plot summary?
plot summary?
Can someone help me out here? Jim, in many many words, is striving to answer the question of whether evolution is science with discussions of the fundamental source of all logic. I am better versed in graphic design than in philosophy, so I confess to struggling with the chain of logic here. As I am a professional biologist, I freely acknowledge that I accept the scientist's view of science more than the fundamentalist theologian's view of science, and therefore may be overlooking or misrepresenting Jim's position. I wonder if y'all can help me distill the essential points fairly, accurately and concisely?
“Evolution is not science.”
- “Evolution is not science because it is illogical.”
-- “Evolution is illogical because it contradicts God, who is the source of all logic."
--- "We infer that God is the source of all logic because He created the universe and everything in it, which would thus include logic."
--- “Evolution contradicts God specifically by contradicting God's version of what actually happened."
---- "God told us what actually happened through His Word, also known as the Bible."
----- "All events that are reported in the Bible happened exactly as originally written, and we have the complete and accurate version of what was originally written."
[sorry, I'm missing the justification for the above two claims]
----- "The Bible is the Word of God because God tells us it is."
------ "God tells us it is His Word through His Word, also known as the Bible."
Replacing "evolution" with other scientific theories or discplines seems to support this interpretation. "The Big Bang Theory" is not science, for the reasons given. "Cell Theory," "Germ Theory," "Chemistry," "Ecology," on the other hand, are not disqualified as science.
I want to make this as accurate as possible. If you don't think this accurately describes the line of reasoning, please help me clarify it. But make sure that your reasoning would properly identify evolution as non-science and other scientific disciplines as either science or non-science.