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The atheist fallacy

By Isaac Seo

Firstly, I would like to state that I respect Ian Bushfield’s views [Keep creationism out of the classroom, March 15]. Being a science student myself, I completely agree with your statement, “Science class is the place to develop the tools to view the world methodically and skeptically.” This is all fine.

I agree with the statement, “Creationism starts with the premise that the Bible is the inerrant word of God and then argues that the facts of the world are wrong if they conflict.” Maybe schools should present both cases, with facts for and against both sides, and teach students to think for themselves.

The only problem I have is when science, or possibly a better word would be “naturalism,” makes the claim that science is the only way to know anything. You, Mr. Bushfield, make claims that creationism is a “pseudo- and anti-scientific belief.” For your argument, let’s say that it is. Even if science proved there is no God and that all religion is false, there is the one stumbling block all naturalists can never seem to get. That is the issue of consciousness. I cannot think of an evolutionary gain to having a consciousness.

If science is the only way to knowledge, then by evolutionary standards, all disabled and handicapped people should be killed, especially in an overpopulated world. Evolution gives us reason to step on the weak. Does this sound morally right? According to natural selection, it does.

The thing about a theory is that it only takes one contradicting example to throw it off. Can you guess the million dollar question?

Here’s the hard truth: the naturalist’s view that all knowledge must come from quantitative and testable methods, is self-refuting. The statement that only science reveals knowledge cannot be tested in a lab nor is it in any way quantitative.

It is an opinion meant to somehow rise above all opinions. You cannot start with the premise that science is the inerrant form of knowledge and then argue that all other forms of knowledge are wrong if they conflict. I am openly inviting an evolutionist to refute me.

Christianity is the only worldview that not only states that there is a problem, but also admits that we can do absolutely nothing about it. The problem is sin (separation from God) and death. And so God, who must be insane by human standards, decides to take on this problem in place of us through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Is this a
sissy thought? Maybe, but that’s what I hold as truth. It is truth. Can you guess the million dollar question?

We should all be asking what Pontius Pilot asked Jesus before the crucifixion: “What is Truth?”

I’m sorry if I’m praying in my school and thinking in my church.