Saturday, May 07, 2005

Yet Again Creationism is the only Mention of Creation

After realizing how most books only mention fundamentalist Christian versions of Creation I am starting to see just why they are so effective in getting people to believe in there version of creation. Even scientists write like that is the only version out there. You would think that scientists, many of whom believe creation and evolution are not mutually exclusive, would take a more even handed approach when writing about creation. Certainly, you would think that they would at least mention, if not highlight, that the current debate is only between one specific view of the world creation and that other views do not necessarily discount evolution. This constant focus on creationism and creation science of fundamentalists frames the entire debate in terms of either/or. I wonder if Ruse performed an examination of how scientists frame the debate when he was writing his The Evolution-Creation Struggle. As I go through the various entries in different science encyclopedias, I am starting to see where he has a very strong argument that it is the scientific community itself that is prolonging the argument by largely framing the discussion as creation or evolution. I wonder if the only scientists who care enough about the debate are those who are adamantly against all creation accounts and not just fundamentalism. Those that see no disagreeing between creation and evolution might be the ones writing the articles. Ideally creation shouldn't be in science books at all, and most scientists who believe that they are not mutually exclusive also believe that they belong in two separate places. For example in the Catholic view evolution is a matter of the body, while biblical creation is a matter of the soul, thus outside of the sphere of science. If creation is going to be included in most scientific texts, then a well rounded perspective should be presented and not just the fundamentalist.

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