Like this pic of IVY MIKE at detonation...
Posted on 02/22/2005 7:34:15 AM PST by PatrickHenry
When it's your job to serve as the president's in-house expert on science and technology, being constantly in the media spotlight isn't necessarily a mark of distinction. But for President Bush's stoically inclined science adviser John Marburger, immense controversy followed his blanket dismissal last year of allegations (now endorsed by 48 Nobel laureates) that the administration has systematically abused science. So it was more than a little refreshing last Wednesday to hear Marburger take a strong stance against science politicization and abuse on one issue where it really matters: evolution.
Speaking at the annual conference of the National Association of Science Writers, Marburger fielded an audience question about "Intelligent Design" (ID), the latest supposedly scientific alternative to Charles Darwin's theory of descent with modification. The White House's chief scientist stated point blank, "Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory." And that's not all -- as if to ram the point home, Marburger soon continued, "I don't regard Intelligent Design as a scientific topi."
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I'm not sure the whole article can be copied here, so please go to the link to read it all:
Chris Mooney, "Intelligent Denials", The American Prospect Online, Feb 22, 2005.
(Excerpt) Read more at prospect.org ...
LOL.
Even more basic.
Why are there still FISH?
Is that really your best argument against evolution?
Like this pic of IVY MIKE at detonation...
If all humans are direct decendants of Adam and Eve...
Then How come we don't all look alike?
Nope. It's just a statement of reality. The TOE has never required that a precursor species die off when a new species arose.
What makes you think that an ancestor species would have to die out when a new species came about?
She blinded me with science!
The Holy Church of Rome in the Dark Ages equally denied all upstarts and challenges any validity at all.
How does it feel to be with the new Dark Agers?
Science and Technology
Space
The universe, known and unknown, is the creation of God and is due the respect we are called to give the earth.
Science and Technology
We recognize science as a legitimate interpretation of God’s natural world. We affirm the validity of the claims of science in describing the natural world, although we preclude science from making authoritative claims about theological issues.* We recognize technology as a legitimate use of God’s natural world when such use enhances human life and enables all of God’s children to develop their God-given creative potential without violating our ethical convictions about the relationship of humanity to the natural world.
In acknowledging the important roles of science and technology, however, we also believe that theological understandings of human experience are crucial to a full understanding of the place of humanity in the universe. Science and theology are complementary rather than mutually incompatible. We therefore encourage dialogue between the scientific and theological communities and seek the kind of participation that will enable humanity to sustain life on earth and, by God’s grace, increase the quality of our common lives together.
You were saying?
* underscore added
Thanks for the ping!
Why would some monkeys evolve into humans and not others? What caused the jump?
How very mainstream Christian. Shocking!
There are philosophical and religious implications to Darwinism. You cannot avoid that in this subject. Intelligent Design draws conclusions from the very same data Darwinism draws conclusions -- just different conclusions. The fact that ID has philosophical and religious implications is what bugs the Darwinists so much. But their theory does the same thing. They like it BECAUSE it leaves out God. But it also elevates all other animals to our level. If we share a common ancestor then they are our equals. That lowers us as much as it elevates them. They may try to say that our greater abilities explains our greater value. But the implication of that is that disabled humans, those with low IQ's or otherwise flawed people have lesser worth than their physically superior counters. You can't escape it.
Then how do you explain all the evidence for the TOE?(available on PatrickHenry's homepage)
Source please. In all the polls I have ever seen, most of the country in fact believes evolution occurred. Opinion is divided as to whether evolution occurs with or without Divine guidance.
You should examine your sources more carefully. John Marburger is a physicist with a specialty in optics and laser studies. (shouldn't you scrutinize all scientists, not just the ID advocates) He is also a lifelong Democrat.
The author of this piece thinks Kyoto is just wonderful, and distorts the discussion of embryonic stem cell research
Incorrect. ID/creationism draws the conclusion of an Intelligent Designer, for which no positive evidence exists. That conclusion is a "leap of faith".
The TOE, and all science, can only use positive evidence.
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