Friday, February 29, 2008
I love Jesus, but hes not Science
This week in class we discussed the Dover trial in which the book Pandas and People was addressed. The book was advertised as a science book, but included the theory of intelligent design(ID). Many have tried to make the case that ID is science, but it seems clear that creationism had a substantial role in this theories conception, not to mention the writters of the book were themselves creationists. I am Christian and full heartedly believe in Jesus’ unconditional love, but that doesn’t mean that I would consider ID to be science. Creationism and ID both have the idea of a higher power central to their meanings, a higher power that operates separate from all other physical laws. Science is by definition a game of quantifiable facts and data, and the will of a supernatural power can not be translated on to a graph or plugged into a computer. I love Jesus, but we should keep him out our children’s science education.
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3 comments:
I totally agree...I think that it's ridiculous when people said that some one that doesn't see creationism as the only possible way that humans became to be on this planet must be an Atheist or abandoned God. I believe in evolution due to the fact that it is proven science, and this doesn't mean that I don't still believe in a higher power out there somewhere. I mean, science is science and religion is religion... So I feel ya!
I completely agree, I believe in Jesus and I think God may have created things, but I also think evolution could have happened. So I think that is up to the person to decide and these people shouldn't push what they believe onto the students.
I agree with your blog whole-heartedly I myself am Catholic and believe in the Bible but i do not believe that the bible has any place in public education, no religion has the right to preach in public schools. One of the best things about our nation is that we embrace people of all cultures and belief systems so i believe we'd be hypocrites if we preached in school, yet claimed we were a country which respected all faiths.
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