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A creationist lecturer drew sharp criticism from a few students Saturday while arguing biblical creationism is more logical than evolution.
Sid Galloway presented his "Evidence — Answers Seminar" at the Chapel on the Campus. His two-hour talk was condensed from a six-hour lecture Galloway gives as part of his "Good Shepherd Initiative."
"The Bible doesn't teach that faith is a feeling — it is to be rational," he said. "Don't believe anything I say today unless you can find evidence for it."
Galloway's lecture was built around information from Christian scientists, including the inventors of the MRI, the Gene Gun at Cornell University and the TERRA geophysical supercomputer at Los Alamos Labs.
Galloway argued scientists who challenge evolution in favor of creationism are often ignored.
"There is a very active persecution of those who stand for a biblical worldview, especially in the worlds of science and academia," he said.
Galloway's evidence — which takes up more than 200 slides in its full form — challenged what he called "atheistic science."
First, he argued against the Big Bang theory.
"The theory is that nothing somehow became something, and that something suddenly exploded," he said.
Galloway argued the theory doesn't make sense.
"Zero plus zero equals zero," he said. "Nobody plus nothing equals zero."
Second, Galloway said DNA couldn't have evolved spontaneously because it's too complex.
"[DNA] is the best scientific evidence for God," he claimed. "This is why so many people who were atheists are coming to say ‘there might be an intelligent designer.'"
Finally, Galloway said mutations — the mechanism he argues "drives" the theory of evolution — don't lead to evolution, but to devolution.
"Mutations don't add," he argued. "Mutations take away."
Galloway said mutations are slowly eroding humanity's gene pool, which accounts for the lengthy life-spans of people in the Old Testament.
After arguing a biblical worldview was more logical, Galloway said an atheistic worldview is potentially dangerous.
"It undercuts everything about morality," he said.
Galloway argued that evolution is often used to fuel racism.
"If you read [Charles Darwin's] ‘Descent of Man,' it's obscenely racist," he said. "At the core of Hitler's belief was evolution."
Galloway, who believes the universe is thousands of years old, not billions, said evolution directly contradicts Christianity, because suffering would have existed in the world long before Adam and Eve bit into forbidden fruit.
"They cannot both be in harmony," he maintained. "They are incompatible."
Galloway's lecture was interrupted several times by one student protesting his material.
"You're young. You're passionate. I remember when I was like that," he said after one interruption. "But please be nice to these other people who are trying to listen."
"I am being nice," the student fired back. "I'm pointing out that you're lying."
Galloway answered questions from the audience after his lecture, including students who challenged his arguments.
"The Q&A was the most fun, with a number of angry atheistic evolutionists, who became so emotional it was fun maintaining order," Galloway posted on Facebook. "As I shared during the outbursts, it reminded me of my zoo-keeping days when I had to go out into the wolves' and hyenas' enclosure and chase them into the right den with a stick."
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Beneficial mutations...hmmm Human Ape, got any examples of beneficial mutations? You know the ones that would account for going from disorder to order (HIGHLY complex order I might add)? Oh yes, and one other thing-- doesnt that defy the whole law of thermodynamics thing too? Why dont you chalenge him to an open debate in a similar forum-- you can present your "science" and he can present his--and you both can respond to each other...I'm sure in the process, the audience will be able to fairly judge the outcome...
A speaker like this is the last thing Louisiana needs, with creationism being presented in better light than evolution in many classrooms. Louisiana is lacking in decent science education, and this is not helping.No true scientist would ever discard evolution.Not to mention that evolution can work right alongside with a belief in a higher power or creator, as explained to me by a Jesuit priest and philosophy professor. Religion is not an excuse to deny scientific evidence and facts.In the end, all of this is lies and does nothing to promote scientific understanding or a healthy, educated mind.
and the evaluation of both sides, there are 100's of PhD scholars
in science, history, archaeology, philosophy, logic, etc, who support a biblical worldview.
In fact, it's been exciting seeing more and more world renowned scientists taking a stand for Christ and biblical creation. I have met and interviewed many of them, such as:
- Raymond Damadian MD, Inventor of the MRI
- John Sanford PhD, Cornell University,
Inventor of the Gene Gun (Excellent new book, GENETIC ENTROPY)
- John Baumgardner PhD, Los Alamos,
Inventor of TERRA supercomputer geophysics program
- John Hartnett PhD, W. Australian Univ. Cosmologist
(New Book, Starlight, Time, and the New Physics)
- David Menton MD, Acclaimed anatomy Prof.
Wash. Univ. School of Medicine
- Richard Lumsden PhD, former Dean of Tulane's Graduate Biology Dept.
Received the highest internationally award in parasitology.
- 100's of others
SID GALLOWAY - The Speaker
********And yet, god coming from nothing - or 'always existing' somehow seems to make perfect sense. Please explain how that works.********
Galloway said an atheistic worldview is potentially dangerous."It undercuts everything about morality," he said.
********I see...So, people are moral and act with good intent only under threat of eternal damnation and hellfire? Take away the promise of punishment, and we all become immoral, evil killers? Wouldn't that mean that we aren't actually being moral, but that we are just afraid? A hungry lion will kill a gazelle - but if you hurt it every time that it tries to do so, have you made it into a vegetarian? Or have you just made it into a hungry, but fearful lion?********
"At the core of Hitler's belief was evolution."
********A dubious claim at best, given this quote from Hitler:"Where do we acquire the right to believe that man has not always been what he is now? The study of nature teaches us that, in the animal kingdom just as much as in the vegetable kingdom, variations have occurred. They've occurred within the species, but none of these variations has an importance comparable with that which separates man from the monkey ��������� assuming that this transformation really took place."
In the end, you are simply trying to use two different standards of proof because using the same standard would put your own beliefs at a distinct disadvantage.