Jackson Wheat

September 1, 2014
My Counter to Atheistic Evolution Rests Upon Irrationalism and Blind Faith

My first reaction to this article was complete stupefaction. You are such an evolution
ultracrepidarian, and I noticed this at the beginning of the article when you said that evolutionists
take evolution on blind faith. What? The theory of evolution by natural selection only came
about through observation and experimentation on the natural world and natural phenomena. It
is apparent by your article that you did not even know Charles Darwin was a Christian. The
point of evolution is not to disprove any gods or goddesses but to explain natural phenomena.
Scientists in laboratories have observed evolution dozens of times in fruit flies and bacterias such
as E. coli. Your ridiculous idea of blind faith in the evolutionary is completely unfounded, and if
anything, you are the one with blind faith in an unprovable god. The theory of evolution does
not attempt to explain induction, logic, or morality because those are human inventions.
Induction and logic only come around through higher level mental awareness, which is
something else the theory of evolution does not account for, and morality is caused by a wanting
to adhere to a social group. Evolution is the process by which different kinds of living organisms
are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the Earth.
In your second paragraph you attempted to point a finger at evolutionists for having
material presuppositions, but you have an unsupported presupposition that Yahweh created the
universe. How do you know that Yahweh created the universe and not Allah, Ahura Mazda,
Vishnu, or the flying spaghetti monster? Also, the scientists assume that the physical reality is
the only thing that exists since there is no evidence to prove otherwise. You then refer to The
Blind Watchmaker, which is a book I have read, and say that Richard Dawkins disputes his first
claim about purposeful design. He does not dispute his claim, but instead supports his claim
throughout the entire book. If you had ever read his book, then you would know that. Lastly,
how is evidence for evolution not empirical? Is there a single document that states a scientific
fact that was not peer reviewed before being submitted? I encourage you to find one.
As for your idea of a theory, I have nothing to say except got to this website:
www.notjustatheory.com. Also, if knowledge, laws, theories, and hypotheses are immaterial,
then that does not prove anything. So what if you cannot touch knowledge? That does not prove
an immaterial god of any religion. How does an immaterial theory about material phenomena
disprove the theory? Science is not governed by the philosophy of atheism, but scientists tend to
become atheists as they discover more and more about the universe. If a god did create the
universe, then he or she designed it so that it looks like it could be made by completely natural
processes. If that is the case, then a god should not fault its own people for accepting reality.
Speaking of reality, you cannot force your Christian god on other people as fact since you cannot
even prove that your god exists outside of your own subjective experiences of life.