"I would also be interested in the response of any of the young-earthers
on
this list to this very simple, morality issue. Is it moral to teach that
which is known to be false?"
Of course not.
"Is it MORAL to teach that which we know is false? Is it MORAL to stand
by
silently while your fellow Christians teach false things?"
Absolutely not! I believe that God does not allow any room for false
teachings. However, how much better it would be if the great creation
scientists could do their research, lay the foundation for the next
generation of YEC's, and provide good science examples to the established
community, rather than fighting other creationists over poor science
practices.
Finally, I noticed that two disturbing trends present in an
embarrassingly large amount of creationist rhetoric follow the same
patterns as the examples you posted. Firstly, the authors attempt to
destroy an existing theory or belief rather than posing a better theory.
Humans generally require an explanation for everything they think about.
Is there ever a case where, once an explanation has been given, somebody
else successfully proves the first explanation is false, without posing a
better one? Perhaps it has happened, but what is the likelihood of the
first explanation being thrown out without replacing it? Secondly, I
noticed that the examples you posted were similar to far too many
creationist writings in that they are attempting to prove a negative.
That is not possible, by its very nature. A negative can never be
proved. (Pun fully intended.) The closest one may come to proving a
negative is when there are only two choices, which are mutually
exclusive. If one is present, then the other must not be present.
However, in order to prove that even, one must prove a positive.
Christians should never hesitate to affirm biblical morality, even when
it is uncomfortable.
Thanks for the question.
Michael Bush