cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch) (02/01/85)
[OTHERS] >>> >1) Creationism is not science. It is religion. Christians and only >>> > Christians are the sole proponents. . . . . . . . >Haven't you heard of the ICR (Institute of Creation Research) based in >San Diego? There are hundreds of Biologists, Chemists, and Physicists >who believe in creation science on the basis of scientific evidence alone. >There is as much SCIENTIFIC evidence behind Creation theory as there is >the Evolutionary theory. Please don't make statements that are not based >on scientific facts such as: (Creationism is not science. It is religion.) >If you would like some names, facts, etc. I would be glad to furnish them >upon demand. . . . . . . . [ME] Then why do these "scientists" find it necessary to make their presentations primarily in churches and bible clubs? When I lived in Chicago, the ICR Midwest Chapter regularly held two-day sessions on creationism in traditionally fundamentalist evangelical churches and presented their "scientific" talks along with multimedia shows titled something like "How great is Our Creator." In fact, that's how I first learned that a scientific creationist movement existed -- the former director of ICR Midwest, David C. C. Watson, spoke to my church's Sunday school class! How did he open the talk? Something like, "I'm always glad to speak to bible-believing Christians!" Not only did what he have to say surprise me, it shocked me that my Christian brothers and sisters fully accepted his presentation without question, then proceeded to talk about how awful it was that our schools taught evolution! Whew! When Mr. Watson's successor at ICR Midwest (I think his name is Raymond Brown -- correct me if I'm wrong) spoke during noon-hour talks at AT&T Bell Laboratories, it was at the invitation of the Bible Club. A major national conference of ICR members was held one year at Wheaton College, a fundamentalist Christian college. Given this circumstantial evidence, I can't accept the statement that creation scientists base their scientific theories on science alone! Carl Blesch