[Dataman]

Three things he wasn't: a biologist, a paleontologist, or a YEC. It's possible I could be mistaken on the last point but I doubt it.

Meaning what? That he wasn't qualified to comment on the issue? Then what qualifies you?

An honest man would say, yes WVB was a respectable, intelligent man who was also a creationist. But you, with superior intelligence no doubt, pass judgement on him and move on.

Just an observation.

[VadeRetro]

VadeRetro: Three things he wasn't: a biologist, a paleontologist, or a YEC. It's possible I could be mistaken on the last point but I doubt it.

Dataman: Meaning what? That he wasn't qualified to comment on the issue?

Yes, his opinion would have more weight on this issue if he had worked anywhere near the fields of expertise most involved. As it stands, he was a far spectator. He also died in 1977 and thus missed a lot. It might have been interesting to see his reaction to the molecular evidence, the hominid fossils, the walking whales, the feathered dinos, the legged sirenians ...

And I believe that he was not a Young Earth Creationist, which means the endorsement you attempt to imply here of the position you and bondserv hold never happened.

[cyborg]

I've been told by little people that I couldn't be a good biologist without believing evolution. My college professor with a doctorate in biology disagreed.