Returning to Dover [evolution trial in Dover, PA: week 2]

York Daily Record [Penna] ^ | 03 October 2005 | TERESA MCMINN

[js1138]

Andrew is of the opinion that things are not worth knowing unless you can know tham right now. Biogenesis is not worth pursuing because it might take decades, or even centuries. In the meantime he can sit on the sidelines and snipe.

On a completely unrelated subject, the Japanese are inventing completely unexpected metal alloys, products no one thought possible. You might think this a bit ironic.

[js1138]

Plus, he signed up today just to share these pearls of wisdom with us. Welcome, newbie!

I doubt if he's a newbie. He's almost certainly the troll who was banned yesterday.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The generic name for soft drink is "coke" as in, "What kind of coke do you want?" "Get me a Dr Pepper, thanks."

[malakhi]

ret_medic member since Oct 4, 2005.

So, which returning bannee are you?

[PatrickHenry]

I just re-discovered that in the "Additional Information" section of The List-O-Links I've already got a link that leads to your flow-chart:

Humour. The laughable side of creationism.

[malakhi]

Interesting. I wonder what accounts for the clusters of "soda" name use in eastern Wisconsin and southwest Illinois/eastern Missouri?

[Dimensio]

And once one discovers Traveller, there is no going back.

Only because you'll die of old age while trying to figure out all of the rules.

[wallcrawlr]

Dont let the evo welcoming committee bother you...

[Ichneumon]

So, you are a dinosaur! Well, that explains a few things. Set in your ways, close minded, bound and determined to prove the unprovable. I've seen many a good man crash and burn, rather than look at things from a different perspective. Sad really.

If you can't resist trolling, please try to be more creative and less obvious about it. Currently you're just being tedious.

[js1138]

[WildHorseCrash]

I think evolutionists are just afraid of discovering God, because then they will have to answer to him.

I think you give your little religious feelings too much credit. To those who are not brainwashed with your superstitious mindset, you saying that someone is "afraid of discovering God" is as amusing as you saying that someone is "afraid of discovering Gilgamesh" or "afraid of discovering Captain Ahab."

People believe in evolution because of the science. People like you tremble in fear when the thunder rolls because it means the gods are upset, blow up innocent people in buses in the hopes of a trip to paradise, and torture people who will not renounce their beliefs in favor of the particular superstition you favor. I'll take the science.

[VadeRetro]

You found their playbook! Must have been tough, pretending to be a brainwashed cretin to get into the seminar for the handout materials. Or did you just go through the dumpster behind Discovery Institute HQ in Seattle?

[wallcrawlr]

I thought I was being flattering...this is how I actually see you all:

[VadeRetro]

My favorite "other" is "tonic," an apparent confusion of flavored, sugary water with carnival-show patent medicine. It used to be pretty common, especially among older people, when and where I was a kid.

[Michael_Michaelangelo]

Back to Dover...

85 Scientists Join Together in Urging Court to Protect Academic Freedom and Not Limit Research into Intelligent Design Theory

Harrisburg, PA – Eighty-five scientists have filed an Amicus Brief in the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial asking the Judge to “affirm the freedom of scientists to pursue scientific evidence wherever it may lead” and not limit research into the scientific theory of intelligent design. Not all the signers are proponents of intelligent design, but they do agree “that protecting the freedom to pursue scientific evidence for intelligent design stimulates the advance of scientific knowledge.”

[general_re]

"We don't like the consequences" is not generally grounds for getting courts to interpret the law your way.

[wallcrawlr]

thats seriously not funny

[js1138]

Amici curiae are scientists who oppose any attempt to define the nature of science in a way that would limit their ability to follow the evidence wherever it may lead. Since the identification of intelligent causes is a well established scientific practice in fields such as forensic science, archaeology, and exobiology, Amici urge this Court to reject plaintiffs’ claim that the application of intelligent design to biology is unscientific. Any ruling that depends upon an outdated or inaccurate definition of science, or which attempts to define the boundaries of science, could hinder scientific progress.

Forensic science, archeology, and exobiology all search for evidence of human (or humanoid) activity. Has the Discovery Institute taken up the search for space aliens?

[js1138]

And you are amusingly not serious.