The anti-creation crowd loves to throw out that science is an objective method that follows the trail of data, wherever it leads, to arrive at the facts. This is true in textbooks only; whenever people, money, egos, and prestige get involved, all bets are off. Read this article I stumbled across in the New York Times discussing how science is subject to bias, fraud and misconduct just as any other man-made institution is.
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It really would be nice if all data was considered, all presuppositions were left out, all agendas were checked and science just provided grounded conclusions that did not try to reach beyond its limits. However, what we see is a lot of motivation for scientists to appease political agenda (get more grant money) and maintain their school or organization prestige (don't ever suggest intelligent design!). Peer review is a great idea, but can easily become peer pressure if deliberate care is not taken to avoid this.
Are you putting more stock in the fallible ideas and postulation (postulation is a huge chunk origins science) of man or in the written word of God, the creator of the universe? When examined in a historical, scientific and philosophical light, the Bible checks out and provides a very reliable account of the history of our planet.
And no, the Bible is not peer reviewed. God has no peer!
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