The results of scientific research are not determined by a public opinion poll. We do have to thank these people for openly admitting that their opinion is based on their religious beliefs. We already know this. The fact is that creationist belief is not based on scientific research. The scientific theory of evolution is the accumulation of several decades of relevant research in science, from biology to paleontology. Creationism is religion, not science. Notice that it is a pastor who proclaims "more scientists than not are coming to the conclusion that the universe is too well put together to be an accident". Of course, he's wrong, and is simply demonstrating the penchant of creationists for making bold proclamations based on nothing more than their own ignorance of the facts.
Creation Ministries International is a Christian religious organization, not a scientific research group. Gary Bates uses the empty rhetoric that a lot of creationists use to pretend that creationists and evolutionists come to "vastly different conclusions" based on "the same facts", but in fact creationist rhetoric is permeated with conceptual fallacies (erroneous reasoning) and denial of relevant scientific facts. Creationism simply does not exist in professional scientific research. If it did then creationists would be able to point to relevant research article about creationism in the professional science literature, but they are unable to do so because there is no such research.
Creationism is religion, not science. This is why it does not belong in science classes (it is science that is supposed to be taught in science classes). Students are not scientists. Good reasoning and critical thinking don't come naturally, which is why we *teach* these things to students in classes in the first place. Classes are not an anarchy where students just get to make things up and believe whatever they feel like believing. Students are taught about scientific discoveries, taught what science is, and taught how scientific research is done and how scientific conclusions are arrived at. It's pretty ironic that creationists propose that students should do just that - but, of course, they're only doing this precisely because creationism is a scientific failure.
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The results of scientific research are not determined by a public opinion poll. We do have to thank these people for openly admitting that their opinion is based on their religious beliefs. We already know this. The fact is that creationist belief is not based on scientific research. The scientific theory of evolution is the accumulation of several decades of relevant research in science, from biology to paleontology. Creationism is religion, not science. Notice that it is a pastor who proclaims "more scientists than not are coming to the conclusion that the universe is too well put together to be an accident". Of course, he's wrong, and is simply demonstrating the penchant of creationists for making bold proclamations based on nothing more than their own ignorance of the facts.
Creation Ministries International is a Christian religious organization, not a scientific research group. Gary Bates uses the empty rhetoric that a lot of creationists use to pretend that creationists and evolutionists come to "vastly different conclusions" based on "the same facts", but in fact creationist rhetoric is permeated with conceptual fallacies (erroneous reasoning) and denial of relevant scientific facts. Creationism simply does not exist in professional scientific research. If it did then creationists would be able to point to relevant research article about creationism in the professional science literature, but they are unable to do so because there is no such research.
Creationism is religion, not science. This is why it does not belong in science classes (it is science that is supposed to be taught in science classes). Students are not scientists. Good reasoning and critical thinking don't come naturally, which is why we *teach* these things to students in classes in the first place. Classes are not an anarchy where students just get to make things up and believe whatever they feel like believing. Students are taught about scientific discoveries, taught what science is, and taught how scientific research is done and how scientific conclusions are arrived at. It's pretty ironic that creationists propose that students should do just that - but, of course, they're only doing this precisely because creationism is a scientific failure.