Not to start yet another holy war here, but I'd say that although the evidence is overwhelming in support of evolution as the mechanism responsible for the diversity of life we see today, there is NO evidence that the hand of any deity or supernatural power had anything to do with it (...not even the fairies in my garden...go ahead, prove they don't exist!).
Although I probably can't change the mind of anyone with a predisposition to faith, I'd hope that such a belief doesn't make it into the classroom where teaching science is concerned. Our country is far enough behind in the sciences without that baggage. I believe that it truly is irrational and incompatible that anything supernatural could or should be used to explain observable phenomena Cheers, Mike p.s. I find it very peculiar that your god (Yahweh, I assume) is always refered to as masculine (e.g., 'He' and 'His' in the email below). Is this because man was created in God's image (after most of the rest of evolutionary history took place) and woman was created later? And if so, where is my missing rib? ;) On Wednesday 22 August 2007 07:26:22 Tom Mosca III wrote: > > He has a hard time understanding how Christians can > > reconcile their beliefs with teaching science, > > specifically evolution. Yes, I believe he is a > > Creationist. > > This has never been a conflict for me. As I do not claim to know more > than God, I do not deny him any tools He wishes to use. If God wishes to > use evolution, who am I to say He can't? The common counter-argument to > this postion is that the Bible doesn't support the time line of evolution. > But, the Bible was not written by God, it was written by men. If at a time > prior to the evolution of mankind God wished a day to be of a longer > duration, who am I do deny Him that permission? It is my position that God > used evolution to create the lifeforms that populate this small portion of > His universe. The evidence is compelling. Unlike the Bible, the fossil > record was written by God. I don't believe that God would have made such a > mistake as to create a flawed fossil record. > > Take care, Tom > Tom Mosca III, Ph.D. -- Michael W. Sears, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Zoology & Center for Ecology Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 phone: 618-453-4137 web: http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/people/sears.html http://www.ecology.siu.edu "Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability" Sir Ronald A. Fisher (1890-1962)
