I am honestly interested. Is there a well-respected biologist or a scientist from another relevant discipline - that advocates intelligent design / creationism?
2006-12-01 06:25:50 · 16 answers · asked by Antonym 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
None that I know of.
I never came across any scientific research project supporting creationism which has been published as a peer reviewed article in a reputable science journal (I would not count any publications in anything like "the journal for creationist research"). You can go to databases for science research like medline http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed and search for it yourself.
A creationist scientist is an oxymoron anyway. Creationism is not science, despite any claims to the contrary. The supernatural or higher being is not part of science, not because scientist say it doesn't exist, just because that it's existance is not accessible to any scientific method. Calling a creationist a philosopher would be OK with the scientists (I am not a philosopher, so I don't know what the philosophers opinion on that will be).
PS, there are definitely reputable biologists who believe in god. They just don't try to prove god with science.
2006-12-01 06:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by convictedidiot 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
7% of the National Academy of Science believe in a god. None of those are biologists. Similar results with the Royal Society.
I want to say Kenneth Miller is a respectable Professor but have to look it up. - OK I looked up Kenneth Miller's page at Brown U and I'm thinking he does not indeed believe. I have not read his book "Finding Darwin's God" but he isn't coming from the creation side I realize. He IS a Christian though http://brownalumnimagazine.com/storydetail.cfm?Id=1838
"I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religion than it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
Einstein
2006-12-01 14:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no scientist supporting creationism who is respected by others in the scientific community.
This is because creationism is unscientific - it's an idea that ignores a wealth of evidence. Whatever the criticisms of evolutionist theories, they are scientific - they change as new evidence comes to light.
Einstein may have believed in a creator i.e. God, but he didn't believe in Creationism - the literal interpretation of Genesis. Most Christians can accept Big Bang, Darwin and God - with God as the universal creator setting everything in motion, rather than an allegory of six-day creation.
2006-12-01 14:31:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, because intelligent design / creationism simply isn't science. Therefore no "scientist" can be a proponent of it.
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Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of objective knowledge. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research.
There are different points of view regarding the scientific method: Methodological naturalism maintains that scientific investigation must adhere to empirical study and independent verification as a process for properly developing and evaluating natural explanations for observable phenomena. Methodological naturalism typically, therefore, rejects supernatural explanations, arguments from authority and biased observational studies.
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See? No "supernatural explanations" which is what creationism / ID proposes. Not science, therefore, no scientists study it.
2006-12-01 14:32:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no respected scientist who supports pseudo-science.
And Einstein's beliefs had nothing to do with support of a bogus hypothesis. He was a strong supporter of Darwin and evolutionary science.
But if you have a need to believe in some other theory, you will find a way, and science and logic be damned!
2006-12-01 14:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science and ridiculous superstition just don't fit together..
trying to find a respectable scientist who believes the universe was made in 6 days by a bearded man sat on a cloud is like trying to find a turkey that's looking forward to christmas.....it just isn't going to happen.
2006-12-01 17:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by mainwoolly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends who you want to respect him or her? If it is serious scientists, the answer is that there isn't one. If it is religious quacks, then just type 'intelligent design' into a search engine and take your pick - there are lot's of "PhD"'s out there claiming proof of creationism (although where they got their degrees is probably a question to be asked!)
2006-12-01 14:32:25 · answer #7 · answered by maxxx 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on who's giving the respect.
If the respect is coming from the scientific community as a whole... no.
Edit - Einstein was a secular Jew...
2006-12-01 14:28:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. Fairy tales and legends are one thing, science is something else.
Check the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for refreshing legends:
http://www.venganza.org/
2006-12-01 14:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many of the giants of science were creationists:
Newton, Faraday, Bacon, Pascal, Boyle, Joule, Maxwell, Pasteur, Kepler, Kelvin.
Huge list of living scientists here:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/bios/default.asp
Evolution is a modern (unscientific) abberation.
2006-12-01 15:14:14 · answer #10 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋