I need to loose a little weight. I read that the average American gains 3 pounds a year. Knowing that dieting does not work in the long run, I am trying something “brand new”.
I am focusing on changing my mind and the way I think of food. (Not chocolate, just food). While looking at the mind and much of the science around it, I learned some stuff I want to share with you as it relates to Is Evolution A Theory.
Evolutionary Science stops when evolutionary philosophy is interjected. The challenge is knowing when this takes place because science and philosophy often overlap.
It is not so much the overlap that bothers me, it the shameless presentation of the philosophical worldview or the religion known as scientific materialism.
According to scientific materialism, everything in the universe can and must be explained in clear and strict physical terms. Scientific materialism’s belief is that non-material things like God, dignity, honor, etc. are not items of true knowledge; thus, non-existent. Matter alone constitutes ultimate reality. Science alone tells truth.
For example, they deny that a higher power created and designed the universe. They might say something like this: “True, the universe looks designed by its really the product of strict physical laws and blind random chance.”
As for the mind and brain, I am amazed at how complex our minds and brains are. Scientific materialism may admit the appearance of design such as:
- how non-material minds emerge from purely physical processes.
- how consciousness experience arises from unconscious brain (neurobiological processes).
- How the non-material mind came to interact and control the physical body.
- why my conscious mind is trying to convince your conscious mind to believe something at all.
- And finally, why is scientific materialism trying so hard to present an accurate materialistic picture of the world and its creation if we came from lower animals who are concerned with preserving our adaptive behavior?
And another finally… if our cognitive faculties (my mind) only tell us what we need to survive and not what is true why trust them about anything at all?
Why do I not believe scientific materialism (or is evolution a theory)? Because it does not explain or cannot explain human nature. The dualism of human equality and personal identity is present and un-explainable by scientific materialism and evolution in general.
More personally, you are comprised of both a physical body and a nonphysical soul. We see this as our body changes, our continued identity remains unchanged. Why do you think there are so many people gathered at a sports stadium? While their bodies are old, overweight, and unfit to do battle on the field, their spirits and soul desire to control their opponent.
Think about it. You are not your body. Nick Vujicic proves this. Christopher Reeves told us this after his accident.
So, is evolution a theory? Why believe in a “scientific theory” that cannot scientifically explain its theories and is out of compliance with other laws of nature?