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u   Beliefs Versus the Evidence

u   Dual Creation

u   Intelligent Creator

u   The Logic of Creationism

u   A Black or White Mentality

u   Parallel Beliefs

u   Reincarnation -- the Ignored Possibility

u   A Second Look for an Intelligent Creator

Beliefs Versus the Evidence:

Evolution:   The Darwin-based theory of evolution is a scientific theory.  It is not a belief.   It's simply what the evidence tells us in the most probable theory of the origins of the Universe.  Even though the evidence supporting scientific evolution is overwhelming, it is still incomplete.   

All evidence is peer-reviewed and subject to intense scrutiny.   As new evidence becomes available, the theory is expanded, clarified, adjusted, and corrected.   Pieces found to contradict the evidence are discarded.   The theory is not static or fixed, but rather like evolution, itself, it's also evolving.

Creationism:   Creationism is not a theory.   It's a Fact!   Sure.  just like the fact that the Earth is flat,  the Pope is infallible, and the tooth fairy lives in my attic.  

Creationism is a  fundamentalist Christians belief that the entire universe was created by an intelligent, divine, anthropomorphic being. (A super human being)    According to Christian beliefs, about 6000 years ago, "God" sitting on a cloud in some distant place called heaven created everything that now exists in six, Monday-Tuesday kind of days.   

Creationism  is not subject to review or revision.  It's not open to question or challenge or adjustment or revision.   It is fixed, rigid and immutable.   It is not supported by tangible evidence.   All evidence to the contrary is ignored, denied or discounted.   There are literally thousands of research findings supporting the Darwin-based theory of evolution, none of which matter to the believers in Creationism.   The Earth's four billion year history is discounted with a shrug and the words, "God created it old."   

Creationism is based entirely upon the veracity of the Christian Bible.  It's credibility as tangible provable fact is, like other religious beliefs, something that has to be accepted with a leap of faith.°      The overwhelming evidence indicates that it's, purely and simply,  a religious belief.

A Dual Creation

According to the writers of the Christian Bible, Genesis 1:1  "God created the heavens and the Earth."   He created two separate thing at the same time -- Earth and everything else.    Sounds similar to creating apples and oranges, which seem to be similar creations in terms of their size and importance.  Look at plants and animals, or fire and water, or hot and cold, or up and down.   They too, are similar creations.   Even the sun and the moon, although significantly different are still quite similar creations.   

But think for a moment of the difference between the Earth and everything else in the known and unknown universe.    The difference between the Earth and what in the Christian Bible is called "the heavens"  is so astronomical as to be all but impossible to grasp by the human consciousness.   Carl Sagan gave us a glimpse at the enormity of "the heavens"  when he said,  "There are more stars in the known universe that all the grains of sand on all the beaches on the entire earth."   

Is it possible that the people who believed the Earth was flat and that the Devil had his own world beneath their feet could possibly have exaggerated the importance of the Earth in relation to the rest of creation?    After all, at the time of the writers of the bible, the entirety of creation consisted of the flat Earth some clouds overhead, a bunch of lights above the clouds and a devil beneath their feet.   But then, how could anyone be so brash as to suggest that sheep herders and fisherman in a ancient agrarian, superstitious culture could possible have things even slightly off the mark.   

You might be interested in seeing what else the believers is creationism believe about God.°    They have made up a long list of the attributes of God that would fit neatly in  a demonic fairytale about satin as a god impersonator.

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An Intelligent Creator

The fundamentalist Christians claim that the Darwin-based theory of evolution cannot be correct because they are unable to find what they refer to as an "Intelligent Creator."   To use this excuse as their one and only reason for discounting the thousands of research studies supporting the science of evolution is  not only absurd, it's contradicted by their own Bible.   If the Bible is fact as they claim it is, then  Ecclesiastes 11:5  must be correct which makes their claim false.    Ecclesiastes 11:5 clearly states that humans cannot understand how "God" functions. 

As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Just as you know not how the breath of life fashions the human frame in the mother's womb, So you know not the work of God which he is accomplishing in the universe.

Ecclesiastes 11:5, NLV     (New Life Version)

God's ways are as hard to discern as the pathways of the wind, 
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as mysterious as a tiny baby being formed in a mother's womb.

Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones {are formed} in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

Just to be sure everyone understands what the above passage tells us:  

If the Christian Bible is correct, then the fundamentalist Christians can't understand how God works.  If they can't understand how God works,  then they could easily miss seeing and understanding how an intelligent creator using evolution as his/her/its creation process could create "the heavens and the Earth."   And if "the heavens and the Earth" were created in some other way, they couldn't know and understand that, either.

The Logic of Creationism Goes Something Like This:   

We cannot find an intelligent creator; therefore, there is no intelligent creator.   To think that everything that science calls evolution happened by accident is too preposterous to believe;  therefore, Darwin and the thousands of scientific findings supporting evolution are all wrong.    

Since their is nothing else, and because the Christian Bible is the literal word of God, creationism is be true.    (The concept called reincarnation is considered to be a fairytale that is to be ignored, put down, and dismissed.)    We know the Earth is only about six thousand years old because we counted the number of begets in the Bible.   (Beget = to father a child) 

But don't ask us about Ecclesiastes 11:5.  We don't want to talk about that because we are busy looking for scientific evidence that proves somewhere in the past, there was  a big flood on the Earth.   And when we find that evidence, that flood will prove that creationism is true and that science is wrong.   With regard to what the Christian Bible tells them on this topic, they ignore that, too.°    

A Black or White Mentality:   

The Fundamentalists have declared themselves to be Godly and scientist  to be Godless atheists.   The evidence tells us that quite the opposite is true.  

Here's a quote form Albert Einstein:  

"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds.   That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God."

Here's another quote, this time from Nobel Prize winner in physics and  the father of quantum theory, Max Plank: 

"As a man who had devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science to the study of matter, I can tell you a result of my research about atoms this much:

There is no matter as such.   All matter originates and exist only by virtue of a force which brings the particles of atoms to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of atoms together.   We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind.   This mind is the matrix of all matter."

The quotes above are from two of the greatest scientific minds to walk the planet.   Einstein and Plank were left-brain scientists who functioned on the level of:  "Prove it or it doesn't exist."    The quotes from them debunk the fundamentalist Christian claims that scientists are atheists.   Quite to opposite is true.   God and science are completely compatible as long as you don' try to force God into one of the many, small, limited, religious, belief boxes.°   

Using lies of omission, our fundamentalist friends are distorting the truth again.   Neither God, or Christianity is in any way threatened by science.    What is being threatened is the veracity of the fairytale stories they are telling about God.  What is being threatened is their church's political and social structure.    And to bottom line this, the real threat is to their positions wealth, privilege and power.   

They have been (to say this politely) distorting the truth for their own ends.   Instead of working for God, they are working first and foremost for themselves and then if it fits their agenda, they work for what they believe about God.   See the section titled:   Religion Versus God.°   and the section titled:  Is Christianity Being Threatened by Abortion rights?°    

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Parallel Beliefs:   

The veracity of creationism is dependent upon a few, additional, minor declarations also being true.  Here's a partial list:   1)  Every word in the Christian Bible must be the literal word of God.   2)  The evidence that the Bible was edited by early church leader must be false.   3)  God's Conception-Magic Act° must also be true and a human being must be his physical body.°   4)   The reincarnation theory must be false.°   5)   Christians must have exclusive access to God.   6)  Every other religious belief must be just mythology.   7)  There must be a literal place called heaven. ^1**   8)  God must be a superhuman being sitting on a cloud in this place called heaven.   The list goes on to the point of absolute absurdity.   And you might also be interested in the characteristics of this so-called God.°  

The only thing they leave out of their Alice in Wonderland fairytale is the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny.   And to top all this off, the fairytale peddlers demand that creationism be taught in public schools and give equal credence with the Darwin-based science of evolution.

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And here's the scary part:   Millions of people believe that creationism is a fact and the science is wrong.   We wonder how these people manage to tie their shoes all by themselves.   And here's the scariest scary part.   Millions of these people voted in our 2004 presidential election.

Reincarnation --  The completely ignored possibility.°  

We don't mean to bug these people with little things like the overwhelming evidence,  but they seem to be completely ignoring a third alternative -- the alternative that revolves around the concept called reincarnation.   According to this theory of creation,  humans are an integral part of creation.   Here are some of the pieces of the reincarnation theory:

Humans are eternal divine beings that simply inhabit physical bodies in order to experience physical reality on Earth. 

Humans are divine co-creators who create by thought, word and deed.

While in human bodies these eternal beings create their own experiences within the context of life in a physical body on (cosmologically speaking)  an insignificant speck on dust that we call Earth.

At death the physical body is set aside with about the same significance as discarding an old worn our set of clothes.

Birth is a co-creation of three divine beings, the entity coming to Earth, the being already here (the woman) building a body for the entity to enter into, and the being (the man) who provides half of the plans for building the body. 

The Reincarnation theory significantly clashes with creationism.  It is in complete harmony with the Darwin-based theory of evolution.  For an in-depth view of Reincarnation, see the page titled,  Universal Spirituality.°  

A Second Look for an Intelligent Creator

If we want to see an intelligent creator most of us can simply look in the mirror.   We each create our personal experiences with our thoughts, words  and actions.°  The Bible says that "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God."   The latest scientific evidence tells us that everything is energy, that physical matter is not physical at all.  It's only energy.    Consider the possibility that you and I are aspects of God,°  temporarily living in physical bodies on Earth.   Consider the possibility that  consciousness is all there is.   

An In-depth look at Evolution, Creationism and Reincarnation

The essay above has merely scratched the surface of the anti-evolution war.   For an in-depth analysis of this controversy, readers are directed to our truth101.org web site:°    And specifically to the pages titled:

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"That there's none so blind As those who will not see."  -- The Moody Blues, I Know You're Out There Somewhere

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