Evolutionism is born and fanatically defended by the same kind of science that gives us Anthropomorphic Global Climate Change.
If a lib glanced at the headline they’d think he was an atheist & those KY bitter clingers were discriminating because he’s not Christian.
Good news! (I hope) :) bttt
Senenbrenner takes number 2 spot on Science Commitee
Tems up with Issa of CA and Broun of Ga
Politico
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1210/Warming_skeptic_gets_key_Science_post.html?showall
This seems to be a pure case of discrimination.
(A minor rewrite, to sort of put this into perspective)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An astronomer argues that his being part negro and his peers’ dislike of negroes, kept him from getting a prestigious job as the director of a new student observatory at the University of Kentucky.
Martin Gaskell quickly rose to the top of a list of applicants being considered by the university’s search committee. One member said he was “breathtakingly above the other applicants.”
Others openly worried that his being black could conflict with his duties as a scientist, calling him “something close to dark skinned” and “potentially menacing.”
Even though Gaskell says he is only partially black, he claims he was passed over for the job at UK’s MacAdam Student Observatory three years ago because of his appearance and statements he made that were perceived to be critical of institutional racism.
Gaskell later learned that professors had discussed his ethnicity during the search process. Gaskell said in an e-mail that he didn’t grow frustrated, but felt “one should not allow universities to get away with racial discrimination.”
“We might as well allow miscegenation in biology,” biology professor James Krupa wrote to a colleague in an October 2007 e-mail.
An astrophysics professor, Moshe Elitzur, told Cavagnero that the hire would be a “huge public relations mistake,” according to an e-mail from Cavagnero in court records.
“Moshe predicts that he would not be here one month before the (Lexington) Herald-Leader headline would read: ‘UK hires colored man to direct new student observatory.’”
Even though Gaskell says he is not a creationist, he claims he was passed over for the job at UK's MacAdam Student Observatory three years ago because of his religion and statements that were perceived to be critical of the theory of evolution.Thanks decimon.
Not exactly on topic, but close:
When I was in college, 35 years ago, I took a philosophy class: Introduction to Logic. Professors I knew from the History and Sociology departments warned me about him. Nothing too alarming, but he was “old fashioned”, “has old fashioned ideas”, “different”, “hard to understand” and “difficult to get along with”, “watch out for him”, and etc. Like I said, nothing too alarming or specific, just a quiet mocking tone that described a marginalized figure who really didn’t “belong” in the college, but there he was and everyone had to put up with him. I’m sure everyone knows how these things work in the sophisticated, suave, slay with a soft word, ivy covered halls of academia.
Now for the punch line: I found out later what it was that everyone was hinting about him. He was a Christian who took his faith seriously. He actually believed the Bible is God’s Word. A rare person in that day at that college.
I became a Christian after graduation (through reading the Bible), and the- mystery-of-a-misunderstood-lecture cleared up: on the first day of his Introduction to Logic class he discussed the Greek origin of the word “logic” from “logos”. In that lecture he referenced the passage from John 1:1 as an example of the range of the word’s usage. This lecture stood out in my memory because I wasn’t able to make heads nor tails of it, I couldn’t even take meaningful notes. And this had puzzled me because I was an excellent and copious note taker. But that lecture was completely unintelligible to me, it sounded like a rushing of wind and nothing more. I was actually troubled and confused by it.
I later found out why. Paul in I Corinthians 2:14 wrote, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.(KJV)”
That described me when hearing that lecture. I couldn’t understand his Bible reference, it sounded silly, and I went away with a big question mark and no notes. After I came to know Jesus Christ as my savior I then understood that lecture somewhat (after a remove of about 3 years).
I went back and visited with this Professor. He knew what other professors thought and said about him. He voiced not one single complaint, but had rather a clear and simple appraisal of his relationships with other professors. His life at that college was a testimony to firm confident faith in Jesus Christ, never cowed by, nor becoming resentful of, the nay saying and the “behind the hand” derision and rejection by fellow professors. An admirable man, an admirable faith.
Not exactly on topic, but my experience in the culture wars when I was in college.
When I was in college, 35 years ago, I took a philosophy class: Introduction to Logic. Professors I knew from the History and Sociology departments warned me about him. Nothing too alarming, but he was “old fashioned”, “has old fashioned ideas”, “different”, “hard to understand” and “difficult to get along with”, “watch out for him”, and etc. Like I said, nothing too alarming or specific, just a quiet mocking tone that described a marginalized figure who really didn’t “belong” in the college, but there he was and everyone had to put up with him. I’m sure everyone knows how these things work in the sophisticated, suave, slay with a soft word, ivy covered halls of academia.
Now for the punch line: I found out later what it was that everyone was hinting about him. He was a Christian who took his faith seriously. He actually believed the Bible is God’s Word. A rare person in that day at that college.
I became a Christian after graduation (through reading the Bible), and the- mystery-of-a-misunderstood-lecture cleared up: on the first day of his Introduction to Logic class he discussed the Greek origin of the word “logic” from “logos”. In that lecture he referenced the passage from John 1:1 as an example of the range of the word’s usage. This lecture stood out in my memory because I wasn’t able to make heads nor tails of it, I couldn’t even take meaningful notes. And this had puzzled me because I was an excellent and copious note taker. But that lecture was completely unintelligible to me, it sounded like a rushing of wind and nothing more. I was actually troubled and confused by it.
I later found out why. Paul in I Corinthians 2:14 wrote, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.(KJV)”
That described me when hearing that lecture. I couldn’t understand his Bible reference, it sounded silly, and I went away with a big question mark and no notes. After I came to know Jesus Christ as my savior I then understood that lecture somewhat (after a remove of about 3 years).
I went back and visited with this Professor. He knew what other professors thought and said about him. He voiced not one single complaint, but had rather a clear and simple appraisal of his relationships with other professors. His life at that college was a testimony to firm confident faith in Jesus Christ, never cowed by, nor becoming resentful of, the nay saying and the “behind the hand” derision and rejection by fellow professors. An admirable man, an admirable faith.
I posted a reply but it never showed up. We’re not supposed to post twice, but what happened? Or how does replying work?