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A question from H. Victor Youngmeyer of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico:
No one saw God create life. No one has seen the spontaneous creation of life. Some scientists believe God created life. Some believe it began spontaneously. If the beliefs of both groups are based on faith, why is the faith of one group given prominence over the other?
Dr. Donald Kennedy, chair of the panel that authored the new guidelines, responds:
The fact that no one has see the creation of life does not mean
that we cannot draw scientific inferences about it; we haven't
seen the electron either, but physicists have derived a very
thorough knowledge of its mass and its other properties. But
the origin of life is certainly not as clearly understood by
scientists as the evolution of life once it started; thus there
is certainly room for religious explanations.
Dr. Carl Herbster, president of the American Association of Christian Schools, responds:
The experiment of the famous scientist, Louis Pasteur, disproved
spontaneous generation. Non-life cannot beget life. The complexity
and design of the universe demand an intelligent Designer--God. The
evidence points to God as creator, but there is no evidence for
spontaneous generation.
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