Human Ancestor Remains Found in Ethiopia...they say.
ABC News: Human Ancestor Remains Found in Ethiopia
Why is it that regardless of the evidence that is presented in favor of Divine intervention, the scientific community dismisses it outright as impossible but part of a skeleton is found and it is immediately judged to be a human ancestor? Never mind, don't answer that. It was rhetorical and I know the answer.
There is a predisposition to naturalism that will not allow the possibility that there is actually more than man. It doesn't make much sense, however, that man has ultimate knowledge when that same worldview does not allow or explain the origin of absolute knowledge to start with. How do you know you can trust what you know? It certainly doesn't come from naturalism.
This leads to the most ridiculous quote I've read in a while. According to Bruce Latimer, director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio, "Right now we can say this is the world's oldest bipedal (an animal walking on two feet) and what makes this significant is because what makes us human is walking upright."
Really. That is what makes us human? Walking upright? I guess I need to work harder at getting my dog to walk on its hind legs...then she can be human, too.
Latimer fails to see that what makes us human is a great deal more than the way we walk. Among other things that make us human is the ability to reason, though comments like those of Latimer bring that into real question. Nevertheless, humans exhibit the ability to rationalize that is unsurpassed in all of creation. We think things through. We understand there is a difference in "right" and "wrong".
We know, even when we wish to deny it, there is often a disparity between what is and what ought to be. We understand that eating our young or the kids of our neighbors is not acceptable...fortunately, we don't share that characteristic with much of the animal kingdom.
The point is simply that there is much greater reason that we are human than simply the way we walk. I have recognized that what makes me different is the relationship I have with my Creator. That is something animals do not possess. There is the ability to wonder and explore and desire and to curb my desire and to hope and to wish and to love...sacrificially...to weigh the consequences and make a determined choice to give up something...even ones life...for the love and life and another. That is something I've personally never experienced or heard of in the animal kingdom.
Yes, walking upright is a characteristic of humans, but it is certainly not the only or the most important one.
Why is it that regardless of the evidence that is presented in favor of Divine intervention, the scientific community dismisses it outright as impossible but part of a skeleton is found and it is immediately judged to be a human ancestor? Never mind, don't answer that. It was rhetorical and I know the answer.
There is a predisposition to naturalism that will not allow the possibility that there is actually more than man. It doesn't make much sense, however, that man has ultimate knowledge when that same worldview does not allow or explain the origin of absolute knowledge to start with. How do you know you can trust what you know? It certainly doesn't come from naturalism.This leads to the most ridiculous quote I've read in a while. According to Bruce Latimer, director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio, "Right now we can say this is the world's oldest bipedal (an animal walking on two feet) and what makes this significant is because what makes us human is walking upright."
Really. That is what makes us human? Walking upright? I guess I need to work harder at getting my dog to walk on its hind legs...then she can be human, too.
Latimer fails to see that what makes us human is a great deal more than the way we walk. Among other things that make us human is the ability to reason, though comments like those of Latimer bring that into real question. Nevertheless, humans exhibit the ability to rationalize that is unsurpassed in all of creation. We think things through. We understand there is a difference in "right" and "wrong".
We know, even when we wish to deny it, there is often a disparity between what is and what ought to be. We understand that eating our young or the kids of our neighbors is not acceptable...fortunately, we don't share that characteristic with much of the animal kingdom.
The point is simply that there is much greater reason that we are human than simply the way we walk. I have recognized that what makes me different is the relationship I have with my Creator. That is something animals do not possess. There is the ability to wonder and explore and desire and to curb my desire and to hope and to wish and to love...sacrificially...to weigh the consequences and make a determined choice to give up something...even ones life...for the love and life and another. That is something I've personally never experienced or heard of in the animal kingdom.
Yes, walking upright is a characteristic of humans, but it is certainly not the only or the most important one.
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 3/07/2005 09:15:00 AM
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Welcome back! Glad you're out again.
Sorry, but I have to answer your rhetorical question. In the article linked to this post, I don't see where anyone said that the remains were "immediately judged" to be a human ancestor. Just that they are what the archaeologists believe are a human ancestor. Further study of the remains will shed more light on this question. Also, you say "evidence" for divine intervention, but I feel that you and I use this word differently. Also, scientists I know don't call divine intervention impossible, just not demonstrated. I understand you disagree.
As for Mr. Latimer's quote, sounds funny when you put it that way, but I think it was just poor word choice.
Man, I've missed you! ;-) Thanks for the welcome. The news accounts around this story have been full of immediate assumptions, which tends to be the general pattern. It will be interesting to see how it develops. Hope you and your family are doing well.
Oh, yeah, GBear. I should have pointed out that the title to this post is theirs, not mine (ok, the "...they say" is mine), thereby making an immediate judgement before they wrote a word about the story. Take care, friend.
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