Letter to the Editor
Last Sunday (October 7, 2012), a letter to the editor appeared in the Orlando Sentinel that praised Darwin and evolution. The writer began with comments about the vastness of the universe and claims about "red dots" that supposedly indicated "galaxies near the beginning of the universe," and all of this was associated with the "Big Bang." Another argument that could have been opposed scientifically was that all "elements heavier than hydrogen and helium were generated in the explosions of massive stars" (all quotes and references are from page A21).
A quote from Carl Sagan was included, in which he posited: "We are all made of star stuff." He closed with a sentence from Darwin's On the Origin of Species which was lengthy (54 words) but nothing more than hifalutin gibberish. The main message is in the first eight words as he comments on his theory of the origin of life (as opposed to what the Scriptures teach): "There is grandeur in this view of life…." No, there is no grandeur in godlessness, as Karl Marx and the Communists who followed Darwin demonstrated.
The newspaper only allows 250 words (about the space of a good introduction) for letters to the editor; so everything could not be addressed. Below is what was submitted to the newspaper.
"Darwin Said It Best about Our Origins" by Jack Farabee, printed on October 7, is incorrect in part and misleading at best. Consider the telescope. For many centuries scientists thought there were only thousands of stars. Yet God, writing through Moses 3,500 years ago, stated that Abraham's descendants would be as uncountable "as the stars of the heaven and as the sand of the seashore" (Genesis 15:5; 22:17). These descriptions indicate the vastness of the universe that we now know exists (courtesy of the Hubble telescope and its predecessors). It took science almost 3,000 years to confirm what God knew in the beginning.
Second, most of the "proofs" for the mechanisms Darwin offered in his famous books have been rejected, which is the reason many refer to current evolution theories as neo-Darwinism.
Third, where did the "star stuff" come from? Is Farabee arguing that matter is eternal? If so, could he explain where conscience, morality, and logic originated, since matter does not possess these properties?
Finally, is Sagan a champion? He advocated Haeckel's "embryonic recapitulation" theory in Parade Magazine on April 22, 1990, although he certainly knew it had been discredited for decades. Furthermore, he ignored the offer to debate Dr. Thomas B. Warren, who had already met with world-renowned atheists, such as Antony G.N. Flew, at the time of the offer.
Neither Darwin nor Sagan settled the matter of origins; the latter turned down an opportunity to use all of his "scientific" knowledge to defeat a Creationist. Why?