Rationalism and materialistic science probably started as a reaction to the stifling of scientific inquiry by the powerful 16th century clergy. Abusing their positions, the clergy of that era threatened the reputations and even the lives of researchers whose findings contradicted their unbiblical ‘natural’ theology based on flawed Aristotelian physics.
In the 21st century academics have become a similarly powerful ‘clergy’ abusing their positions to enforce conformity to their flawed rationalist beliefs. As Ben Stein showed,[1] senior academics now threaten the reputations and careers of researchers whose findings contradict the Godless religion of rationalism.
The dogmas of both the 16th century clergy and today’s academic inquisitors have hindered science. Why have modern academics not learned from the experiences of Galileo et al? With some it is because they are determined to destroy what they regard as the strictures of Christian civilisation. With others it is because their intellect has developed champagne tastes on a beer income.
Fanatical support for evolution reflects a deep fear that life might be spiritual
Either way, they have closed their minds to all but Godless materialistic answers to the big questions of life. That is why they are fanatical adherents of evolution – despite its inability to explain:
- the source of the DNA molecule’s massive amount of information (3 billion carefully sequenced instructions in the case of human DNA)
- how living organisms developed from non-living chemicals
- how mutations that lose information increased the complexity of species
- the existence of irreducible complexity raised by Dr Paul Davies and Dr Michael Behe (click here to review their findings)
- why the fossil record has a systematic absence of the continuum of slightly changing transition forms predicted by evolutionary theory
- why they ignore the many evidences for a young earth
- why Hasofar’s modelling shows that even 4.6 billion years is not enough time for one cell to ‘evolve’ into the trillions of cells that comprise the human body
Indeed, their faith in evolution displays willing ignorance. It is absurdly contradictory for rationalists to imagine that the information in DNA came from evolution, while at the same time their SETI program is based on the idea that information only comes from intelligent beings.
[1] “Expelled – no intelligence allowed” a DVD by Ben Stein, available at www.amazon.com
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