janc@uofm-cv.UUCP (Jan D. Wolter) (11/05/83)
I can't seem to mail to Larry Bickford, so I will post this response to the following message: Jan, Apparently you misunderstand creation science. It asks the question, "Does the scientific evidence available fit a model of creation better than a model of evolution?" also known as "Can a person keep his intelligence and still be a Christian?" It might enlighten you to know that the Newton you mentioned, along with others like Maxwell, Faraday, Kelvin, and others, believed that the universe was *created* by an intelligent *Creator*. Larry Bickford, ihnp4!decwrl!qubix!lab You do mean this as a joke, don't you? Even the most overwhelming evidence rarely convinces people who have never seen it. None of these people believed in computers either. Perhaps, thus enlightened, you will not be able to receive this message. As for your two questions, they are not the same: "Does the scientific evidence available fit a model of creation better than a model of evolution?" Positively, indisputably, absolutely not. Even if some evidence could be found to fit it, it would be worthless as a scientific theory, because it contributes nothing to our understanding of the world around us. "Can a person keep his intelligence and still be a Christian?" There appear to be all sorts of Christians. Those who don't insist on interpreting every word of Scripture literally seem to manage just fine. The rest are beyond hope. Jan Dithmar Wolter Univerity of Michigan uofm-cv!janc