Re: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching

From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Thu Nov 11 2004 - 19:03:21 GMT

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    I agree with Scott here too.

    DM

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    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
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    > Scott,
    >
    > You wrote:
    >> Intelligent Design is not the same as "creation science". The latter
    >> assumes that the world is 6000 years old, but the former does not. ID
    >> accepts evolution of life forms, accepts that the earth is over 4 billion
    >> years old, etc., and therefore rejects the belief that the Genesis story
    >> can be taken literally. What it does not accept is the notion that
    >> evolution occurs solely through chance and natural selection. It bases
    >> its
    >> argument on calculation of probabilities. Whether one accepts those
    >> calculations is another story.
    >
    > Right.
    >
    >> What is true, though, is that no one can
    >> argue either for ID or for the belief that chance and natural selection
    >> are
    >> sufficient, based on clear, scientific evidence. So both should be
    >> relegated to a philosophical discussion on evolution, and neither should
    >> be
    >> taught as science.
    >
    > Now that's something that never occurred to me, no doubt because I've been
    > overwhelmed by science's pervasive propaganda that searching for
    > mechanisms and using measurements is the only legitimate way to establish
    > true knowledge. But now that Scott has put evolution theory in proper
    > perspective, my belief that the theory fails as a complete explanation by
    > science's own standards has been further justified. Of course, Pirsig also
    > got me to thinking along those lines some time ago.
    >
    > Thanks, Scott.
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
    >
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