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We oft confuse the two
And the two conflate
And we set store by the latter
Especially if he is great.
Like a Nobel Prize winner
He has to be right!
Thus, in his name
Science we must rewrite.
It’s about scholarship
And tested in a test tube,
What better way I ask you
Can we origins prove?
It must be testable
And observed over time
And it must be so achieved
By a great scientific mind.
Like a Darwin for example
Or an Einstein,
Throw a Newton in there
Or another great find.
A Richard Dawkins, for sure
In his “The God Delusion”
Of illusions and disillusions
And utter confusion.
Scientists study science
And come up with a view,
They are really no different
From me and you.
But carried on a name
And associated with a view
It’s us who should know better
That conflate the two.
Similarly with the Bible
And Bible commentators,
We treat to some of these
Like John the Revelator.
Take Jacobus Arminius
Or the great John Calvin,
Their know-how of salvation
Is the be-all of doctrine.
Diametrically opposed
Their adherents fiercely contend:
Armenians and Calvinists
One another stem.
With the Bible as their basis
For two opposing views,
Both views are argued as correct
And therefore, also true.
The Bible and Commentators
Science and scientists,
When we conflate these twosomes
So much we miss.
It’s like using blinders
To limit the race horse’s view
Such that focusing on the finish
Is all that it can do.
Thus, our focus on science
Is a scientist’s view,
Now you see how easy it is
To conflate the two.
Science and scientists
Are not one and the same,
It’s time we separate the science
From a scientist’s name.
No Nobel Prize winner
Can ever be that great,
Only God, the Almighty Creator
Can such glory take.
Drink your primordial soup
And chase with Campbell’s
But know it is the supreme God
That made science possible.
Stewart Russell © April 19, 2024
