Plagues have been a major part of human history, which is why humans had a life expectancy of 20-30 years and an infant mortality rate of about 50% until the advent of modern medicine. The influenza virus mutates and evolves like hell, but luckily the scientists at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta use an evolutionary model to track the various strains and subspecies of the flu virus.
Likewise with the rest of modern medicine: evolutionary theory is the conceptual bedrock on which nearly all modern medicine is based. The Human Genome Project, gene therapy, and many other cures simply wouldn't exist without an evolutionary model. Luckily, you creationists profit from all this modern medicine in spite of your willful ignorance.
What if, for argument's sake, you had to sign an affidavit affirming belief in evolution to get vaccinated or admitted to a hospital? Would you creationists sign the document or would you take your chances with faith healing and prayer?
2007-10-05
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