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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
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Subject: Re: Equal Time Demanded for Creation Research
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Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 08:47:59 EST
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>  People believe it out of blind faith in something that,
>  by definition, cannot be understood. 

"Blind faith" ? I don't think so.  I don't believe in *anything*
out of "blind faith", to do so would be rather stupid.  Look at 
the evidence for both sides, make your choice of what to believe
in, but don't accuse people who have chosen to believe differently
than yourself of believing in "blind faith".  Faith, like respect,
is earned, not given blindly.

> it should be that creationist theory is based on a religious
> doctrine and is thus not a science.

> However, creationist theory can not predict future events with
> *the same* :>) (or in most cases -- *any*) accuaracy as any of
> the physical sciences.

Make up your mind. Either creationist theory is based on a
religious doctrine  *OR* it cannot predict future events,
you can't have both.  Are you claiming that creationism
is based on the Christian Bible? If so, please note that
the Christian Bible is 1/3 prophecy, that most of these
prophecys have already come true, and that so far, they've
never been wrong.

> Until creationism can successfully predict evolution,

Until evolution can successfully predict creation,

> After all what good is a theory that can only explain
>the past and rarely predicts the future.

The "big bang" theory predicts the future?  And as I
said above, if you're equating creationism with
Christianity, it *does* predict the future.

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