OK. I guess I missed your question unintentionally. Can you please go over it again?
RE: Evolution vs Creation: The dilemma of religious scientists
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Evolution vs Creation: The dilemma of religious scientists
That can certainly happen with comments of this length ;)
I guess my questions boil down to "What is the evidence you have for a creator?" and if it's anywhere near the evidence we have for evolution.
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Well. Let us say I do not have any scientifically tenable evidence. The basis of evolution that has not been evidenced for is what we religious people normally refer to as creator. You can call it a mere hypothesis but that is what I am holding on to until proven otherwise. I hope I have honestly addressed your question
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Yes, thank you for your honest answer.
What I honestly don't understand is why would anybody, especially a scientist, willfully hold a position that they understand is not supported by any evidence.
As far as science goes, that's objectively the wrong approach, don't you think? Aren't we supposed to withhold belief until the hypothesis becomes supported by an overwhelming amount of evidence and reliability?
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apologies for the late reply. Hypothesis can be tested to be correct or otherwise. That is why it is call hypothesis. If I hold on to the hypothesis that there is a creator, it remains an hypothesis until proven otherwise
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Even bigger apologies for the much slower reply! ;)
If something is obviously a hypothesis then, why would one assert it's true? That's the part I see as unreasonable. I'm not sure I understand what "hold a hypothesis" is supposed to mean exactly.
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Holding on to an hypothesis does not mean it is true. It is like holding on to a relationship until a better person comes around because you just don't want to be single
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I see. I wouldn't say it's a very good policy neither regarding the search for what's truth, nor regarding relationships actually ;)
When talking about unproven hypothesis, the question is why would you regard holding an unproven and largely unsubstantiated hypothesis as if it were true and as a truly defining feature of yourself and why would you try to put it on par with something that is clearly proven like the process of evolution? Their substantiation and the evidence supporting them are on vastly different levels.
Additionally, do you hold any of the alternate hypothesis to this one along side this one and if not, do you have any reason to differentiate them besides indoctrination? Is this a good reason?
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Dave, evidences supporting evolution are overwhelming, agreed. But these evidences prove nothing as far as creation is concerned. Like I said, I have a null hypothesis of an existence of a creator does not necessarily means it will hold true. It is just a null hypothesis that will be rejected as long as there are significant evidences disproving it. For now, I do not believe evolution and creation to be mutually exclusive.
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