FROM THE EDITORS August 15, 2005 Issue

WHY THE TRUTH ABOUT CREATION MATTERS

The ongoing debate between scientists and religionists over competing theories of creation might seem just another argument in an already noisy public square. But searching for truth is never insignificant, and in this case, getting to truth may be the most crucial quest of them all. It would markedly improve human health and welfare.

That's a substantial claim to make. So it would be helpful to consider first the contenders in this struggle over the fundamentals of existence, and then why a third stream of research and discovery deserves a much closer look.

With extensive research in cosmology, geology, and biology under their collective belt, evolution scientists maintain that the universe began with a massive explosion more than 10 billion years ago, and that human beings evolved from lower forms of life over millions of years.

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