Text 3183, 111 rader
Skriven 2009-03-15 22:13:46 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 3177 av Ross Sauer (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Creationism
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Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RS> "Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer" <1:123/789.0> wrote in
 RS> news:7264$HOLYSMOKE@JamNNTPd:

 RS>>> So they try to push their edicts through political means, like
 EH>> creationists
 RS>>> pushing their beliefs into public schools by legislative means.

 EH>> That's your rant and you're going to stick with it. Of course, you
 EH>> can't back it up with evidence.

 RS> Just look at Louisiana.
 RS> Their governor is an unabashed creationist, demanding creationism be
 RS> included in public school science classrooms.

The following doesn't support you assertion that he demanded anything.

 RS> "On June 26, 2008, the Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA) was signed
 RS> into law by Governor Bobby Jindal. Under the guise of academic freedom,
 RS> the bill allows local school boards to approve supplemental classroom
 RS> materials specifically for the critique of scientific theories such as
 RS> evolution."

 RS> http://skepdic.com/creation.html

 RS>>> But those fail every time, also.

 EH>> Then, what *IS* your problem?

 RS> In creationist circles, nothing succeeds like failure.

Another lie on your part.

 RS>>> "Equal time" for creationism in public schools was ruled against
 EH>>   by the RS> Supreme Court about 20 years ago.

 EH>> Uh huh...

 RS>>> "Intelligent design" was ruled against just a couple years ago.

 EH>> What exactly does the Supreme Court have to do with science?

 RS> When they rule that religion is not science.

What authority do they have to rule that?

 RS>>> (It didn't help their cause, that they were shown to be liars
 EH>>   and total RS> idiots, like when creationist Michael Behe said
 EH>>   astrology is valid.)

 EH>> Red Herring.

 RS> Fact.
 RS> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/

It's still a red herring.

 RS>>> So why is creationism still popular, while other beliefs from
 EH>>   hundreds of RS> years ago like alchemy, discarded?

 EH>> What on earth are you rambling on about now?

 RS>>> Because evolution is a very difficult science to understand in
 EH>>   detail.

 EH>> It is? Are you trying to imply that you understand it more than
 EH>> others?

 RS> More than some, less than others.
 RS> Far more than you do.

You don't know what you are talking about. You have no idea how much I know.

 RS>>> Our popular media isn't too helpful quite often, using outmoded
 EH>>   concepts RS> like the "missing link."

 EH>> Is that so?

 RS>>> Creationism is far easier.

 EH>> It is far more likely.

 RS> Evidence of this?

What's your evidence life started by pure accident in a pool of primordial
ooze?

 RS>>> "God done it."

 EH>> And here we have your usual implication that believers are less
 EH>> intelligent than you are.

 RS> FTB's like yourself, damn right.

You are clueless and delusional.

Ed

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