Proposition 18: Public Science Education
Should Be Neutral Regarding Purpose
“If a science course intends to discuss material origins from the perspective of a material ontology (which is essential to the nature of empirical science), there is no point at which the Genesis account becomes relevant, because Genesis does not concern material origins and does not have a material ontology.”
“… Genesis is not metaphysically neutral—it mandates an affirmation of purpose, but it leaves the descriptive mechanism for material origins undetermined.”
“Science is designed only to operate within the closed system of the material universe—it ought not therefore pass judgment on whether or not there is anything outside the material universe. It therefore should not draw dysteleological conclusions if it is seeking to restrict itself to valid science.”
“Science is designed only to operate within the closed system of the material universe—it ought not therefore pass judgment on whether or not there is anything outside the material universe. It therefore should not draw dysteleological conclusions if it is seeking to restrict itself to valid science.”
Excerpts From: John H. Walton. “The Lost World of Genesis One.” Apple Books. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one/id870735215?mt=11