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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Assuming the conclusion is not only bad science, it is bad logic.

This is, by the way, the source of the term sophomoric, i.e. foolish wisdom. In a medieval university a sophomore was a student who had not yet mastered the rules of logic.

Take away their Ph.D.'s and send them back to school to learn the rules of reasoning.

32 posted on 08/15/2005 8:48:45 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius
Take away their Ph.D.'s and send them back to school to learn the rules of reasoning.

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it:

Read Newton's "Rules of Reasoning" at the beginning of Vol. II of the Principia ( a mere 2 1/2 pages ) and explain how Intelligent Design is consonant therewith.

Newton, btw, was a devout Christian, and makes declarations, in the Principia, that God is the "Universal Ruler" and "governs all things".

OTOH, it is a fact that he felt compelled to add these declarations after being accused of atheism for declaring that Time and Space existed "without reference to anything external".

Also, he was a Unitarian - a heretic, that is, and was protected by friends via political machinations from being forced to swear belief to the contrary, on penalty of the sacrifice of his academic position and career.

33 posted on 08/15/2005 9:42:19 PM PDT by dr_lew
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