Arguments for and against Creationism in American schools

[The Celtic Viking]

Guys, sorry if I derail the thread ever so slightly. But something just occurred to me, and I frankly cannot imagine why it hadn't before.

Since I'm basically going to assume that The Celtic Viking has a more learned position regarding the scientific laws than myself(hey, I'm an accounting major ), I'm going to issue the query in his direction. The law of Conservation of Energy does state that energy cannot be destroyed or created, correct? Just that it is transferred in some manner or another?

Well, I wouldn't claim to sit in any kind of "learned position" either, but yes, you're correct.

Edit:

Well... yes.. that is correct... Things can't just appear from nowhere... (and yet they must come from somewhere).

Why? Why do you say it "must come from somewhere"? Why can't it just always have existed?

People seem to think it's fine that time will go on forever, so why do people have a problem with has gone on indefinitely? I'm not saying this is definitely so, I'm just saying that we know of no beginning as of yet, so there's no reason to assume there is one. Actually, it follows from the COEL that energy has simply always existed, albeit in different forms.

The fact that no-one can explain something at the moment, doesn't mean we should attribute those phenomena as something made by this "God".

Exactly.