Re: The 1st Paleontologist was a Neanderthal

Stephen Gooch (sgooch@sm10.sciatl.com)
Fri, 30 Aug 1996 06:50:45 -0400

pdd> That is what evolution often generates... theories layered upon
pdd> theories, not strictly the piecing of data... and thus by your
pdd> definition, successively weaker theories. That is why we have the law of
pdd> parsimony... Occam's razor... to hold us accountable.

pdd> Creationism starts with one preassumption... the how... that original
pdd> species were created by God and were not the product of evolution. Data
pdd> is then fit to that model to establish the when, what, and where. A
pdd> much simpler and thus stronger theory by your standards.

Paul you make a great point. Evolution is based on a theory. Creationism is
not, it is as you write a preassumption.

A theory must be disprovable or it is not a theory. The when, what, and where
of creationism is a theory. But "breathing life into a human" is either
believed or not. Whatever the facts, principles, or circumstances that the
investigation of the evolution theory produces. The preassumption of creation
will be able to adjust to. Take for example the Christian model of the
universe. While it differed from that of Copernicus's and Galileo's , it easily
adjusted. It did so because it was a preassumption, not a theory. Creationism
can likewise adjust (or evolve - so to speek).

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