"It is impossible to devise a scientific experiment to describe the creation process, or even to ascertain whether such a process can take place. The Creator does not create at the whim of a scientist"
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Morris swings a rhetorical hammer at the lab coat, not because he misunderstands science, but because he understands its cultural authority. The line is built to flip the usual hierarchy: instead of science judging claims about origins, origins become a jurisdiction science cannot enter. “Impossible” does heavy lifting here, less a measured conclusion than a boundary marker. By declaring the creation process experimentally unreachable, he reframes a lack of evidence as a feature of the worldview, not a bug.
The second sentence sharpens the intent. “The Creator does not create at the whim of a scientist” paints the scientist as petty, entitled, even arrogant - someone demanding a cosmic demonstration on command. It’s a neat piece of character work: the skeptical posture becomes moral failure. Subtext: faith is being defended not only from critique, but from the very expectation that it should submit to modern standards of proof.
Context matters. Morris was a leading figure in 20th-century American creationism, especially as evolutionary theory solidified its place in classrooms and courts. His move here is strategic: if creation is categorically outside experimental reach, then science education becomes, by definition, incomplete or biased, and religious explanations can claim equal footing without playing by scientific rules. The quote isn’t merely theological; it’s political rhetoric aimed at preserving authority, community identity, and epistemic control in an era when “science says” became a cultural trump card.
The second sentence sharpens the intent. “The Creator does not create at the whim of a scientist” paints the scientist as petty, entitled, even arrogant - someone demanding a cosmic demonstration on command. It’s a neat piece of character work: the skeptical posture becomes moral failure. Subtext: faith is being defended not only from critique, but from the very expectation that it should submit to modern standards of proof.
Context matters. Morris was a leading figure in 20th-century American creationism, especially as evolutionary theory solidified its place in classrooms and courts. His move here is strategic: if creation is categorically outside experimental reach, then science education becomes, by definition, incomplete or biased, and religious explanations can claim equal footing without playing by scientific rules. The quote isn’t merely theological; it’s political rhetoric aimed at preserving authority, community identity, and epistemic control in an era when “science says” became a cultural trump card.
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