Secular scientists criticize him for interpreting real-world data, such as fossils and their location, in light of his presupposition that the Genesis account of Creation is literally true. Some of them go so far as to accuse him of “doing science backwards,” manipulating the evidence to fit a preconceived assumption.

Wise takes it in stride.

Scientists “Unbiased”?
The popular image of a scientist usually features an open-minded seeker of truth keenly observing nature and allowing his unbiased observations to drive him toward a theory based solely on “the evidence.”

“I’ve never met a scientist who didn’t try to make the evidence fit his presuppositions,” Dr. Wise said. “We just don’t let ourselves exist in an unbiased state. All human beings have presuppositions, and scientists are human beings.”

Charles Darwin, author of the theory of evolution, was no different, Wise said. “Darwin had a background in theological studies, but then he had a child die and it shook his faith. He became embittered toward God, and he was predisposed to explain the natural world without reference to God. He really was looking for a way to explain it without invoking God.”

The same holds true for Darwin’s successors today, he said.

“They all believe in evolution, and try to interpret their data in light of it. Take the recent discovery of soft, elastic tissue inside the leg bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex. You suggest they subject it to a Carbon-14 test [a means of determining the age of matter that was once alive; it is only applicable over a range of thousands of years, not millions]. Obviously, they won’t. They won’t even look at the data in a way that violates their assumption that it’s millions of years old.”

More