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Dear Colleagues:__________________________________________________
I have been troubled by folks on the List seemingly
having
a problem with some nebulous category of people
referred to
as "creationists." On the surface, the term simply
reflects
the belief that what we see was created- the term
implies
a Creator, period.
For purposes of discussion on this List,
is a creationist someone who
a) is a Deist only
b) believes in a 6 day (144hr) creation
event
c) believes the Bible is inerrant
d) attends church regularly
e) rejects scientific naturalism
f) is a professing Christian
g) some of the above
h) all of the above?
I've read the term "creationist" several times on
the List-
always in a negative light. There seems to be an
inbuilt
assumption that whoever these people are they are of
low
IQ advancing some sort of evil anti-science agenda.
Does everyone on the list subscribe to scientific
naturalism
only- are there not even a few Deists out there? Is
there any
empirical evidence that there was NO creator before
the first,
say, femtosecond? Is physics the only reasonable
religion and
are scientists the only viable priesthood?
I do know people of faith who believe in a Creator
who have
advanced degrees- some in physics even!- and
posperous scientific
careers. One is even a very prosperous biophysicist
doing important
cancer research at one of the top 5 research
institutions in the
country. However, this biophysicist has a very
fundamental
faith in the Scriptures. Let's not demean folks of
faith in a
Creator anymore than we would demean the atheist or
the agnostic.
David
Dr. David Ward
Dept. of Chemistry & Physics
UNU#3160
Union University
1050 Union University Dr.
Jackson, TN 38305
ph. 901-661-5241
email- dward@uu.edu