The agnostic Robert Jastrow sums up the issue concisely and precisely when stating there are two beliefs and two theories.

 

The first theory is reliant upon a statement of faith that a supreme being has the power to create the laws of science, and thus is not subject to them. [and the facts support the opening statement of faith]

 

The second theory is also an act of faith; it assumes that the scientific view of the origin of life is correct even though we  no solid evidence to support that belief.  All we  have is a list of assumptions that have to be true for the theory to be true, but no way to establish if they are true.  This being so, the adherents of this theory, the theory of evolution, have to exercise faith in these assumptions hoping that they are true.  This places the question of the origins beyond scientific inquiry. 

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There is no third theory.

CSM has always been staffed by trained technologists and scientists, several were barristers and Investigative Journalists. All were skilled at dissecting arguments, establishing facts and determining the truth. Unlike a traditionally  “about us page” this page is not a list of beliefs, but a list of the key foundational facts that CSM stand by.
 

 

• At CSM we echo Jastrow’s view, an agnostic, that evolution is a belief system. Jastrow’s first option ran. ““The first theory…is a statement of faith in the power of a Supreme   Being”. We agree with Jackstrow’s recognition that his preference, evolution, cannot be   finally established, but is based on faith; and is simply an alternative faith to CSM’s belief in God.

 

• The historical facts reported in the Bible are just that; historical facts; mostly these are eye witness accounts beginning in Genesis which can also be established from extra-biblical sources. CSM’s   core mission is to communicate these facts beginning with the creation account reported in   Genesis, through the flood, to the Birth of Jesus.

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• Jesus’ death and resurrection are matters of historical fact, facts which build upon special  creation, and the subsequent establishment of the descendency from Adam to Jesus, the Son of God.

 

• The ‘Supreme Being’ that Jastrow invokes is the God of the Bible, which opens with four profound words, “in the   beginning God”. It goes on to describe God and his relationship with his creation. mankind, which was broken by his adversary, the devil. The bible describes that in order to restore the relationship it was necessary that God pay the ransom demanded by the devil for mankind’s salvation. That price was the death of his son, Jesus, on a Roman cross. The price was paid in full through the blood of Jesus.