Editor,
I'm writing in response to Gerardo Saenz' letter in the Thursday edition of the Daily Lobo, in which Saenz speaks regarding Michael Weber's letter and, in it, thoroughly discusses his views on evolutionary theory and creationism.
I would like to first state that reading Saenz's letter brought me a few hearty laughs. He speaks of the Bible being a "spiritual book written by a spiritual being," which, if we go by the Bible itself, is not exactly true, unless Saenz speaks of this higher power inspiring those prophets whose stories make up the Bible - John, Paul and the like. And even there Saenz fails to mention the multiple inconsistencies within its pages.
He also goes into depth about the flaws of evolutionary theory, seeming to discard much of his own misconstrued logic as he does so. He states that the law of cause and effect disproves evolutionary theory while failing to explain exactly how or why. It is my assumption, therefore, that he refers to "apes become humans because of evolution" and is taking into account the intellectual gap that separates us.
In addition he speaks of the law of entropy being another inconsistency in the flaw of evolution, seeming to believe that as evolution proceeded, human beings became more ordered to chaos.
What Saenz fails to realize is that cause and effect is not an all-inclusive law - if we were to believe it and take it in every direction, as Saenz seems to do, we would have to believe that because caveman Og chiseled a rock into a wheel, we have cars. True, yes, but does this follow that any given effect must be greater than its cause? Of course not - it is taken far too out of context.
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On the topic of entropy, what he seems to ignore is the fact that evolution is simply another form of mutation, taken under a different principle.
While mutated beings tend to die out, those that evolve obtain beneficial changes and become more prominent. For example, those born with physical defects have undergone a mutation. However, this is not beneficial, so it is not referred to as evolution. Entropy signals change as well as chaos and disorder, so this point of his is another shot in the dark.
Saenz fails to expand upon many of his points, and his logic is flawed. Perhaps if he could pull his nose out of the Bible every now and then to take a look at the world around him, he could think a little more clearly.
Shane Spafford
UNM student
