The Horrors of Evolution (Evolution)

by Carl, Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 23:17 (5745 days ago) @ David Turell

Like David, I would be surprised to find serious Christians debating with us. They would be much more interested in discussion for the signs of the coming End Times or whether a fertilized egg is assigned a soul before or after it is implanted. Our discussion would be about as interesting to them as a discussion of the place of the Virgin Mary in the divine hierarchy would be to us.
Regarding George's quote "all is number", math can sometimes seem a little mystical to me. The ability of a scientist to sit at his desk with a calculator and predict exactly how and when a spacecraft will land on Mars is something that Merlin might have envied. An engineer would simply say "Math works! Learn it! Use it!", but my limited abilities in math make the probing of atomic nuclei a mystery to me since I only went through calculus. I have to take the word of my intellectual superiors that the math works when I discuss the Big Bang. I certainly can't prove it myself. It takes us back to the Middle Ages when the priests told the masses, "We have done the thinking for you. Simply believe."
Of course, the same thing is true of microbiology and all the rest. There is no way I can confirm their findings, so I must rely on their peers to keep them honest. This probably contributes to my general skepticism.