Posted on 09/01/2005 8:52:24 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
...he co-authored with theologian Jay W. Richards called "The Privileged Planet."
The book claims that Earth is so unique, it must have been created by an "intelligent designer."
One Iowa State professor, Hector Avalos, accused Gonzalez of having a hidden religious agenda...Gonzalez's academic archenemy at Iowa State is Hector Avalos, an associate professor of religious studies at Iowa State who is also the faculty adviser for the ISU Atheist and Agnostic Society.
"I didn't expect this level of vitriol," he says after hanging up. "This level of intense hostility, just knee-jerk emotional response from people...."
Suppose we found a planet around another star, with living creatures on it?
We wouldn't be unique anymore.
By this logic, that means that ID would be proven false, I guess.
It must be a common minor neurological disorder - transposition of adjacent letters in the same word. I've seen it a lot - no other typos but this kind. Like "athiestic" [with "s" added at the end for a good measure], and "darwinsim".
Some of us prefer to keep science and religion separate.
By the way, the spell checker is our friend. That's three boo-boos in just one sentence.
So where is that planet with others living on it???? I must have missed that in Astronomy 101.
Yup, i post quickly,don`t give a rats A** about typos and laff in the face of dogmatic darwinists WHO HAVE YET TO DEMONSTRATE THE SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATION OF A PROTEIN and who fall back on the "you made typos so your whole arguement is void an moot" debate tactic.
I agree.Darwinism allows athiests to be intellectually fulfilled.Teaching darwinism is claiming we evolved from nothing unaided,thereby implying athiesm.Athiesm is a religion according to the 7th Circuit Court.
The Supreme Court has said a religion need not be based on a belief in the existence of a supreme being.Torcaso v. Watkins.
I agree,seperation of church and state NOW.
Everyone against the evolution - raise your tails and throw a coconut at the vote counter.
'Pew Research Center poll, 64 percent, say they believe "creationism" should be taught alongside "evolution" - a finding likely to spark more controversy about what is taught in the schools. '
Next we`ll find "freepers" disagreeing with majority rule.
"WHO HAVE YET TO DEMONSTRATE THE SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATION OF A PROTEIN"
You have yet to explain how the designer came to exist, the structure of the designer, the thought processes of the designer, the way the designer interacts with the universe and exactly which things the designer designed.
Yup,both are theories.One commands a monopoly and jealously guards it.Wonder why.
Do you think we're being overrun by Designed Universe retreads?
"WHO HAVE YET TO DEMONSTRATE THE SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATION OF A PROTEIN"
"You have yet to explain how the designer came to exist, the structure of the designer, the thought processes of the designer, the way the designer interacts with the universe and exactly which things the designer designed. "
Both require a leap of faith.Darwinism is predicated on the first protein cell spontaneously inventing itself.A third rail they dare not touch.
Jealously? Ha. Maybe it has a monopoly for a damn good reason.
Darwin doesn't rule out God.
Junior,you`re a coward calling for help from PH.
Even PH cannot demonstrate how the first protein cell invented itself.
Sorry sport.
Do you really want to see ID treated as a scientific theory, and taught in science classes?
It would have to be taught about as follows: ID is a "theory" being pushed by creationists, via political means, in order to have their religion taught in science classes. It is faith-based and has absolutely no scientific content.
Is this what you really want? Or do you have suggested guidelines you can share with us?
Yeah. Let's skip this thread. We've got enough going on already.
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