Friday, February 4, 2011

Am I A Creationist?

I'm going to steer clear of the previous drama for a moment and talk issues.

The short answer is no. The long answer is that I seem to accept some creationist ideas.


1) First Cause - the universe needs a first cause for anything to happen at all.

2) Order in the universe demands intelligence. - The laws of science being in existence does not sufficiently explain why the laws of science are even there. God does explain it. Without intelligence is chaos.

3) Software does not program itself. It would seem to me neither can DNA know how to program itself without divine guidance.

4) Irreducible Complexity??? Can scientists take every organ in the human body and trace its lineage from the first microbe until the modern human? It would seem to me the answer is no.

Can scientists do likewise for any other organism? It would seem to me the answer is no.

2 comments:

Garnel Ironheart said...

The issue isn't whether or not there's a first cause. That much is clear because the alternatives are all theoretical without a shred of proof to them.
The question is: did that first cause continue to be involved with the universe once it was created?

SJ said...

>> The question is: did that first cause continue to be involved with the universe once it was created?

It seems to one extent or another, obviously. I don't think God micromanages every last string but in the big things in human history he's probably there.