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  January 12, 2012 Ryan T. Jones	Leave a comment Go to comments
  This has always seemed like apple and oranges to me. An account of creation from a culture completely different from our own, which certainly did not have a concept of modern science, versus a scientific explanation of something observable in a petri dish. Atheists try to use evolution as a basis for which to construct an alternative creation story. Fundamentalists seem to be trying very hard to use the creation account to create alternative science. Niether appear willing to understand we humans are limited creatures. We have to live with apparent paradoxes because we are not smart enough to understand (at least not yet). My diet is consistent with evolutionary theory, which has helped me become a lot healthier, but I have yet to see a so-called 'missing link' that wasn't a fraud. I think this is because paleo eating meets the nutritive needs of the bodies cells, which puts evolution back at it's appropriate scale, whereas the missing links are attempts to construct an account of human origin. This is somewhat like trying to tear down a mountain with a screwdriver.
  I guess no one can accuse Herman of waffling! 🙂
  Herman, thank you for your comment. It would seem that you are arguing that it is wrong to pursue science apart from Biblical exegesis. But if this were true, then electricity is sinful, as is space exploration or development of medicine. What makes a discussion of the question of origins different from other scientific inquiry? I simply don't buy the idea that the only relevant data one may discuss on a given topic must come from scripture. This can not be lived out consistently.