Sir: I thoroughly enjoyed reading Bill Elders’ letter to the editor, “In defense of creationism” in the March 26 Chatham Voice. He pointed out that the theory of evolution is just that, “a theory, an idea, an assumption that has not yet been proven.”
I would like to quote from an eminent world-renowned zoologist Pierre Grasse in support of that point. This quote is taken from his work, “Evolution of Living Organisms.”
“If one considers the great number of simultaneous, timely mutations satisfying existing needs involved in their genesis, one cannot fail to be confounded by so much harmony, so many lucky coincidences due entirely to omnipotent chance.
“What scientist would venture to estimate the chances of such a cascade, such an avalanche, of co-ordinated and mutually adjusted chance occurrences? The odds are infinitesimal.
“There is no law against daydreaming, but science must not indulge it.”
Please not that Grasse does not fall into either of the two categories – Christian or stupid – yet was well aware of the many problems the Darwinian theory of evolution presents, and made the effort to point them out in his prolific writings. Indeed, there are many more of his quotations that could be cited.
Now, for two quotes from Dr. John C. Lennox, professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, and Fellow in mathematics and the philosophy of science at Green Templeton College. He had debated Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens and lectured in many universities around the world. These quotes are from his book, “God’s Undertaker, Has Science Buried God?”
“I submit that, far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence. Inevitably, of course, not only those of us who do science, but all of us, have to choose the presupposition with which we start. There are not many options, essentially just two. Either human intelligence ultimately owes its origin to mindless matter or there is a Creator. It is strange that some people claim that it is their intelligence that leads them to prefer the first to the second.”
To which I might add that it doesn’t take much mental acuity to decide that the vast universe, with all of its stunning beauty, design and staggering complexity, did not come about by random chance from some indiscriminate source of mindless matter, but was deliberately created by God for a purpose. These matters of evolution versus creationism should be investigated honestly and thoroughly to arrive at conclusions based on the evidence – evidence that overwhelmingly shouts in favour of creationism.
I am thankful that so many are coming out in support of the obvious.
Heidi Lavoie
Chatham
