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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington  The problem with creationism is that it simply does not take this as the basis for drawing conclusions, but looks only for "facts" that bolster an already existing position. |
Exactly. Deductive logic as opposed to inductive logic. In flawed deductive logic (not all deductions are flawed), you could say that horses have four legs, therefore all animals with four legs are horses. Inductive logic might conclude: In an examination of 100,000 horses, all those seen had four legs. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that horses usually have four legs.
Not as dramatic, but certainly more grounded in fact.