Letter to the Editor

Editor,

In light of the ongoing debate over creationism and evolution, I feel it necessary to point out a couple things that pro-evolutionists have either gotten wrong, or failed to mention.

For the past couple weeks, letters have been posted for and against the theory of evolution. Those who are proponents of evolution always make claims about the abundance of scientific evidence in support of this theory. But they fail to realize one important aspect that their argument relies upon.

There is no reasonable scientific evidence that I’ve seen or read to explain how life started. Sure, there are ideas that circle around, such as the Big Bang theory and the like, but nobody can give legitimate, founded evidence for this. Therefore, if we cannot substantiate the very beginnings of this theory, how can we then believe the rest of the idea? Without a foundation for the theory to stand on, how can it even exist?

I too believe in evolution within a species, but to believe in evolution on a grand scale, such as ALL living things originating from one cell that spontaneously appeared, I find ridiculous and dogmatic. How is it that a fish could evolve into an elephant? Or a seagull? Or any other animal for that matter? Correct me if I’m wrong, but one type of species (e.g. alligator) cannot evolve into another type (e.g. flamingo). This idea seems so implausible that it is laughable.

Lastly, your guest columnist, Jesse Walker, was completely wrong when he claimed that, “the LDS church has no official position on evolution.” In 1909, the First Presidency of the Church issued a proclamation titled, “The Origin of Man” debunking the theory of evolution. Anyone can find this proclamation online, by reading in Joseph Fielding Smith’s book “Man…His Origin and His Destiny” (pg 348), or in the “Improvement Era” (13:75-81. Nov. 1909).

When all is said and done, science has no more answers for the origin of man than religion does. Funny thing is, it takes just as much faith to believe in evolution as it does to believe in the creation.

Blair Wardle