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Scientism Infects Darwinian Debates By Joseph Sheperd Now there is not only one theory of evolution, but twelve! Shouldn't they first get the original theory right?
n a Vancouver Sun newspaper, reporter Douglas Todd takes issue with how evolution is taught in our educational facilities. He cites two major obstacles to a "richer" discussion on evolution -- these being "religious literalism, which leads to Creationism," and "Scientism." Scientism is defined as "the belief that the sciences have no boundaries and will, in the end, be able to explain everything in the universe." Scientism holds that, "If something can't be 'proved' through scientific method, or observable and measurable evidence, then [Scientism's proponents] say it's irrelevant."
On the big bang: "The big bang produced, from nothing, a universe composed of photons, energy-packed radiations, unimaginably hot and compressed beyond description, a soup of energy, nearly homogeneous throughout. (What produced the big bang remains a question.)" On the human being: "The human body acts as a finely tuned machine, a magnificent metropolis in which, as its inhabitants, each of the 75 trillion cells, composed of 1027 atoms, moves in symbiotic precision. Seldom are two cells simultaneously performing the same act, yet their individual contributions combine smoothly to form life. "Ten to the twenty-seventh power -- a one followed by 27 zeroes, a thousand million, million, million, million atoms -- are organized by a single act when a protozoan-like sperm cell adds its message of genetic material into a receptive egg cell. Combined, these two minuscule cells contain all the information needed to produce the entire body at each stage of its growth, from fetus to adult." On the cell: "The cell is simply jam-packed, a beehive of activity. Components are stuffed tighter than the circuits of a computer board, and everything is in motion. Each cell in your body, at this second and every second, is forming two thousand proteins. Every second, in every cell!
"Where did these cells get their smarts? Since when do carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, phosphorus -- the primary building blocks of biology -- have ideas of their own, or any ideas at all?" On sexual reproduction: "With sexual reproduction, rather than a single cell acting as the originator of the progeny, a pair of cells unites to produce a daughter cell that is similar, but not identical to either of the parent cells. To accomplish this, the new cell has a mix of the genes taken from each parent. Each parent cell has a full complement of genetic material, called DNA.
Fearfully and wonderfully made
Small wonder, then, that King David was inspired to write a Psalm to God about "your heavens; the work of your fingers, the moon and stars which you have ordained" (Psalm 8:3). Speaking of being human, David wrote in Psalm 139:14-15, "I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth." When we consider the unassailable evidence that true science demands, "Scientism," in claiming that anything that cannot be demonstrated through observable and measurable evidence is irrelevant, demonstrates itself as nothing more than junk science -- a science that chooses not to observe and measure the true and clear scientific evidence shown in Gerald Schroeder's book, as well what is presented in many other true science publications. Further reading: For more interesting information request or download our free booklet Copyright 2010 by United Church of God, an International Association All rights reserved. |
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