Gaining the High Ground over Evolutionism
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The same argument (design in nature) continues to be used today in the intelligent design movement: certain scientific findings (the information content of DNA, the intricate complexities of living cells, etc.) lead to inferences that living things have been intelligently designed. But as mechanical philosophy was then, the practice of science today is similarly predicated on excluding the consideration of purpose and design in nature. A charge that science is atheistic is therefore not without grounds when science attempts to explain our existence without reference to any purpose or design. The design argument did not stop the trend toward atheism then, and it is doubtful that it can turn science back toward theism today. This is because the answer to the question of whether or not the natural world is designed seems to have turned on an upfront decision on whether or not to consider design. What history shows is that science’s answer depends not on scientific findings but on a predisposition to accept that idea or not. Modern thinking is often confused: The precondition of science is being taken as a conclusion of science by many who would rather not have to deal with supernatural factors.
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The controversy surrounding the origin of the universe, earth, and all living things is an ongoing debate in the public sphere. In Gaining the High Ground over Evolutionism, author Robert J. O’Keefe presents analysis leading to the realization that to obtain knowledge of origin is also to discover the origin of knowledge.
Gaining the High Ground over Evolutionism recognizes the ideological nature of the topic of origin. It steps out of the realm of science and begins to deal with the question by reviewing the scientific revolution and its implications in Western thought, studying the interpretation of Genesis 1, and describing relevant aspects of the history of geology, biology, and astronomy.
O’Keefe summarizes science as a means of gaining knowledge and discusses the scientific method as it is applied to natural history. He examines how the court system has dealt with the controversy; draws points from C. S. Lewis’s argument against naturalism; and then confronts the ideology behind evolutionary science, the philosophy of naturalism, presenting what he sees are the best arguments against it. Finally, he summons back the grounds for the authority of the Bible and discusses the partnership of reason and faith.
Expanding the scope of inquiry beyond the confines of science, O’Keefe shows that the idea of a creator needs to be attended with more seriousness than post-Enlightenment science and philosophy have ever thought necessary.
About the Author
Robert J. O’Keefe earned a Master of Science degree in engineering from Purdue University. Questions and comments may be sent to him at GTHGOE@gmail.com or posted at the following site: http://myforum.
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