Perhaps because of the power science holds
in the minds of some they have almost come to view it as a god themselves. “It’s not a mystery, it’s science.” Many atheists hold science as the replacement
for religion, substituting faith for reason, fiction for fact. While science has given religion a bloody
nose in the past (see Galileo), it has not always been the beacon of truth some
say it is.
The scientific method is to observe
something, make a hypothesis about why something is so, gather evidence through
experiments and observation and come to a conclusion based on facts. Never should emotion or bias skew a
scientific result. This is how many
scientists work, but not all.
A large portion of the scientific community
profess no belief in God, therefore they’ve accepted evolution as the basis for
all life on earth. This is a theory
which needs evidence to be proven correct.
What is needed are fossils, particularly fossils that would be
considered missing links, the steps between ape and man for example. These missing links have been extremely
difficult to find.
In some cases scientists have manufactured
evidence to support their theory. Look
up the Piltdown man if you don’t believe me.
Now I realize the vast majority of scientists don’t do this, but what
kind of a scientific method is this?
Based on the way scientists and atheists
talk it is implied that the entire scientific community is in agreement about
evolution. That is not so. Not only do they disagree about the general
understanding of evolution but there are many scientists who believe in God but
can’t or won’t talk about it because of fear of being shunned by their
colleagues. Of course there are some
scientists who are vocal about their belief in God, one of these being Alistar
McGrath. Mr. McGrath has decided to take
on Richard Dawkins, not only for his disbelief in God but for his rudeness
towards those who do believe in God. And
there are many more scientists out there.
In 1916 a psychologist names James Leuba
asked 1000 scientists if they believed in God.
Of these 42% expressed a belief in God.
In 1996 this survey was repeated by Edward Larson of the University of
Georgia. It was expected that the number
believing in God would have declined significantly as scientific knowledge
increased but it hardly moved as 40% professed a belief in God.
Consider these scientists who do not rule
out the possibility of Intelligent Design:
Ulrich J. Becker, Professor of physics at
MIT: “How can I exist without a creator? I am not
aware of any compelling answer ever given.
If you discovered how one wheel in the ‘clock’ turns—you may speculate
how the rest move, but you are not entitled to call this scientific and better
leave alone the question of who wound up the spring.”
John E. Fornaess, Professor of mathematics at Princeton: “I believe that there is a God and that God
brings structure to the universe on all levels from elementary particles to
living beings to superclusters of galaxies.”
William Knobloch, Natural Scientist: “I believe in God
because to me His Divine existence is the only logical explanation for things
as they are.”
Marlin Books Kreider, Physiologist: “Both as an ordinary human being,
and also as a man devoting his life to scientific study and research, I have no
doubt at all about the existence of God.”
Sir Bernard Lovell, British scientist: “The probability of
. . . a chance occurrence leading to the formation of one of
the smallest protein molecules is unimaginably small. Within the boundary
conditions of time and space which we are considering it is effectively zero.”
Fred Hoyle, Astronomer: “The entire structure of orthodox biology still
holds that life arose at random. Yet as biochemists discover more and more
about the awesome complexity of life, it is apparent that the chances of it
originating by accident are so minute that they can be completely ruled out.
Life cannot have arisen by chance.” “The
origin of the Universe, like the solution of the Rubik cube, requires an
intelligence.”
Robert Jastrow: “Now we see how the
astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world.”
“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story
ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to
conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is
greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
Isaac Newton: “This most beautiful
system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and
dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.”
At the risk of boring you I’ll stop here
but I have a list over 40 names long of scientists who belief in some kind of
intelligence behind creation.
Do all scientists believe in
evolution? No.
Of those who do is there agreement about
how it happened? No.
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