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Synopsis

There is no war between science and religion, the conflict occurs between between science and atheism. Atheists must steal from the very Being who makes reason and science possible in the first place.

Main Points Covered

The atheist’s favorite anti-God argument, macroevolution, large-scale changes over time that create new species, has never been shown to work. Microevolution, or small changes within a single species such as breeds of dogs, can be observed all around us, but does not support Darwin's theory of evolution; however, even if macroevolution was true, it would still rely on God for its implementation.

The very process of natural selection requires the existence and persistence of natural laws that are best explained by a Creator and Sustainer.

No physical or chemical reaction mandates the arrangement of the genetic letters along the spine of your DNA. [Signature in the Cell p. 58]

Physics and chemistry don’t determine the order of those genetic letters any more than physics and chemistry determine the order of the English letters in this sentence. Minds determine messages and codes; natural forces do not. [Signature in the Cell p. 58]
Turek referenced Meyer’s Darwin’s Doubt to demonstrate that the information found in DNA cannot be explained on the neo-Darwinian paradigm nor can the new life-forms we see in the Cambrian Explosion be accounted for by mutation and natural selection.

In order to construct any valid argument for atheism, the atheist has to steal tools from God’s universe because no such tools exist in the world of atheism.

There is no war between science and religion, the conflict occurs between between science and atheism Atheists must steal from the very Being who makes reason and science possible in the first place.