The Strawman and the Strange Case of "Circular Reasoning"

Over the past month in my readings and Internet investigations, I was amazed at a rather narrowness of thinking that I found quite ironic.  In a quandary over the opinions about young earth creationism, I noted a tendency on both sides, evolutionist and creationist, to reduce the whole argument to a matter of circular reasoning.  The creationist denounced the evolutionist position by remarking that a reiterated referral to scientific principles in regard to the cosmological argument as engaging in the fallacy.  The evolutionist rejoinder was dismissing creation as a dogmatic response to evidence apart from scientific evidence.  In short "God made the universe because God stated as much in His Scriptures" was doing battle with "The big bang theory must dismiss a divine agent because in links to causality, God needs to be caused to effect the big bang."

I propose that both sides must admit to something quite shocking: in the expression of our individual worldviews, we have not gathered much substance to advance the ideas of such view without an apparent recurrence to a position we have stated was to be defended.  The hardcore proponent of any position that purports to any notion that surmises universal importance must caution himself of being so sure of the whole of the matter under discussion.  In short, too complicated to offer a simple response.

Attached to this post is a video that I noted was amazing in offering information on design within the universe, and how simple reflective, critical thinking might alter our understanding of the role of science, not because science is flawed, but just now becoming enlightened of the fullness of what must constitute life.  A contemplation of what DNA involves may endanger much of what Darwinism may have led us to comprehend.  Programming of Life offers an investigation of this matter over which we may have argued long and hard.  But it presents no simple resolution to the question about which we have accused the other side of reasoning in circles.

It is an awesome display of scientific thought. Watch and ponder.