User:B. Spivey

Hi,

I have always been interested in Science. My dad was a biochemist. When I first studied Biology at school in the 10th grade even though I was an agnostic it was a slight bit traumatic to be told about Evolution as a scientific fact. It was easy to infer even as a 14 year old that the creation story of the Bible was untrustable at the least. This also put me in a worldview crisis as I generally like to extract from what I am taught to practical application. The implication to me as I am sure to others is there is no meaning or purpose in life and no sturdy basis for morals. I weighed the pros and cons of this theory and the only pro I saw was no need to be ashamed to have unrestrained sexual desires. Something I still refrained from just in case there was a God who cared about morals and also because there was a part of me that wanted to save sex until marriage which I am sure could have been compromised if a willing 'hot babe' came along. Another thing that hit me even at this young age is there seemed to be no strong proof for Evolution. I saw through the finches change in beak size and peppered moths changin color as just adaptation not proof for macroevolution, yet I thought there must be better proof somewhere. I was still young so out of some lingering respect for my elders that I was young and they were wise I uncritically accepted that Evolution must be true. After all how could someone be so evil as to portray Evolution as proven if it were not or so claim it as true if there was any doubt.

I became a Christian in university and soon I came to trust the Bible. This let me have the question again about which is more true evolution, creation or theistic evolution. By accident I fell upon a book at the university library by a non-creationist scientist called "Evolution: A Theory in Crisis" by Michael Denton. I was surprised to see how many holes the theory of Evolution had in it. I researched more and soon became a strong believer in creation by God. It also made me angry that I would have been lied to in the public school. I still see it as lies but I understand more how people can be blinded by their prejudices.

Looking back I can say I had too much trust in Science being objective and the owner of the truth with no biases or prejudice. Science used to be an idol to me although I did not realize it. I reflect that if I would have had a 'teach the controversy' or both viewpoints science class when I was younger it would have been much more unbiased and according to true science rather than propaganda of the current science leaders bias.

Last it is great for me to study the creation and evolution debate and topics as it helps me to firm my own opinion. I am more convinced that ever that origins can only have come from a powerful creator. I am also very thankful to the Creator for creating us.

Thanks, Bruce Spivey

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