Understanding the Creationist Propaganda Model
July 8, 2013 at 4:09 am
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2013 at 4:42 am by Michael Schubert.)
Creationism, as all rational human beings know, is a global scam just like Scientology or the dumb conspiracy theories about John Kennedy's assassination. It is also an elaborately-disguised attempt by the Christian Dominionist Church to bring religion into public schools, which is largely illegal.
Essentially, what creationists do is say "this all looks like creation, therefore it all had to have a creator", which is entirely inconsistent with the Scientific Method. That is, the idea that everything requires a creator is not based on any empirical and eclectic research, it is simply a shot in the dark about the origins of life. Ray Comfort (aka the Banana Man) does this all of the time. On one occasion, he asserted the banana is direct evidence of god's creation because it is made perfectly to fit in your hand, and fits perfectly in your mouth. Little did Mr. Comfort know that today's yellow banana is an evolved hybrid of bananas originally grown in Japan and New Zealand. Comfort apologized for his mistake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfucpGCm5hY
The biggest falsehood behind the creationism idea: Not everything in nature is intelligently designed. For example, hold up two objects: a painting and a tree. We know through evidence that a painting is made by an intelligent mind. There is no possible way that a painting can occur naturally. A tree, on the other hand, does grow naturally. It begins as a seed or an acorn, and grows naturally with the help of nutrients from water.
Here is another myth perpetuated about evolution that creationists promulgate:
I believe in a Creator.
I don't believe that we are simply some accidents of nature.
Evolution, as I have said many times, is not accidental. Every step of the evolutionary process is built upon the previous. Human beings start off as archipelagos of sperm cells that join with a female's egg cells, and it then grows into a fertilized egg, and then you are born as a baby and you evolve into an adult. Creationists say that humans are somehow made perfect in God's image. Well, that is also objectively false. From the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment (a period of well over two centuries) to today, an intelligent mind has never once created an organism. If you have evidence of this, please bring it forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQZ4f9f_...0A&index=1
Creationists also do not realize they are attacking medical science when they cast doubt on evolution. Medical Science is derived from Evolutionary Science. Evolutionary Science says that all organisms start off as a smaller, simpler life form and with time naturally evolve into a larger, more complex life form. Medical scientists develop vaccines that kill a virus's cells before it can evolve into a larger, more complex life form. If the theory of evolution is not true, then why are there vaccines that work?
Listen to reason and science. It will help you think critically, and you will not be misled by irrational superstitions.
Essentially, what creationists do is say "this all looks like creation, therefore it all had to have a creator", which is entirely inconsistent with the Scientific Method. That is, the idea that everything requires a creator is not based on any empirical and eclectic research, it is simply a shot in the dark about the origins of life. Ray Comfort (aka the Banana Man) does this all of the time. On one occasion, he asserted the banana is direct evidence of god's creation because it is made perfectly to fit in your hand, and fits perfectly in your mouth. Little did Mr. Comfort know that today's yellow banana is an evolved hybrid of bananas originally grown in Japan and New Zealand. Comfort apologized for his mistake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfucpGCm5hY
The biggest falsehood behind the creationism idea: Not everything in nature is intelligently designed. For example, hold up two objects: a painting and a tree. We know through evidence that a painting is made by an intelligent mind. There is no possible way that a painting can occur naturally. A tree, on the other hand, does grow naturally. It begins as a seed or an acorn, and grows naturally with the help of nutrients from water.
Here is another myth perpetuated about evolution that creationists promulgate:
I believe in a Creator.
I don't believe that we are simply some accidents of nature.
Evolution, as I have said many times, is not accidental. Every step of the evolutionary process is built upon the previous. Human beings start off as archipelagos of sperm cells that join with a female's egg cells, and it then grows into a fertilized egg, and then you are born as a baby and you evolve into an adult. Creationists say that humans are somehow made perfect in God's image. Well, that is also objectively false. From the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment (a period of well over two centuries) to today, an intelligent mind has never once created an organism. If you have evidence of this, please bring it forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQZ4f9f_...0A&index=1
Creationists also do not realize they are attacking medical science when they cast doubt on evolution. Medical Science is derived from Evolutionary Science. Evolutionary Science says that all organisms start off as a smaller, simpler life form and with time naturally evolve into a larger, more complex life form. Medical scientists develop vaccines that kill a virus's cells before it can evolve into a larger, more complex life form. If the theory of evolution is not true, then why are there vaccines that work?
Listen to reason and science. It will help you think critically, and you will not be misled by irrational superstitions.
