What Evolutionists Fear Most
Posted by deangonzales on April 8, 2009
Recently, colleges and universities around the country celebrated the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Not everyone in America finds Darwin’s birth an occasion for celebration. Throughout Western history, most people accepted Biblical creationism—until Darwin introduced his theories. The rapid advance of evolutionary theory has now relegated creationism to the realms of faith and superstition. It must remain there, because if creationism were true, evolutionists would be forced to face their greatest fear.
Evolution is an intimidating theory. It dominates the world’s scientists who marshal swarms of weighty facts and powerful assertions in its support. It has filtered down into common knowledge by means of classroom instruction, books, documentaries, TV shows, and casual conversations. It is ubiquitous and unchallenged by all but those who believe in creation. However, the massive heft of evolutionary theory depends upon one simple presupposition: the God-option must be excluded from the discussion at all costs. For evolution to be true, the God-option must be shoved off the table.
The God-option is excluded by a simple tactic—limit the discussion to the exclusive realm of science. Science has defined itself as distinct from religion. The God-option is inherently religious, so its proponents do not have a seat at the science table. Intelligent God-option arguments are irrelevant and will never change the course of the discussion, because the God-option does not belong in the discussion. As experts huddle themselves around the table to decide the origin of all things, they come to a consensus by tightening the huddle. No matter how loudly we object, we will be ignored. The God-option is not, under any circumstances, a legitimate option.
If the God-option is excluded, what can the evolutionists conclude? They must propose that life originated through natural processes. They have no choice. They have limited themselves by means of their own self-definition. They must therefore marshal their arguments as powerfully as their limitations allow. The full weight of their expertise, education, experience, and intellect is thrust behind the only conclusion they can possibly derive.
As long as creationists fail to recognize this simple ploy, evolution will continue to intimidate and claim the faith of many who give in to its weight. Evolutionists will continue to assert their exclusive distinction between religion and science and by that means will appear to dominate the discussion. The illusion of domination will sustain them in spite of one nagging possibility: the Bible’s explanation of how everything began might indeed be true. If God created everything, science and religion cannot be separated. If God created everything, no fact of science is outside the scope of His domain. If He created everything, no fact of science truly proves evolution. Christian philosopher Cornelius Van Til said, “There are not because there cannot be other facts than God-interpreted facts.” God’s creation cannot undermine itself. He has not unwittingly proved Himself wrong by means of science. Instead, scientists have pushed God out of the picture and limited themselves to their wild imaginations. As a result, they have no choice but to desperately cling to their conclusions. If they do not, they must face what they fear most—the God who made them.
Rev. Dennis E. Bills, M.A., M.Ed.
Pastor of Winifrede Presbyterian Church in Winifrede, West Virginia
dbills@adoniram.net
April 8th, 2009 at 11:00 am
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April 8th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
“What Evolutionists Fear Most”
Evolutionists, also known as the entire scientific community, also known as everyone who is not insane, uneducated, and stupid, have nothing to be afraid of. They aren’t cowardly morons like the Christians who have a childish belief in heaven because they are terrified of reality.
“Evolution is an intimidating theory. It dominates the world’s scientists who marshal swarms of weighty facts and powerful assertions in its support.”
So what? You could say the same thing about gravity.
“It is ubiquitous and unchallenged by all but those who believe in creation.”
Yes, that’s true. All evolution deniers believe in creation, also known as supernatural magic. People who are educated and not insane accept evolution as fact.
“However, the massive heft of evolutionary theory depends upon one simple presupposition: the God-option must be excluded from the discussion at all costs.”
The god hypothesis, also known as the magic hypothesis, is too ridiculous to be taken seriously by any competent scientist. So what?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Hi, Bobxxxx.
You posted a comment here before on the subject of “atheism.” Welcome back. Seems like you have an affinity for both atheism and evolution. That doesn’t surprise me.
My name is Bob too. I’m a former evolutionist, and I know other former evolutionists, many of whom are part of that “entire scientific community” that you assume still holds to the evolutionary hypothesis. It may come as a surprise to you, but theory of macro-evolution is an empirically unproven hypothesis that is philosophically unsound and indefensible. It undermines any basis for a coherent epistemology or ethics. Hence, it’s self-refuting. You know, an easy target for a reductio ad absurdum.
For example, let me invite you to explain the significance of those epithets you cast upon those who’ve abandoned your evolution bandwagon. Those who don’t affirm the hypothesis of evolution are, to use your words, “insane, uneducated, and stupid.” I assume that those lexical symbols originated in certain neurons firing in your brain. What do your neurons intend by those symbols? Are they intended to denote something positive or negative? Are your neurons reliable? Should those lexical symbols have the same value to all neurons? Mine included? If so, why? Is “insane” a virtue or a vice? Is being “insane,” after all, just part of the evolutionary state of affairs? If so, why is that bad or good, negative or positive? Can you give a cogent answer to these questions?
More importantly, can there be anything “negative” or “bad” or “immoral” in a word of randomness? If words, meaning, knowledge, ethics, etc., are merely random phenomena, the product of mere neural activity (which is by nature non-ethical), just a whole lot of “sound and fury,” then so what? Who cares whether there are theists or atheists, creationists or evolutionists? I certainly don’t understand why you, if you were consistent with your evolutionary and godless world, should care. Can you provide a rational justification for your concern? I mean, why in the world would you bother to visit this blog and try to persuade my neurons to fire in sync with yours?
Unless, of course, you’ve got an uneasy conscience. Unless you have a sense of deity that you’re suppressing (Rom. 1:18). Unless you’re rebelling against your Creator and don’t want to be subject to his laws (Rom. 3:10ff.). Yes, now I can begin to make sense of your hostility. Now I can attribute meaning to those nasty words you hurled at non-evolutionists. No one feels threatened by tooth fairies because they’re not real. But for some reason you feel threatened by God. Of course, this fear of yours makes sense in a Christian worldview. But I just can’t find any intelligent or philosophically cogent reason why you’d be so perturbed if you REALLY BELIEVED IN A GODLESS EVOLUTIONARY WORLD.
Once again, I invite you to demonstrate how your view is empirical proven and philosophical sound. Your rhetorical flourishes above are more akin to “name calling” (i.e., ad hominem, which most rational people recognize as weak and fallacious argumentation) than to serious and intelligent discussion. Certainly you, belonging to the species of homo sapiens (”thinking man”), can do better than that! If you make an honest effort to discuss the matter reasonably, I’m afraid you’ll discover what many of us former evolutionists have come to see: the Christian worldview is the necessary precondition to make sense out of life.
Sincerely yours,
Bob Gonzales
April 8th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
For readers interested in cases-in-point that illustrate my thesis, please observe certain responses. Keep an eye out for bitterness, anger, fear, name-calling and other revertive behaviors. Evolutionary sociologists explain that certain species exhibit these primitive responses when they feel threatened.
Proverbs 1:7
April 9th, 2009 at 7:54 am
You might find this post interesting; I attempt to bring up one of the legion of philosophical problems for atheistic Darwinism. Cheers!
April 9th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I find it interesting that Bobxxxx has so many assumptions and presuppositions…
To quote him as he quoted Dennis Bills:
“cowardly morons like the Christians who have a childish belief in heaven”
“People who are educated and not insane accept evolution as fact”
“The god hypothesis, also known as the magic hypothesis, is too ridiculous to be taken seriously by any competent scientist”
Once you take away the assumptions and presuppositions all you have is name-calling.