people exist, running errands for God, or helping people in time of need. This whole belief system is a throwback to earlier times in human history, when the world was enchanted, populated with mystical and religious entities of all sorts (Greek Gods for example). Its existence today is a shadow land of beliefs, which co-exist with our more enlightened views about the universe. For most people, their view of the world rests with one foot in consciousness and the other ignorance. One of the more curious artifacts of supernatural belief is so-called Scientific Creationism. A quest to balance the mind’s interpretations of the Judeo-Christian Bible with the findings of modern science. Decades after the famous "Monkey trial" which debated the pros and cons of evolutionary discovery, we are still repeating this argument in the nation's public schools. The evolution on-creation debate which now rages in the United States, and elsewhere is tied to other issues. This includes prayer in schools, and indeed the role of religious instruction in the classroom and other civic institutions. It is also a highly charged, emotional debate. Creationists see evolution as part of a larger agenda aimed at religious belief itself. In a peculiar way, they may well be correct. But as with any debate, we should weigh the evidence and examine these raw facts as dispassionately as we can. Does the creationist view of the universe make sense? Is it a scientific claim, or a religious creed? And do the "facts" of modern science require the existence of a God? These questions may be answered now.Birds, which, according to both creation myths in Genesis, “were created on the same day as fish,”(Genesis) do not enter the fossil record until the Jurassic Period “190-136 million years ago”(Encarta). Representing an ultimate variation on the dinosaur theme, birds trace their descent from reptiles. This is quite different from...
