Young Earth Creationist: Ignorance Of What You Dispute

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  1. StrangerInAStrangeLand SubQuantum Mechanic Valued Senior Member

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    Sickening at times, frustrating and maddening always. The claims of a Y.E.C. (Young Earth Creationist), who purports the earth is less than ten thousand years old, have nothing to base their claims upon other than a book deemed sacred by its creators. Instead, with little to substantiate any assertion they make, the YECs go on the offensive and attempt to attack evolutionary theory, a well supported scientific understanding in regards to the process of change in biological organisms over time and how this explains biodiversity on the planet.the_big_bang_by_vegvisir

    1. Evolution is not a theory that explains the origin of the universe, that field of study is referred to as Cosmology and it is a field of study not covered by Charles Darwin’s, The Origin Of Species.
    2. Evolution is not a theory that describes the first origination of life on this planet, that field of study is called Abiogenesis. While Darwin might have remarked his feelings about the theory in a letter to a colleague, it is not part of the scope of evolution, which by definition describes the change in species over time and natural selection.
    3. Evolution is not inherently atheistic, the theory describes nothing regarding the existence of god, it is a scientific theory confining itself to prediction and observation of the natural world.
    4. The theory of evolution does not say, “humans came from monkeys”. The theory shows clear evidence supporting the hypothesis that at some point around 6 million years ago, humans, the great apes and primates diverged from a common ancestor.
    5. The theory of evolution does not say dogs come from frogs, a rock will turn into a duck or as some former TV personalities like to claim, will produce a half crocodile, half duck (crocoduck).
    6. Evolutionary theory is the best supported scientific hypothesis we have for describing the diversity of life on Earth. It is not a religion, a belief system, a faith or any other ambiguous religious term sometimes attached to it by YECs.

    When pressed for evidence in favor of the young earth model, the creationists do not have supporting data. The YECs do not want to admit the biblical account is not a scientific theory, but rather that it is a ‘belief’ and cannot conduct a fair fight. Instead, they attempt to establish a false dichotomy, saying if evolution is flawed and possibly wrong, then creationism must be true.

    None of these behaviors establish young earth creationism as a valid competing theory and many of the statements from its proponents only serve to display vast and overarching ignorance of what is being argued against.


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  3. swarm Registered Senior Member

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    Ok, sure.

    Are you headed somewhere with this or just venting?
     
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