Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
If evolution was regarded as fact, then there would be no debate, Faith would be defeated, and we would not be having this conversation. I am not convinced that it is regarded as fact in the scientific community, i can't argue thought that it is a widely held belief. I have not shown anywhere that a small minority are only skeptical of evolution...they disregard it totally as nothing more than theory. How is there zero evidence that a biblical God created everything? It is the same evidence you are observing only viewed differently. The evidence has open up to the contrary, it is called Creation theory and intelligent design.
The debate stems from the people that don't fully understand and completely reject evolution because it conflicts with their belief in biblical genesis and the great flood/noahs ark in the bible. Because they believe the bible is absolute truth. This is called cognative dissonance. When people hold onto beliefs despite evidence to the contrary. These are the people that think evolution is an "educated guess". Creation and I.D. are called conjectures in the scientific community. Hypotheses that are untestable. Simple statements, because, as you mentioned before, they deal with the supernatural and are not bound by any laws of physics. Faith is not defeated becuase science is still open to the possibility that a creator may have initiated the whole process, but currently lacks the evidence since it is not bound by physics.

Quote Originally Posted by geoff
I most definately understand the concept of evolution. I am no expert in the field and cannot explain the complex mathematics or molecular biology. I am not unsure of life's origin. I am sure that the Biblical God spoke everything into existence. How He did so is above me and everyone else, including scientific method.
If god is outside of the laws of physics and the scientific method, why do creationists, who have a limited understanding of physics in the first place, use physical laws and the scientific method to try and explain it?

Quote Originally Posted by geoff
I do believe that species will adapt to their surroundings, this is very evident and easily observed. That does not though mean that things evolved from one single celled organism.
Are you open to the possibility that complex life did evolve from one single celled organism and that a creator put all those amino acids in place to make that organism?

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To me, if everything in the natural world shows purpose and intent, then it would stand to reason that it was a design of higher intelligence. The same evidence you view is the same that i look at. I believe it to be a signature of God and that science is a way for us to come closer to Him and understanding the world He created around us. It really is beautiful and magnificent how everything seems to just "fit" together.
Thanks so much god for designing this for us. The human race just wouldnt be the same without it



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