Question Evolution! - CMI's Rebuttals to General Objections to the 15 Questions

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Introduction
On September 22, 2011, Creation Ministries International(CMI) posted rebuttals to various general objections to the "15 Questions for Evolutionists" that form the core of its '''Question Evolution! Campaign'''.

As with the questions themselves, CMI's rebuttals illustrate the great epistemological gulf between the discussants. The Question Evolution! Campaign is not concerned with justifying the truth claims that underlie CMI's religious objections to the Theory of Evolution. Rather, CMI engages in negative apologetics calculated to cast as much doubt as possible on the Theory of Evolution. At times, by doggedly relying on cherry-picked and sometimes dated sources, CMI's rebuttals run contrary to its own interests by illustrating one of the most powerful central features of doing science: it's an iterative process that necessarily depends on continual critical evaluation of theories and data as the state of the art and knowledge advance. Creationists generally take the position that unanswered questions pose serious problems for the Theory of Evolution, whereas in reality they provide opportunities for the advancement of knowledge. While creationists occasionally make truth claims that are susceptible to scientific investigation, their overall program is rooted in an unwavering belief in the truth of scripture. It is primarily concerned with finding evidence consistent with its interpretations of an ancient religious text and, therefore, will always lack the explanatory power of modern secular science.

This round of CMI's rebuttals was drafted by Jonathan Sarfati, a PhD physical chemist and prolific creationist author with a number of papers published in secular peer reviewed journals; Robert Carter, a PhD marine biologist; Don Batten, a PhD agronomist and horticultural scientist with many secular peer-reviewed papers on non-creationist subjects relevant to his field; and Lita Cosner, MA theology.


 * See our replies to CMI's rebuttals to:


 * Question Evolution! - CMI's Rebuttals to Responses to Questions 1 through 3
 * Question Evolution! - CMI's Rebuttals to Responses to Questions 4 through 8
 * Question Evolution! - CMI's Rebuttals to Responses to Questions 9 through 15