Letters to the Editor

I worked for years in the aerospace industry and helped engineer the Mercury and Gemini space programs. While I am a born-again believer and a creation scientist, the following 10 statements discuss only scientific problems with evolution theory.

1. No one has ever seen anything Darwinian evolve (macro-evolution).

2. The fossil record shows no intermediate forms.

3. Living species show no intermediate forms.

4. Natural selection removes rare mutations.

5. The Law of Biogenesis proves Darwinism is impossible.

6. The DNA Code Barrier proves Darwinism is impossible.

7. Gene Depletion proves Darwinism is impossible.

8. The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics proves Darwinism is impossible.

9. Mathematical probability says Darwinism is impossible.

10. No one has ever seen nature add new and beneficial data or information to an existing gene pool.

It is sad that so many modern scientists do not attempt to prove paradigms or theories like evolution wrong. They merely interpret their data in terms of the paradigm. Evolution for them is a philosophical starting point, not a scientific observation.

It is unconscionable in the tax-supported public schools of our pluralistic democratic society to indoctrinate our young people in an unproven evolutionary theory while denying them the opportunity to even consider the evidence for Creation Science that thousands of scientists have found to be compelling. This results in a denial of academic and religious freedoms, indoctrination in a materialistic, mechanistic philosophy that encourages belief in atheism and agnosticism, and is poor science and poor education.

The guidelines on teaching evolution are unconstitutional under the Florida constitution Article 1 section 3 which states in part, "No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution."

Teaching evolution at public expense promotes the religious denomination of secular humanism. Their articles of faith in the Humanist Manifesto I and II state that the universe is "self existing and not created," "man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as the result of a continuous process," and "the human species is an emergence from natural evolutionary forces."

Maybe the education folks should concentrate more on the teaching of reading and understanding of the Florida Constitution than trying to indoctrinate the children in government schools in the established state religion of secular humanism. Science was taught quite well and scientific discoveries were made for centuries before Darwin came on the scene.

Florida has a choice: God's law or chaos.