The emergence of life and consciousness remains one of the most significant challenges for evolutionists. Despite their inability to explain it, they maintain that life originated from non-living matter. However, no experimental evidence substantiates this assertion.1 Moreover, while they often dismiss the findings of creationist researchers, they themselves rely on speculative concepts when faced with phenomena that materialistic naturalism fails to account for.
Panpsychism: conscious matter
In an attempt to explain the origins of human consciousness, some secular scientists put forward panpsychism—a theory suggesting that all material objects possess some form of consciousness. But what is the basis for such a claim?
If humans are merely biological, material beings, as the evolutionary perspective suggests, how can consciousness be accounted for? Advocates of panpsychism argue that consciousness is a fundamental characteristic of matter itself, asserting that every object, down to individual particles, possesses at least a minimal degree of awareness.
To accept such a notion as true would be to concede that a self-aware object can move independently, without any external influence. Physicist and astronomer Gregory Matloff, for example, has suggested that some stars may consciously alter their trajectories. As part of his hypothesis, he outlines two possible mechanisms: the deliberate emission of matter in a single direction and, perhaps most strikingly, the influence of a psychokinetic force.2
Yet evolutionists take pride in their unwavering commitment to empirical science…
A ‘scientific’ absurdity
The Bible offers the most compelling explanation for the origin of human consciousness.3 Yet, secular scientists reject this view, leading them to propose theories that not only hinder future scientific progress but also cast doubt on the vast body of established knowledge. If such an intellectual climate had prevailed centuries ago, would modern science have developed at all?
Take Newton’s laws of motion, for instance. Would it be logical to apply these principles to predict an object’s trajectory in space if that object could alter its motion at will? If an object were capable of choosing its movement arbitrarily, it would not be acting in response to an unbalanced external force. This would ultimately call into question the very foundations of science—particularly physics—rendering its principles unreliable.
Secular scientists contend that accepting biblical creationism would obstruct scientific progress, yet history tells a different story. The development of science was largely driven by founders who held a biblical worldview.4 Their belief in the Bible allowed them to recognise—and later demonstrate—that the universe follows inherent mathematical principles and operates according to consistent physical laws that can be understood by humans. However, evolutionists often overlook this, dismissing the Christian perspective without considering the broader implications of such a rejection for the foundations of science.
The real reason
Why do scientists entertain such irrational explanations? What compels them to adopt mystical theories? Is it a genuine commitment to science and the pursuit of knowledge, or is it, perhaps, a deliberate attempt to exclude God from their reasoning at any cost? It is worth considering that our beliefs have far-reaching practical consequences.
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Footnotes
- Tomkins, J. P., ‘The Impossibility of Life’s Evolutionary Beginnings’, Acts & Facts, vol. 47, no. 3, 2018, pp. 11–14.
- Matloff, G. L., ‘Stellar Consciousness: Can Panpsychism Emerge as an Observational Science?’, EdgeScience, no. 29, 2017, pp. 9–14.
- The Bible, New King James Version, 1982, Genesis 2:7.
- Hebert, J., ‘How Theology Informs Science’, Acts & Facts, vol. 45, no. 5, 2016, p. 14.
Based on: J. Hebert, ‘Evolutionary Mysticism and the End of Science,’ Acts & Facts, Institute for Creation Research, April 2018, p. 14.
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