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From: dbkay@dartvax.UUCP (David B. Kay)
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Subject: Re: Equal Time Demanded for Creation Research
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Date: Sun, 26-Feb-84 18:29:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 26 18:29:44 1984
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  Although there are some creationist groups which insist on going
about creating non sequitors to bolster their dogmatism, I don't
think that ALL creationist groups are like that.
  Ideally, the scientist has no bias, and no personal stake in
the matter under investigation.  Great.  But, after the
Humanist Manifesto, which put a great and dogmatic emphasis on
Darwinian macroevolution, I don't think that unbiased work
in evolution/creration is possible.  The scientific community
operates (normally) on atheistic assumptions; the creationists
operrate on theistic assumptions.
  This doesn't mean that the hypotheses that are created (sorry)
from theistic principles shouldn't undergo the same rigorous
testing that other hypotheses must bear.  They also, on the same
thought, should not be thrown away immediately.  Surely a humanist
will claim that a theistic assumtion set can't be proven; a
theist will similarly say the converse.  The Bible is not
a textbook, but neither are the Humanist Manifestos.  They
are simply assumption sets for creation of hypotheses.
  I'm not a biologist (flunked bio classes because I can't
draw);  I'm not in a position to say what the merits of
the creationist theory are.  I do know, however, MACRO-
(as opposed to micro) evolution is not proven; we are still
dealing with a theory.  All I ask is that an opposing 
theory be subjected to the same standards that the commonly
held theory is.
  I don't say this to excuse the dogmatists who insist that
theism is science, but to refute those who say all hypotheses
must be atheistic.
                      D.B. Kay
                      Dartmouth College
 
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