>First let me concede Michael point that poor science among many YEC has
>done the Gospel damage. But in this country (less so in Britain), the
>lack of effective challenge of the secular roots of our science has I
>think been a serious weakness of mainstream evangelical scientists. In
>my view it has resulted in a perception among mainstream Christian laity
>the evangelical scientists have really compromised the Gospel and
>encouraged their looking to alternatives like YEC.
What do you mean by the "secular roots of our science"? I do not see how
an anti-theistic assumption undergirds modern science. If anything,
scientific principles developed openly within a theistic worldview. It is
quite true that many scientists (though not nearly as many as critics would
have you believe) use, or rather abuse, science as a part of an
anti-theistic apologetic. However, there is a lot of different between
using science to support a particular worldview, and having that worldview
be the basis of the scientific enterprise.
Keith
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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