Why I support Kenneth R. Miller in the One Big Argument.

Having now completed reading Kenneth R. Millers Only a Theory
I will explain why I support his position in this debate and why he should be listened too.

What impressed me was his two prong attack on the Creationists and Intelligent Design:

• The evidence that contradicts the claims of ID and Creationism, such that there are no claims that stand up under even the minimum scrutiny.
• His support of Religion, even as a Evolutionary Biologist who is a practicing Roman Catholic. I am not a Catholic, however his position is one I take up against the New Atheists.

If you have ever wandered whether the Carbon Dating method is correct and why it is so, the all you need to do is read his essay in Science and Creationism, Ashley Montagu, 1984, OUP, p18 – 63, where he covers the Carbon 14 method first and its assumptions and then explains how it is supported by the Rubidium to Strontium decay, and therefore the C14 assumptions are verified. All because the various relative quantities between the three Strontium isotopes and Rubidium are constant and can be consistently mapped. He does this with a demonstration. It clears up the question for me with bells on and should be the gold standard for debating these Creationists.

Then we move on to Only A Theory where he covers a number of the more alleged objections from the more recent Intelligent Design crowd. They are:

• Bacterial Flagella:
• Information, The Conservation and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
• Predictions concerning Man (Homo Sapiens) relationship to Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodyte Troglodyte).
• The Human Globin Gene.

The lies and plagiarism of the ID set has really shown how bankrupt they are, and they all need to be held to account just like the hapless souls in Dover Pennsylvania who tried to introduce creationism in a public school, Dover Area High School, and denied and lied to a Federal Court Judge.  Such things are unchristian to say the least, after all, bearing false witness is a sin mentioned in the Ten Commandments.

I have now decided to be on Kenneth Millers side after reading his latest Only a Theory, which has given his view as an evolutionary biologist and a practicing Catholic.  He has covered evolutionary explanations for so many creationist themes I highly recommend his book if you need the explanations in a readable format like I do.  It covers the nonsense from Ken Ham (not the astronaut), Dembski, Behe, to nominate three of the anti-evolutionists.

The understanding of Genesis as a creation myth rather than a true story to be understood literally is one of the fights amongst religionists, and I feel such threats to such people should be considered unchristian.  They need to understand this too.  Science is explaining how the world was created not why.  Those who are the New Atheists need to back off a bit, however they too are getting death threats from so called Christians and remember the Dover School Board, after voting the creationists from the School Board were told they shouldn’t pray for assistance from the Almighty because they have rejected God by a prominent Christian Politician.  How hypocritical was that after a court case found that the creationists (Bonsell, Buckingham et al) were lying.

The Religions in the US should be teaching their congregations to support the Constitution and not knocking it down.  The Dominionists are trying to turn the US into a Theocratic state, resembling Fascism and Nazism of the past that my ancestors fought a world war to prevent.  This goal will result in any non-conformists from their definition being named Heretics and we know what happened when governments enforced religion in the past.  The trouble is we are not learning from history on many levels, not just the one under discussion here.

So if your public school is teaching religion, not just creationism in science class, but every thing including prayers at assembly, then contact the ACLU and find others of the same concern in your community.  This is not just about one thing, it is about freedom to practice your religion without being forced by others through the Government and their schools.