Why the Age of the Earth Is Irrelevant in the Creation-Evolution Debate
In 1980, PBS launched “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” a TV series written and hosted by Carl Sagan. Each episode opened with Sagan’s lyrical phrase, “The cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.” The implied foregone conclusion is that Science (with a capital “S”) gives us the truth—biblical teaching need not apply.
Has this conflict between the Bible and science been ongoing since ancient times? The simple answer is, no. After the Roman Empire fell, much of “science” was dominated by Greek and Roman philosophies; the gods controlled the fates of men. But as Europe emerged from the Middle Ages, there was a rapid increase in...
is a (mostly) retired metallurgist. He received a BS in math and physics, before moving into materials science, then finishing with a Ph.D. in metallurgy. He is now spending some free time in exploring some of life’s generally accepted, but poorly supported ideas. For topics in biology, it helps a lot to have a wife who knows biology.
Get Salvo in your inbox! Elizabeth Siewertearned a BS in math and chemistry. She worked in the field of molecular biology at the University of Colorado for 15 years, carrying out research in genetics, where she learned a lot about biological systems. After her children were grown, she went on to earn a Ph.D. in biostatistics, thus combining her love for both math and biology. Her interest is in quantitatively modeling biological systems.
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