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Young Earth Creationist Attack on the New Texas Earth and Space Science Course
Texas Citizens for Science ^ | January 15, 2009 | Steven Schafersman, Ph.D.

Posted on 01/19/2009 9:42:35 PM PST by Coyoteman

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To: YHAOS
Still and all, I suspect in the event that a board should adopt any of the unlikely candidates you raise (YEC, Flat Earth, or Bigfoot), you would be in the forefront howling to impeach the board and to take the governing district to court.

Whether or not I'd move to impeach would depend on the amount of time before the next election; it might make more sense to run them out at the ballot box. As far as lawsuits go, only if they break the law. It's not illegal to be stupid, fortunately. Can you imagine how much we'd have to pay for prisons? I really can’t envisage you being content to shrug your shoulders and observe, “Well, it’s their decision, but that sure was dumb and they’ll come to regret it.”

301 posted on 01/22/2009 1:17:00 PM PST by ReignOfError
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To: js1138

[[You have been defending Behe, but if you read his books and articles you would know that he accepts evolution, common descent and an ancient earth.]]

Yeah? And you’r point? I don’t care what Behe beleive OUTSIDE the science- He can beleive little green frogs invented plutonium for all I care- the ONLY thing that matters is the science and whether it is sound or not.

[[For all the same reasons that convince mainstream biologists.]]

Lol- ‘convince’? You mean attempt to justify via assumptions their a priori bleeif

[[Behe doesn’t concern himself with complex structures like the bones of the inner ear, because the fossil evidence for gradual evolution is detailed and overwhelming.]]

Lol- Ah yes- the ‘inner ear evolution’ claim again0- Yep- it’s ‘ovwerwhelming’ - in fact, it’s such a sound evidentiary line that evolutionists had to DECEIVE the common reader by drawing the skull of a a rat sized animal the same size as the next species inline supposedly, A HIPPO SIZED ANIMAL, and claim the jawbone movement showed clear progression ‘toward the ear’

Wow0- if you’re tryign to use ear evolution as your defense fro macroevolution, then your hypothesis really is in serious trouble-

Let us also point out what Miller is trying to do by ‘explaining’ the suppsoed evolution of blood clotting- Yup- that’s right- He is cosntructing an itneligently designed scenario that ignores problems, oversimplifies the seriousness and complexities of hte issue, and protects and invents scenarios that do not exist but whould be absolutely necessary to even begin the long complicated process of ‘evolving’ complex clotting

[[JS- I don’t have the time to go through that site line by line
Get back to me when you have time for something better than name calling.]]

I called you a name? Or miller? Get back to me when you’re not willing to run from discussions that point out the rediculousness of macroevolutionary claims by Darwinian congregationalists who can’t fathom that anythign but nature could be the causation of life- Btw- the article I’m goign to be looking at is on Metainformation- somethign else Miller seems unaware of, or at least is tryign to downplay and hide from the public because it blows his mythical hypothesis out of hte water- Genetic information and changes all fall within species specific metainfo- trying to produce non species psecific info lies outside hte metainfo parameters, informaiton is useless in life without a controlling, directing metainfo controlling it within hte parameters and for which it was designed for- The evolution of blood clotting ignores this basic life fact.


302 posted on 01/22/2009 1:31:06 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: ReignOfError
Because ID is not science, and Creationism doesn't even vaguely try to be.

Actually alot of scientists disagree.

It's a statement of opinion without any empirical evidence backing it up, but it seems fairly sound as far as it goes. It also does not undermine the theory of evolution. We know little about the origins of life, and evolutionary theory does not depend on any particular hypothesis on the subject.

You didn't at all answer the question. Perhaps you can show us what's particularly religious in his observations?

Because I keep hearing these ridiculous assertions that it's not science and it's just religion, yet this chemist speaks of the science with not one mention of religion, speaking of no empirical evidence to back your assertions up....!!!

303 posted on 01/22/2009 1:43:50 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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Miller’s INTELLIGENT DESIGN creation for hte evolution of blood clotting:

Step One- invent a duplication for a slicer-

Step Two- innactivate it for a few million years

Step Three- Cause it to complexly change

Step 4- Add new instructions so these invented slicers can nick hteir way into cells that htey weren’t originally intended to

Step 5- splice EGF domain into the end of the protease gene

and “In a flash”, you have “the tissue surrouding a broken blood vessel is now teeming with receptors that bind to the new EGF sequence on our serum protease.”

Stir, protect, manipulate further, bind other elements together, and by golly, you’ve got the beginnings of a more complex bloodclotting system.

Oh, I forgot htis gem- once you’ve itnelligently constructed complex blood clotting- be sure to adamantly declare “Fibrinogen, the soluble protein that now is now the primary target of proteolysis in the clotting cascade, clearly arose in this way.”- and hten villify anyone that doesn’t beleive your incredible fairy tale


304 posted on 01/22/2009 1:45:09 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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Woops- Forgot to add the following scenario of Miller’s INTELLIGENTLY DESIGNED blood clotting evolution:

[[Gene duplications happen all the time, and they are generally of such little importance that they are known as “neutral” mutations, having no effect on an organism’s fittness. However, the original gene had a control region that switched it on only in the pancreas. During the duplication, the control region of the duplicate is damaged so that the new gene is switched on in both the pancreas and the liver. As a result, the inactive form of the enzyme, a zymogen, is relesased into the bloodstream.]]

Did ya catch that? you MUST make sure hte gene duplication that you invent isn’t harmful, AND that you create NEW non species specific information that turns it on ‘in the future sometime, in not just the one area it is designed to be turned on in, but now, it must turn on in another area where it was never designed to- after al l the OTHER invented components and mechanisms have miraculously assembled themselves in an intelligently self-assembly motivated manner

Yay science!


305 posted on 01/22/2009 1:51:54 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: js1138
If simpler versions work, the structure isn't irreducible. If you take the monitor from your computer, you can't use the computer. That does not mean that earlier versions of monitors with fewer features didn't work.

You're missing the point, you can't just take a collection of glass and wires inside a plastic cabinet and use the computer either.

You take the keystone out of a Roman arch, it falls down. That does not mean the arch was poofed into place in one step.

No, but you're obfuscating the fact that the arch was intelligently designed nevertheless.

306 posted on 01/22/2009 2:06:42 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: tpanther
>>>Because ID is not science, and Creationism doesn't even vaguely try to be.

Actually alot of scientists disagree.

It's a free country.

You didn't at all answer the question.

I answered it precisely and specifically. You asked if it was unscientific. It is not a work of science, but of opinion, so "unscientific" isn't really an applicable term.

Because I keep hearing these ridiculous assertions that it's not science and it's just religion, yet this chemist speaks of the science with not one mention of religion, speaking of no empirical evidence to back your assertions up....!!!

The quote you gave does not endorse intelligent design or creationism.

307 posted on 01/22/2009 2:12:10 PM PST by ReignOfError
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To: ReignOfError

You’re hopeless. If it was a free country until the minority with God hang ups that have hijacked this country to turn it into a secular humanist nightmare.

Now normal people leave the disaster of public screwels, yet still pay for it.

You didn’t answer, science is subjective interpretation of the data, so show us what was particularly religious or unscientific as you asseerted.

Evolution can not be challenged without the challenge being attacked as religion.


308 posted on 01/22/2009 2:25:40 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: tpanther

How about if you start being civil?


309 posted on 01/22/2009 2:56:27 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

Respect and civility are earned. We’re tiring of the same tired failed projections everyday, for instance every time evolution is challenged it’s met with “you’re trying to teach your religion in science class”, let’s start there.


310 posted on 01/22/2009 3:18:07 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: tpanther

Are you trying to teach your religion in science class, or trying to prevent science from teaching anything that might conflict with it?


311 posted on 01/22/2009 3:21:52 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic
Are you trying to teach your religion in science class, or trying to prevent science from teaching anything that might conflict with it?

Why do you think you deserve to be treated civilly when you obtusely attempt to undermine a conservative website with endless liberal lies like this?

312 posted on 01/22/2009 3:35:00 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: ReignOfError
Whether or not I'd move to impeach would depend on the amount of time before the next election

An observation exhibiting rare good sense.

It's not illegal to be stupid . . .

Yeah, but the first thing most people would do is to head for a district court, the idea of overturning a board decision through the use of the ballot box being the last thing that would occur to them. That’s how sovereignty comes to ultimately be concentrated in the hands of a few.

I really can’t envisage you being content to shrug your shoulders . . .

My grandson is enrolled in a private school. I consider the money extorted from me to support the education establishment as irredeemable, that is, out of my control, therefore past recovery. Sometimes things have to get worse, much worse, before there is any possibility that they will become better.

313 posted on 01/22/2009 3:42:17 PM PST by YHAOS
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To: tpanther
It was a question. There are people who believe science should to be taught according to their religious beliefs. You may or may not be one of them.

Do you find it objectionable that I believe there are people that do this, or that I'm asking if you are one of them?

314 posted on 01/22/2009 3:47:26 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: CottShop
"Oh, I forgot htis gem"

Jeez Cott. Will you at least get your "th" key fixed? You're killing me here! { 8^)

315 posted on 01/22/2009 3:50:11 PM PST by YHAOS
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To: tacticalogic

What I find objectionable is this whole idea of yours is no where near the issue, the real issue is that NEA liberals and their ilk cram their religious beliefs down the public’s throats.

And not just science class, but all realms of public.


316 posted on 01/22/2009 4:54:53 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: tpanther

What “idea” of mine is it exactly you find obejctionable? You butted into this while I was trying to talk to someone else about their ideas about what the problem was.


317 posted on 01/22/2009 6:46:04 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic; metmom

Your liberal agenda.

SHEESH!!!

Your entire premise about Christianity being the problem with science when most on this site understand the true problem with science, by the overwhelming amount of evidence, indicates it’s the secular humanist godless liberal NEA that’s what’s wrong with science, education and this entire country in general!

And playing the victim with this butting in doesn’t wear well either, don’t pretend like you haven’t “butted in” yourself.


318 posted on 01/22/2009 7:17:29 PM PST by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: tpanther
Your entire premise about Christianity being the problem with science

I'll bet my account against yours you can't show where I have submitted any such premise.

319 posted on 01/22/2009 7:28:27 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tpanther

The quote you posted isn’t particularly scientific. It isn’t unscientific, either. It’s an opinion. There was nothing of religion in the quote you offered. There was also not a endorsement of intelligent design or creationism, nor an attack on evolution.


320 posted on 01/22/2009 8:07:54 PM PST by ReignOfError
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