Georgia Judge orders removal of anti-evolution sticker

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by preciousjeni
Science doesn't have all the answers. (ok - I'm going to stop posting here for a while - i'm trolling a little too much!)

Hey now, you can't post something like that and then say you're going to stop posting.

For what questions does science not have an answer?

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by valkyrie
Hey now, you can't post something like that and then say you're going to stop posting.

For what questions does science not have an answer?

Ok - last one - some others need to post their opinions as well!!

The reason I posted that article was to demonstrate that scientific theories/assumptions are not always accurate. While I understand that scientists are (usually) admirably quick to accept their shortcomings and continue to strive for the answers, the fact remains that they don't have all the answers. We think we're finding all these amazing things, but each new discovery shows us a whole new world of things we have to figure out. It's never-ending!

I became a Creationist because I believe in God's Word. I remain a Creationist because the Bible's creation story has yet to be disproved while, on the other hand, aspects of evolution are shaky and constantly changing.

As I said, science takes faith. I choose to put my faith in God instead.

I am in no way saying that evolution is wrong and Creation is right, because I have no way of proving either. (And there are other possibilities that I also can't prove, like Theistic Evolution) It is a losing argument - neither side is ever satisfied. I'd simply rather believe in what makes most sense to me and I'd like to see the same courtesy extended by evolutionists.

[The1calledTKE]

Originally posted by Phasad1913
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ution_stickers

I am upset about this. Why is the promotion of evolution more legitimate than the promotion of THE POSSIBILITY of creation? I think if the government (or this judge) is trying to maintain fairness and prevent integration of church and state or at the very least prevent one theory from being promoted over another, then this sticker is just providing a balance. All it said was that "Evolution is a theory and not a fact". Is that somehow incorrect or untrue? I don't think so.

I am also surprised that Georgia, of all places, is taking this stand against something Biblical.

This is my county and people are very upset here because of the judge's ruling. I think he made the right choice but I am one of the few here. Now they are talking about keeping them awhile since the judge didn't set a date to remove them by. I think they plan to appeal as well.

[aurora_borealis]

Originally posted by preciousjeni
Ok - last one - some others need to post their opinions as well!!

I became a Creationist because I believe in God's Word. I remain a Creationist because the Bible's creation story has yet to be disproved while, on the other hand, aspects of evolution are shaky and constantly changing.

As I said, science takes faith. I choose to put my faith in God instead.

I am in no way saying that evolution is wrong and Creation is right, because I have no way of proving either. (And there are other possibilities that I also can't prove, like Theistic Evolution) It is a losing argument - neither side is ever satisfied. I'd simply rather believe in what makes most sense to me and I'd like to see the same courtesy extended by evolutionists.

preciousjeni~

We may want to start another thread about all this, but I just wanted to share this with you. I struggled for quite a time with my faith and creation vs. evolution, and a biologist said something to me that really made sense.

"If you believe that God is all powerful, and has created everything, why can't you believe that God could create the process of evolution?"

I have managed to find some balance between the two with that statement. I am very much into primatology and physical anthropology, and I can't deny the fossil record and the comparative taxonomy, but I can't deny my faith either. It seems to have worked for me.

(As an aside, I freaking HATE IT when people make the "I didn't come from monkeys" statement. If they understood evolution they wouldn't say that.)

[RACooper]

Originally posted by aurora_borealis
"If you believe that God is all powerful, and has created everything, why can't you believe that God could create the process of evolution?"

Which is pretty much the position of the Catholic Church on evolution/creationism... basically they felt the weight of scientific evidence in favour of evolution was to great for a literal interpretation of creationism as outlined by the bible...

[RUgreek]

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by aurora_borealis
preciousjeni~

We may want to start another thread about all this, but I just wanted to share this with you. I struggled for quite a time with my faith and creation vs. evolution, and a biologist said something to me that really made sense.

"If you believe that God is all powerful, and has created everything, why can't you believe that God could create the process of evolution?"

I have managed to find some balance between the two with that statement. I am very much into primatology and physical anthropology, and I can't deny the fossil record and the comparative taxonomy, but I can't deny my faith either. It seems to have worked for me.

(As an aside, I freaking HATE IT when people make the "I didn't come from monkeys" statement. If they understood evolution they wouldn't say that.)

I actually did mention Theistic Evolution, which is what you're talking about. I left it open since, as I said I can't prove anything, so until the evidence convinces me...

I do understand what you're saying though!