Science is a Game
(Gleaned
from Games Some People play by Henry
Morris, Creation, 23(4) Sep-Nov 2001,p.35)
“Richard
Dickerson, an authority in chemical evolution says, ‘Science, fundamentally, is
a game. It is a game with one overriding
and defining rule. Rule No. 1: Let us
see how far and to what extent we can explain the behavior of the physical and
material universe in terms of purely physical and material causes, without
invoking the supernatural.’”1
“Thus,
evolutionary 'science' is not necessarily a search for truth, as we used to be
told, but a game in which they try
to find naturalistic causes, even for the origin of the universe and all in
it.”
“Dr.
Richard Lewontin of Harvard has …suggested this second rule…, ‘Scientists, like
others, sometimes tell deliberate lies, because they believe that small lies
can serve big truths.’”2
“Even
though [evolutionary] scientists never cite any real scientific evidence for
evolution [because there isn't any], [they] insist there is such evidence,
because any alternative is outlawed by the rules.
“A
third rule of this game …seems to be to insist that all scientists, by
definition are evolutionists. Even
though thousands of creationists with post graduate degrees are pursuing
careers in science, …[they are being] denied status as scientists by the
evolutionary establishment. The game
plan is that, no matter what scientific credentials they have, scientists
cannot be creationists without forfeiting their status as scientists.”
“In
fact, many think it would be better not to let creationists become scientists
at all.” A biology professor in charge
of the doctoral program at Virginia Tech will not allow a doctorate to be
granted to a creationist, no matter how outstanding his grades, dissertation,
or even his knowledge of evolutionary theory.
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“Another
1 Dickerson R. E., The Game of Science, Perspectives on Science and Faith 44:137, June 1992
2 Lewontin, R. C., The Inferiority Complex,
3 Patterson, J. W., Do Scientists and Scholars
discriminate unfairly against creationists? Journal
of the National Center for Science Education, p.19, Fall (Autumn) 1984
4 Frazier, K., Competence and Controversy, Skeptical Inquirer 8:2-5, Fall (Autumn) 1983