>It has been examined. Do you think that it was easy for Darwin to gain respect
>for his theory? He fought an uphill battle all the way, and I might add, he
>fought it scientifically, not through the courts. He won over his opponents
>by putting together a strong, consistent, and effective theory, not by hiring
>lawyers and forcing his ideas into the classroom.
>
>Creationists could learn a lesson from that.
And this is a point I have tried to make a number of times. If scientific
creationists are convinced that their version of science is superior to
what is being taught in the schools today, they should demonstrate its
superiority. While it would admittedly be difficult to publish in a
refereed journal, that should not stop creationists from trying. But
submitting unsupported bombast won't work. It has to be good science.
Even then it might not make it (referees are a curmudgeonly lot :-). But
like Darwin, you have to keep trying. Absent a publication, a novel
solution to a problem, or even a new process or product that clearly owes
its existence to the creationist scientific paradigm might also help.
Bill Hamilton
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