TSS is right. Creationism is not a science by any means. One definition of science is that is “the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by observing, measuring and experimenting.” You can’t really experiment on Creationism, nor can we observe it.
Of course, in a way, the same could be argued for evolution, but as it is ongoing, it is being observed and measured. Evolution is a conclusion that has been drawn from scientific observations and logical deductions, and therefore is a science in itself.
Just because Creationism isn’t a scientific theory doesn’t mean it’s automatically wrong. It just means that it’s more difficult to test it as a theory, and it is therefore both more difficult to either prove it or disprove it. With scientific theories, if you can find contradicting evidence that goes against what the theory states, (and it isn’t anomalous), then therefore the theory is disproved. You can’t do that with Creationism.
It’s probably why Evolutionists tend to try and prove the theory of Evolution in debates such as this, and Creationists tend to try and disprove the other theories- because it’s pretty impossible to prove the theory of Creationism itself. Things such as the Grand Canyon slope problem that A113 has pointed out, for example, may, in a sense, prove that certain parts of the Bible, but still fails to prove that Creationism is true.
Oh, and concerning the Colorado river thing, A113, I managed to find a page that produces some very convincing evidence as to why it is the way it is today, without the need of rivers that flow uphill. Here is an extract that demonstrates pretty well what the whole thing is trying to say-
“The river rapidly excavated not only the Grand Canyon, but as canyon cutting worked back upstream, all the rivers back to the Yampa/Green became entrenched where they happened to be at the time. In many cases this would be superimposed above improbable terrain. In the Grand Canyon itself, the last few million years have witnessed local uplifts of the Kaibab Plateau and areas to the east of the Hurricane and Toroweap Faults. This has forced the river to cut down even more rapidly in these areas resulting in very steep sided inner gorges. The rest of the last 5.4 million years would generate today’s western scenery.”
And here’s the link- durangobill.com/PaleoriversPart5.html
So, basically, other geographical factors need to be taken into consideration, with things like tectonic plates causing land to rise upwards as well as sink. It’s a pretty interesting read.
Creationism and evolutionism are ideas, not religions. But the both involve religions; creationism:Christianity::evolution:atheism.
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