Re: [asa] YEC essay

Typical ICR nonsense . I will send it back with corrections!!

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burgeson (ASA member)" <hossradbourne@gmail.com>
To: "asa" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:49 PM
Subject: [asa] YEC essay

> Following is a copy of a letter received today from ourICR brethern.
>
> I plan to write a rebuttal to it for the Rico Bugle. I have lots of
> ideas -- probably too many to include (it's just a small paper).
>
> Any suggestions on my rebuttal would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Burgy
>
> From: Institute for Creation Research (Dallas)
> Date: February 12, 2009
>
> Founders of Creation Science Respond to Worldwide Darwin Celebrations
>
> DALLAS - The Institute for Creation Research, founded by Dr. Henry
> Morris 40 years ago, addresses the influence of Charles Darwin in
> their special issue Acts & Facts magazine.
>
> Much of the world will celebrate the life and work of Charles Darwin
> during his 200th birthday on February 12. "Celebrate" is an
> understatement; "worship" better describes the veneration given to the
> man who popularized the notion that God had nothing to do with the
> origin or development of the universe and all it contains.
>
> "Notion" is an appropriate description; "theory" is too generous. For
> the philosophy of science called "evolution" is just that--a
> philosophical system of belief that cannot be substantiated by any
> observable evidence, either in action today or through nature's record
> of the past. Even Darwin admitted that certain evidence might later be
> uncovered that would contradict his conclusions.
>
> To say that Charles Darwin influenced his world greatly cannot be
> disputed. To say that he was a great man is an unfortunate
> exaggeration.
>
> The special February issue of Acts & Facts magazine focuses on
> Darwin's dangerous influence, not his supposed greatness.
>
> For instance, Dr. Randy Guliuzza reports on the thousands of people
> victimized right here in the United States due to eugenics, the
> evolution-based practice that sought to genetically purify the races
> by eliminating those considered unfit. (Sounds eerily similar to the
> deeds of another person of influence in the 20th century.)
>
> The great men of science like Newton, Kepler, Maxwell, and others were
> unashamed to acknowledge design in nature. These are the men who
> founded the modern disciplines of scientific study, the work upon
> which all scientists stand today. And yet, while these patriarchs of
> modern science sought to extol the Creator through their work, few
> scientists follow in their footsteps, choosing rather to base their
> research upon unsubstantiated stories of accidental design. Don't miss
> Christine Dao's "Man of Science, Man of God" article on ICR founder
> Dr. Henry Morris.
>
> In honor of Dr. Morris, we have presented his article "The Vanishing
> Case for Evolution," which succinctly lays out overwhelming
> evidence--using the words of evolution's most ardent purveyors--that
> slams the door on Darwin's inventive story of origins by accident.
>
> As an aside, it is interesting that February is also Black History
> Month in the United States. So, while African-Americans are
> celebrating those who bravely fought for their equality in society,
> scientists around the world are celebrating the man who sought to
> demonstrate the inferiority of certain races by declaring them to be
> less than human. Remember, the title Darwin gave to his treatise on
> evolution was "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,
> or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life."
> Contrast this message with the other famous birthday in February:
> Abraham Lincoln, the man who fought to set the slaves free.
>
> Dr. James Johnson describes the dangerous predicament of many
> Christians today who seek to please men rather than God by giving
> false testimony about the creation, allowing evolutionary ideas to
> interpret (and thus contradict) Scripture. Sadly, many leaders in
> ministry and Christian education have adopted a syncretistic approach
> to theology, satisfied that experts in science today know much more
> than the Expert of Genesis 1:1.
>
> In American schools, as Dr. Patti Nason explains, the danger of
> Darwin's philosophy of evolution is seen in the erosion of sound
> science education and an alarming increase in lobbying efforts to curb
> critical thinking skills in the classroom. More and more state
> legislatures are wrestling with science education standards and
> finding that atheist organizations are pushing to eliminate any
> mention of evolution's weaknesses in school.
>
> Other articles of interest in this special issue are Dr. Steve
> Austin's account of his recent research project in Argentina for ICR's
> National Creation Science Foundation. It was there, along the Santa
> Cruz River, that Charles Darwin made his first wrong turn in science.
> Also, Dr. Danny Faulkner discusses the bankrupt concepts of
> evolution-based astronomy. These and other insightful articles are
> geared to set the record straight on Charles Darwin's influence in
> science and in society.
>
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