The Trojan Horse Is Alive And Well

“The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.” – Psalm 14:1a

The evolution/creation debate will always be with us. These are two very different worldviews that cannot be blended into some happy compromise. The new flavor of the month is intelligent design or better known as id. The issue at hand is whether or not it should be taught in schools. Those who oppose the idea that the universe is a complex entity requiring a designer, claim to argue from the platform of science. It goes something like this. Evolution is based on scientific research, while creation is based on faith in the Bible. One is scientific and the other religious.

They further argue that the teaching of id in science class is simply a Trojan horse used by creationists to smuggle religion into the schools. At first blush these arguments seem valid, but closer examination reveals that the evolutionist is using the same methods they accuse the creationist of, but have cleverly disguised it so that it is almost unrecognizable. Here is what I mean.

There was a time when creation was taught in the public schools. The text used in public and private school was The New England Primer. This is the very textbook that the writers of the constitution used. What happened? Under the guise of science, the religion of evolution was hiding in the Trojan horse. Once inside the gates out come the lab coats, microscopes, and test tubes designed to cloak this religion in scientific garb, thus leaving the public to believe this is science. Wait just a microsecond. Just because tools of science are used to study a theory of how we arrived on planet earth does not make the theory scientific, anymore than using a telescope to find God makes religion scientific. This is a very clever smokescreen. Another concern from the scientific community is that science class will now turn into a class on theology. Strange how that never happened during Newton’s day or Kepler’s or Pasteur’s. These were men of great faith. Their faith drove them to find out the complexity of God’s design. Science is the tool that unlocks the greatness of God’s design. If Newton didn’t fear, why do we? That’s the way I see things.