For someone wanting to be intellectually honest, surely you have to appreciate the complex issues involved in this topic for individuals and society. Therefore, to use one-liners like "The evidence is overwhelming" and "To deny the veracity of the theory can only call into question the denier’s intellectual honesty or cognitive competence" is unhelpful.
One option for me would be to just trust others' assurances about this overwhelming evidence. But the debate is quite polarised, so who do I trust? I've dug into the details a little, and I'm not convinced that evolutionists have really evenly considered the possibilities with an open mind as scientists should, as I said in Truth Science Wouldn’t Find—Part 1.
It is a fact no study of any of the life sciences makes any sense without foundation of the theory of evolution.
I highly doubt that. Historically, scientists who are creationists have made useful contributions to the life sciences. Mendel being a more famous example. Creationists agree with many foundational principles of biology, including genetic variation of populations over time, and natural selection. The thing that's in dispute is whether such mechanisms can take the credit for making life as we know it today from goo millions of years ago.
For someone wanting to be intellectually honest, surely you have to appreciate the complex issues involved in this topic for individuals and society. Therefore, to use one-liners like "The evidence is overwhelming" and "To deny the veracity of the theory can only call into question the denier’s intellectual honesty or cognitive competence" is unhelpful.
One option for me would be to just trust others' assurances about this overwhelming evidence. But the debate is quite polarised, so who do I trust? I've dug into the details a little, and I'm not convinced that evolutionists have really evenly considered the possibilities with an open mind as scientists should, as I said in Truth Science Wouldn’t Find—Part 1.
I highly doubt that. Historically, scientists who are creationists have made useful contributions to the life sciences. Mendel being a more famous example. Creationists agree with many foundational principles of biology, including genetic variation of populations over time, and natural selection. The thing that's in dispute is whether such mechanisms can take the credit for making life as we know it today from goo millions of years ago.