just as much as evolutionists do, and evolutionists rely upon philosophical assumptions outside of science just as much as their creationist counterparts. They are mutually incompatible, unprovable theories.

Creation scientists do not deny their view hinges upon faith in an omniscient creator.

They look to science to validate what they believe, but science cannot prove nor disprove the biblical account.

The evolutionists' view is founded upon the assumption that no divine intervention ever occurred and things literally made themselves.

But no matter how much evolutionists like to patronize and mislead the general public, science cannot and does not prove evolution.

It, too, "is nothing more than faith."

Evolution is just a theory accepted quasi-universally not because it can be proven by logically coherent evidence to be true, but because the only alternative, special creation, is clearly incredible and jam-packed with tangent truths that make most folks uncomfortable.

I challenge you to a public debate for the benefit of our local community.

MARY ECK

RED LION

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