{"id":22258,"date":"2014-03-12T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T15:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=22258"},"modified":"2014-03-12T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T15:18:15","slug":"cosmos-for-creationists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/03\/cosmos-for-creationists.html","title":{"rendered":"Cosmos for Creationists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p>HT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2014\/03\/12\/cosmos-for-creationists\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta<\/a><\/p>\nI found this funny. But there is a serious side to it. The truth is that young-earth creationists really do redact and selectively quote scientists to try to support their own bogus claims. And the substitution of \u201cGod\u201d in the place of a lengthy summary of scientific evidence, in addition to being comical, illustrates the more serious problems with those who treat the two as competing. Why not do the same to everything? When the weather report comes on, why not replace words that come after \u201cdue to\u201d (such as \u201chigh pressure system\u201d or \u201chumidity\u201d) with a long, droning of the word \u201cGod\u201d? Why not do the same at your doctor\u2019s appointment \u2013 \u201cYour stomach pains are caused by <del>an ulcer, which may be due to stress or diet<\/del>\u00a0God<\/strong><\/em>\u201c?<\/p>\nIf you feel threatened by science, it shouldn\u2019t be just the biological and astrophysical material on Cosmos, but all of it. And if you can make your peace with science, then you ought to be able to embrace Cosmos without the need for a voice-over.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HT Hemant Mehta I found this funny. But there is a serious side to it. The truth is that young-earth creationists really do redact and selectively quote scientists to try to support their own bogus claims. 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