My question is who is Jerry Price and why does he distort the truth abouth the theory of evolution.

Thanks, Ryan

Ryan asked,

“My question is who is Jerry Price and why does he distort the truth about the theory of evolution.”

Answer:

Jerry Price was formerly on staff at the ERLC. He has since partially retired and serves on staff at a local church.

The ERLC affirms “the truth about” evolution which Mr. Price has laid out. However, you’ll note that every word of the above article is a quote of well cited material, not Mr. Price’s commentary.

If you disagree with this take on evolution, than it would be wise to familiarize yourself any of the references and authors cited above.

(Forgive the delayed reply.)

Hi Chris P.

Thank you for posting to our site and admitting your struggle with Evolution v. Creationism. I can assure you that you’re not alone in your search.

You are correct that both proving or disproving God may, indeed, be impossible. A good read on the subject is an article by Paul Copan titled The Presumptuousness of Atheism.

I’d encourage you to keep asking questions of both sides. I’d also recommend an interview that we re-aired on For Faith & Family radio just this week with Phillip Johnson (The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning, and Public Debate). (Free MP3 via download or podcast.)

Chris P. said,

I am surprised by Mr. Johnson’s suggestion that Christian parents teach their high-schoolers to “tune up their baloney detectors” when they listen to a science teacher, yet makes no such suggestion to do the same during a Sunday school class or sermon.

While I certainly won’t speak for Dr. Johnson, I would venture to say that his call for “baloney detection” would of course extend beyond the science room and into any given church or Sunday school. In fact, Scripture encourages us to test everything (1 Thess 5:21) and to be prepared with a reason for the hope that is within us (1 Peter 3:15).

Additionally, Johnson is simply making the case that a child’s ‘baloney detectors’ not be turned off during times of science study. Nowhere do we find him saying “turn on baloney detectors only during science class, then off for church and Sunday school.” He’s just not making that argument.

On the whole, I’d encourage your thinking and questioning of all sides of any debate. Thank you again for engaging in thoughtful dialogue at ERLC.com.

The part that really separates Evolution from religion is that it remains disprovable.  If something new explains the world better, science will accept the new paradigm because it will lead to better understanding.  The current conclusions are not dogma and further questions are sought out, studied, and submitted.  Evolution is science, not a leap of faith.

A religion has ideas that are beyond question.  Take the divine inspiration of Scripture.  If evidence showed that scripture is basically flawed, unreliable as history, is this acceptable?  A religion relies on basic leaps of faith upon which all else is built.  That is why they call it faith.

Science is not so much materialistic as empirical. Science looks to disprove theories.

Now, no creationist has ever come up with an explanation for the problem of oceanic islands: ocenaic islands are too far from a mainland for any animals but those who can swim or fly (birds, insects, some serpents and amphibians.) No land animals, mammal or serpent on oceanic islands: why wouldn’t God put land dwelling animals there?

Australia is a special case, opossums from the Americas crossed over during the Gondwanaland phase and, in the absence of other animals fanned out to become kangaroos, wallabies, etc etc. Since there were no placental mammals even two monotremes (egg laying mammals) survived, the echidna and platypus. Why didn’t God put cattle, horses, sheep, tigers etc etc in Australia?