The postulate of molecules-to-human evolution by natural selection (evolutionism), like creationism, cannot be demonstrated empirically. Therefore, the creationism-evolutionism controversy offers a choice between intelligent design (ID) by God and unintelligent design (UNID) by evolutionary selection. Scientists are split on philosophical grounds; for instance, Albert Einstein favoured ID whereas Richard Dawkins champions UNID. In 2005 physicist and information theorist Hubert Yockey established that the origin of life is ...
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The postulate of molecules-to-human evolution by natural selection (evolutionism), like creationism, cannot be demonstrated empirically. Therefore, the creationism-evolutionism controversy offers a choice between intelligent design (ID) by God and unintelligent design (UNID) by evolutionary selection. Scientists are split on philosophical grounds; for instance, Albert Einstein favoured ID whereas Richard Dawkins champions UNID. In 2005 physicist and information theorist Hubert Yockey established that the origin of life is unknowable through science. Accordingly, the origin of species is indeterminable by scientific methods. In 2007 distinguished philosopher Antony Flew, once a leading atheist, concluded after fifty years of studying scientific evidence that God designed the world. In reality, designers claim products; no product of a process can account for how it was designed or its ontology. The battle between the supporters of Dawkins and the late Stephen Jay Gould over the dynamics of evolution affirms this fact. John Rennie, the editor of Scientific American, has suggested that one way to override a purely evolutionary worldview would entail the creator/s appearing and claiming credit. Michael Ebifegha's The Death of Evolution provides details of God's ancient claim for having created the universe. Dawkins' The God Delusion fails to address this historical event; hence, his statement that There almost certainly is no God is flawed. The delusion as such is not about God but about materialism. Imposing materialism as the dead-end to all scientific investigation is tantamount to a version of fundamentalism that results in intellectual delusion. Both scientific evidence and philosophical analysis point to God as the Creator. God, moreover, affirms agency historically in a speech before an audience. Continued insistence on Darwinian evolution as the originating force brings scientific integrity into question. Dr. Michael Ebifegha is a Science and Mathematics Instructor at the Toronto District School Board.
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