mankind appeared less than 10,000 years ago? It seems to me that if either of the above hypotheses were correct there would be empirical evidence that any objective investigator could see. Can you please provide names?
2007-09-28 00:53:10 · 7 answers · asked by in a handbasket 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Honey, there ain't even any RELIGIOUS scientists (in the related fields) who believe in a 'young earth' or 'late man' theory.
2007-09-28 06:26:12 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I don't think that there would be any who believe in a literal Genesis account and are non-religious. If you could prove that the Genesis version was literally correct you'd convert pretty quickly!
I think a better question would be if any came to believe it without a religious belief. That is to say they were nonreligious before looking at the evidence. My guess is that there are none. The literal reading is nonsense and adherance to it is a religious not a scientific act.
An illuminating "who agrees?" question is how many religious people, scientists and non-scientists, do NOT believe in the "Young Earth" theory. It seems to me that not only is religion the only reason Young Earthers believe in it but also that it has to be a pretty "out there" extremist sect to require of its members a belief in that load of piffle.
2007-09-28 08:20:58 · answer #2 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The man who helped invent the MRI is named Ellery Schempp and he is a Unitarian/Universalist. I met him on Constitution Day at Southeast Louisiana University. He is an evolutionist. During question time after his talk, he gently knocked down a strawman a young student tried to set up concerning evolution.
Dr. Ellery Schempp is also less famous for a courageous civil disobedience action he undertook as a high school student in the 1950s: challenging state-mandated prayer and Bible readings. The case of Abington vs. Schempp was decided by the Supreme Court in 1963, with all of the conversative judges siding with Schempp (remember, this was when conservatives really were conservatives who protected the Bill of Rights).
Schempp went on to receive a doctorate in physics at Brown University, where his thesis laid the groundwork for what would become MRI. He worked on MRI development in the 1980s when the technology was available.
So, what a load of codswollop you have just posted about a great and humble American.
2007-09-28 08:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
There are plenty of them that are starting to realize that evolution does not answer many fundamental questions of how life began by itself or how it can evolve into higher life forms through time and chance....neither of which has ever been "observed" or tested in a lab which is the usual method for scientific evaluation. Evolution is merely a belief in "naturalism" in that everything came into existence without any supernatural support or creation which is being found to be impossible by many top scientists. There's lots of evidence to support a young earth and history of man as well but evidence and theories are viewed through the filter of a persons mindset or belief systems...there's always more than one explanation of things, the trick is to find out which is true. Check out some websites for creationism like Answersingenesis.com and others---they have articles written about the subject and do refer to non-religious scientist's that do not believe or understand evolution to be possible.
2007-09-28 08:11:06 · answer #4 · answered by paul h 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Debate/Ehrenreich.html
In response to Yoda, there are Creationists on every level. One has a Ph.D from Harvard, having studied under Gould. Dawkins is irritated enough with this guy to toss a few ad hominems his way, scientific critiques need not apply.
And notice all the thumbs-up for two contradicting stories. The MRI was invented by a team? It was invented by one man? Rebut the Creationist comment, logical coherence need not apply.
2007-09-28 08:06:49 · answer #5 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer by "jesus is lord" is, of course, an outright lie.
The MRI was not invented by one person, but by a team.
And there are NO young earth creationists with credible scientific credentials.
Take "Dr." Ken Hovind for example. An outright fraud who's "degree" comes from a diploma mill in Pennsylvania. For 300 bucks I could get a diploma for my cat that's as valid as his is.
Nothing but liars and frauds.
2007-09-28 07:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
I am not sure of any names,BUT,the man who invented the MRI is a young earth creationist,and a scientist
2007-09-28 07:57:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 9⤋