Regarding the Nov. 18 column by Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer “Science isn’t religion’s foe: an idea that’s still evolving”:
I can agree with that part of his opinion but I do not agree with the contents of his article. First of all, Krauthammer assumes that evolution is a proven fact and that “intelligent design is a fraud,” but he does not give the evidence for his opinions.
As a scientist who has followed this debate on origins and the nature of life for many years, I can assure you that evolution is not a fact and that intelligent design is not a fraud. I have given a number of lectures on various aspects of the theory of evolution, creationism and intelligent design.
Evolution is, in fact, a theory that cannot even be falsified because experiments in evolution cannot be repeated as required by the scientific method. Looking at the facts, scientists have shown that “missing links” in the fossil record are still missing and that life cannot come from non-life.
Evolutionists have hijacked the meaning of science over the years by insisting on “natural explanations,” rather than explanations based on empirical results of scientific experiments, thereby using a definition that limits explanations to those that agree with the theory of evolution – a tautology at best. The theory of evolution is not based on solid scientific facts but is really a philosophy about how life started and “evolved” assuming that the theory is, in fact, true in the first place. Intelligent design is another scientific theory about the origins and nature of life based on mathematical and empirical scientific investigations. It does not limit itself to solely “natural explanations,” but allows supernatural explanations as well. Intelligent design permits the results of scientific investigations to speak for themselves.
Heinz Lycklama
Arlington
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