From: mlee@post.RoyalRoads.ca (Malcolm Lee)
Subject: Re: THE MIND OF THE BIBLE BELIEVER
Organization: Royal Roads Military College, Victoria, B.C.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:41:12 GMT


I apologize for not responding sooner.  My node's been down for a while.

|> In article <1993Jan16.021728.18829@netcom.com> madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann) writes:
|> }mlee@post.RoyalRoads.ca (Malcolm Lee) writes: >
|> }madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann) writes: >|>
|> }>|> You miss the point.  Christians insist on teaching Creationism as
|> }>|> science, get good science curricula banned because this would lead
|> }>|> to children questioning their faith, and so on.  To be a good
|> }>|> scientist, a person must know how to use logic, how to see through
|> }>|> assumptions, and ought to question everything.  Needless to say,
|> }>|> this is in opposition to Christianity.
|> }>|> 
|> }>As for Creationism, you can't disprove it.  
|> 
|>   [ Some material deleted for brevity ]
|>
|> }It is absolutely impossible to accept the theory of Literal
|> }Creationism without dismissing almost every branch of science,
|> }INCLUDING Computer Science.  You see, evolution has been shown
|> }in software viruses.  It's a very consistent model.
|> }
A software virus does not evolve, it propagates.  A software virus may
mutate itself to take into account the current configuration of the
system that it is trying to infect but it is still basically the same
virus.  I can still use the same anti-viral program to clean it out no
matter which mutation it takes on.  There is no way that it will change
to a completely new species of computer virus as your theory of evolution
would imply.  A Michaelangelo virus will not change itself to the Stoned
virus no matter how many permutations you go through.  Computer viruses
do not evolve and neither do living species.  We can agree to disagree on
this point.


|> }>Evolution is only a theory.  
|> }
|> }Turn off the tape recorder and think, Malcolm.  Do you know what
|> }a theory is?  Can you give me a definition?  Can you define the
|> }Scientific Method?
|> }
|> }I don't think you know diddly-squat about science, because I bet
|> }you can't answer any of these questions.
|> }
Aren't we getting a tad personal here?  I'm not asking you to agree
with what I believe in but I do ask for common courtesy.  We do disagree
on many points and it is not likely that either one of us is going to 
change our beliefs.  At the very least, we can still be civil.

I probably am infuriating you, Maddi.  I don't intend to be so annoying
but there's nothing that you've said that will disuade my belief in God.
And, no, I cannot prove that He exists but neither can you disprove that
He exists.  All I know is that He is real to me and He has played a very
active role in my life.

I will admit that you are a better scientist than I am.  The Evolution-
Creationism debate is not one of my interests.  I have limited knowledge
regarding both subjects and am not interested in biology.  I'm a Comp Sci
geek, remember.

|> }>I don't agree with banning
|> }>any science curricula.  I think that children should be allowed to make
|> }>their own decisions.  And I am a Christian too.
|> }
|> }Well, the problem is that you're mixing science and religion.
|> }How would you like it if your kids were taught the Norse Creation
|> }Theory in science class.  The Vedic Creation Theory?  You see the
|> }can of worms you're opening?
|> 

I'm open to that.  Since when has an open mind been a can of worms? 

God be with you.