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Quote by: SeanG Starboy, you are correct that one being wrong does not automatically make the other right, however, there are only two possibilities: Quote:
"There are only two possibilities as to how life arose; one is spontaneous generation arising to evolution, the other is a supernatural creative act of God, there is no third possibility.” (Dr. George Wald)
“Creation and evolution, between them, exhaust the possible explanations for the origin of living things. Organisms either appeared on the earth fully developed, or they did not. If they did not, they must have developed from preexisting species by some process of modification. If they did appear in a fully developed state, they must indeed have been created by some omnipotent intelligence.” (Douglas Futuyma)
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The devil is in the details. It is not as if there is only one creation account. And not all creation accounts require god. It is not as if there is only one possible scientific explanation. Also most people confuse evolution with abiogenesis. There is no doubt that evolution explains a great deal but there is also no doubt that there is much that it does not explain. However in science the most preferred explanation goes to the explaination that can explain the most. That would be evolution. People who want to cling to creationism do not care about all the nitty gritty natural facts around them that are begging for an explanation, they are hung up on a general concept of trying to figure out why they are here. The explanations that they come up with to account for that using supernatural constructs have all sucked as compared to evolution for explaining the nitty gritty facts around us. That is not to say that evolution is the end all and be all explanation all it means is that no one has come up with a better explanation. You are certainly welcome to do it but if you do, realize that it will have to account for everything that evolution accounts for and then some. And it must work before the fact, not after the fact. If you can do that then go get your Nobel Prize.
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Starboy, another topic quickly. I checked out a source and what they used as a source after you asked - in reference to brain waves and the fetus - I was very disappointed… I bow down. There is an Ohio Dept of Health ref., but I am not holding my breath.
G.
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Just trying to keep it honest.
Starboy