kevinmillerxi
Posts: 92
Joined: Feb. 2008
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Arden: Have you been to my blog lately? There's no running away there. Just because I don't have time to hang around here and debate things ad nauseum does not mean I'm unwilling or afraid to answer direct questions. Just to prove my point, I'll answer a few of yours.
Out of curiosity, how old do you think the earth is, and do you believe common descent?
I don't think the age of the earth is a matter of belief. I think it's a matter of examining the evidence and then coming to a conclusion based on those facts. And to the best of my knowledge, the evidence points to the earth being approximately four billion years old. So I'm going with that until people who know more about such things begin to suspect otherwise. I realize people like Ken Hamm dispute such a position, but to be honest, I haven't really taken a good look at the evidence he presents in support of his argument. Probably because I've just assumed that belief in a young earth is untenable in light of all we know about geology, cosmology, etc. But perhaps that merely reveals a blind spot in my own thinking. I've concluded that they're wrong before I've really listened to their arguments or their evidence.
I'm pretty much in the same boat for common descent. Right now, the evidence seems to point in that direction. And I think common descent is consistent with both Intelligent Design and Neo-Darwinism. However, I realize more and more people are proposing multiple common ancestors rather than a single common ancestor. So I'm interested to learn more about that.
And do you think it's a bad thing that creationism is not taught in (real) colleges?
I'm not sure if you actually want me to answer this question, seeing as it seems completely facetious. (It's also framed poorly, in a double negative.) But as I've stated elsewhere, I am not in favor of teaching Creationism or Intelligent Design in science class. That's not what this is about for me. It's about allowing scientists to follow the evidence wherever it leads.
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