Did you read the statement in Post #55 where it says von Sternberg is a member even though he does NOT believe in Creationism?
And I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you. Why would one advertize one is on the board of a creationist organization if one doesn't subscribe to their core belief?
Sternberg is playing the same coy game on a personal level that the Discovery Institute is trying to play in national politics. Rather than advocate any particular position (which leaves that position open to examination and where the religious motivation of the position will be clear), simply pose as an Evolution skeptic. 'Teach the controversy'. Riiiight.
Problem is, science doesn't work that way. We don't replace theories with a high degree of content with nothing. And of course, he isn't replacing it with nothing; the baraminology study group specifically classes into biological kinds, or baramin, based on biblical criteria. If one doesn't subscribe to the criteria, then the classification and one's efforts are entirely pointless.
It's all just one big conspiracy.
it's a concerted political effort, certainly. There is substantial cooperation between two contradictory origins theories, YEC and OEC/ID. Both cannot be true. But they do have a common enemy in evolution, so for the moment they're collaborating.
Do you think we're fools? Save the disingenuousness for the School Board.
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