What is science if not an effort to sort causes and effects? Since causes generally precede effects they will always be in the "past" eventually. Science formulates theories so that it can make useful predictions about the "future".
Science does a real good job of explaining the forces which create a land form such as the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It took more time to form than the bible says there has been since 'creation'. If creationist 'scientists' want to test an alternate theory .. say a great flood .. they can try studying the geologic record. It would be better science if they started by sorting out what is known about various types of rocks and how long they take to form. Then they can state a specific hypothesis to see how well the exposed formations in the canyon support it.
Science makes use of both the present and the past to make predictions about both the future and the past. It doesn't have all the answers but it does have our best, rational guess about what went down to create what we see today. In the bible all you really have is a creation myth. Hardly unique by the way. There are lots of them arising everywhere men have lived. That is the shelf your bible belongs on, not on a science reference shelf. The bible is a story not a reference book.
Science does a real good job of explaining the forces which create a land form such as the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It took more time to form than the bible says there has been since 'creation'. If creationist 'scientists' want to test an alternate theory .. say a great flood .. they can try studying the geologic record. It would be better science if they started by sorting out what is known about various types of rocks and how long they take to form. Then they can state a specific hypothesis to see how well the exposed formations in the canyon support it.
Science makes use of both the present and the past to make predictions about both the future and the past. It doesn't have all the answers but it does have our best, rational guess about what went down to create what we see today. In the bible all you really have is a creation myth. Hardly unique by the way. There are lots of them arising everywhere men have lived. That is the shelf your bible belongs on, not on a science reference shelf. The bible is a story not a reference book.
