Re: Judge Jones sided with the Discovery Institute and ruled against the Dove...

But does the same also not apply to for instance abortion, gay marriage
etc? Judges are human too after all., but ist that a reason why the
courts should not be allowed to define science when the issue is brought
to them?
What makes science different from other such issues?

Pim

Dawsonzhu@aol.com wrote:

> Pim Van Meurs wrote:
>
>> May in inquire as to why it is dangerous for the courts to try to define
>> science? What if the issue of whether something is a science were
>> central to the question of constitutionality?
>>
>
>
> If issues of science end up in the courts, that is already very bad news.
>
> In Northern California at least, judges are elected. Let's say a YEC
> activist judge is there in Eurika, and this case is brought there. Will
> you trust the judicial system to do justice now if the case is about
> science? Move a few steps back on the chess board and think about
> it.
>
> We should be deeply grateful to the Lord for his quite protection;
> that a W appointed judge in a creationist town did a commendable and
> honest job defining science on a matter that should never have even
> appeared in his court. But just because we were rescued by Grace
> this time, don't conclude you're an Abraham and can risk your wife
> again at Gerar (Gen 20). The court should be the last place where
> science is decided.
>
> By Grace alone we proceed,
> Wayne
Received on Sun Jan 1 20:49:45 2006