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"It doesn't 'negate', -- it 'discourages' such study, -- as many victims of the inquisition tell us."

Take a look at the history of the Inquistion and tell me if it was driven by the philosophy that "God did it. You'd best not engage in scientific study or else . . ."

Speaking of inquisitions, I can well imagine creationists making genuine scientitific discoveries but having them ridiculed and discarded via evolutionist "inquisitions" in certain universities. Students, likewise, have been at the receiving end of "inquisitions" when they suggest there might just be some intelligent design behind all this stuff that looks and acts so consistently.

Come on Fester, do you just ignore my posts?

Why are they ridiculed? Because, intelligent design is NOT science. If something claims that godidit, then it is NOT science, it is philosophy or religion, and should be taught in those classes, but such things have no place in a science class.

Do you get it yet? any scientist that puts, godidit, in a scientific theory should be laughed out of science and made a priest.

Just as those students should be ridiculed and laughed at for claiming ID, or creationism is science.

I can well imagine creationists making genuine scientitific discoveries but having them ridiculed and discarded via evolutionist "inquisitions" in certain universities.

Ridicule does occur in science, but it never influences genuine progress for long. Even Einstein, with all his clout, could not stop quantum theory.

Besides, there is all kinds of money available to ID and creation research. Can you outline a program of research that would satisfy creationists? I guarantee that any promising research program would find massive funding. So where would you start?

Aric2000: "If god made it so, then there is no reason to study it."

Thankfully Newton, Galileo, etc. did not think this way. How does the assumption that "God did it" negate any need for study? I don't see the connection. 2462 -fester-

It doesn't 'negate', -- it 'discourages' such study, -- as many victims of the inquisition tell us. 2476 -tpaine-

Take a look at the history of the Inquistion and tell me if it was driven by the philosophy that "God did it. You'd best not engage in scientific study or else . . ." -fester-

That is almost exactly the thrust of what 'scientific heretics' were told. - Read much history, fester?

Speaking of inquisitions, I can well imagine creationists making genuine scientitific discoveries but having them ridiculed and discarded via evolutionist "inquisitions" in certain universities. Students, likewise, have been at the receiving end of "inquisitions" when they suggest there might just be some intelligent design behind all this stuff that looks and acts so consistently.

You imagine lots of amusing things fester.

Did you imagine that you made a rebuttal to my post at #2457? - Or perhaps you just concede.