Creationist Kurt Wise has given an interview for BP news. Wise earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in paleontology, studying under the late evolutionist Stephen J. Gould. As a result of Wise's commitment to Creationism, Richard Dawkins has called Wise “the greatest disappointment he knows in modern science.” That sounds like a badge of honour to me.
In the interview, Wise comments that evolutionists are motivated by fear in rejecting Creationism because belief in a Creator would make them accountable to God. Wise comments;
“If it’s true that there was a creation, then you realize that means there’s someone in control...And if there was a flood -- in other words, a creator who actually judged this creation -- that means we’re in big trouble. So I think there’s every reason why an evolutionist would be very frightened of creationists advocating creationism.”
Wise makes a very good point here - it reveals that the justification for evolution is not based on a purely rational and objective set of scientific criteria, but is based on an emotional response to a theological premise that God exists.
In terms of Creation and repeatable science, Wise commented that “... [Scientists] cannot deduce anything about a creation...[T]hey’ve never seen a creation before -- not a creation out of nothing of the universe. Their experience is limited to what they see and hear in the present. With those kinds of limitations, they couldn’t possibly deduce the right thing about the beginning of things.”
Wise also commented that evolution is itself a deeply religious belief. “Science drips with theology. You cannot do science without making theological assumptions.”
The full interview can be read here.
Creationist Kurt Wise critiques secular science on program
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