As I sit down to read last Thursday's Daily Aztec, two articles catch my eye. First is "A Leg Up," in which Jason Williams presents UCSD's new evidence for macroevolution. (Feb. 14) What I see is a whole bunch of scientists working hard to stretch the scientific truth in order to make people think that macroevolution is science.
"Scientists BELIEVE random..." is a quote straight from the article. Why is it that macroevolutionists can state that they are presenting science when they say they "believe" something. You'll rarely hear a creationist state that he or she can completely prove God's creation, but you'll most likely always here (sic) them say that they believe in creation, thus making it a religious belief (which they do not deny).
Which brings me to the second article that caught my attention. "Kansas: fighting the good fight against education," makes reference to the Kansas school board's trying to "rout evolution from K-12 curriculum." (Jason Williams, Feb. 14) Tell me, if you WERE to cut evolution from the public school system or even just teach creationism along with it, do you really think evolution would last?
Hitler once said that if you tell a lie long enough and loud enough, people will believe it. Well, macroevolution has been told long enough and loud enough that people do believe it. The only reason it is still around is that it is blended in with the real science that is being taught in our public schools.
Why don't all the macroevolutionists get together and teach their BELIEF in their own, self-funded school. To close, please do not ridicule me for my disbelief in macroevolution by saying that I do not believe in evolution at all. MICROevolution is scientific fact, but MACROevolution is not.
--Brian Chouinard
marine biology junior