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To: Ichneumon
I don't think there's anything more repulsive than a liar, except for a compulsive liar like yourself. The first line of the story says that Collins is going to publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of God. If my vocabulary is even below average I would still understand that "NOW" to mean that he didn't believe in God before, and that his ephipany was at least a fairly recent event.

Be that as it may, Collins himself reveals his dismay in the article over the shrill voices of the anti-God agenda within the science community have dominated the stage for over 20 years. Here is his quote:

"“One of the great tragedies of our time is this impression that has been created that science and religion have to be at war,” said Collins, 56.--“I don’t see that as necessary at all and I think it is deeply disappointing that the shrill voices that occupy the extremes of this spectrum have dominated the stage for the past 20 years.”

Collins has quite obviously felt the bitterness of the ostracizing arrows sent his way by the anti-God extremists within his own community to make such a powerful and emotional statement as he did. The anti-God extremists in the science community have "Dominated the stage for 20 years"; that's one very powerful statement that really says it all.

62 posted on 06/11/2006 11:20:57 PM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: TheCrusader; Ichneumon
I don't think there's anything more repulsive than a liar, except for a compulsive liar like yourself. The first line of the story says that Collins is going to publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of God. If my vocabulary is even below average I would still understand that "NOW" to mean that he didn't believe in God before, and that his ephipany was at least a fairly recent event.

From the article: the guy's 56 now and he's believed in God since age 27. No one is claiming it happened any earlier than that.

"Compulsive liar?" Vocabulary would not seem to be the issue here. I bet you don't have the integrity to apologize to Ichneumon.

126 posted on 06/12/2006 5:58:32 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Faster than a speeding building; able to leap tall bullets at a single bound!)
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To: TheCrusader

Tut tut, we're not supposed to use "the L-word" here.


127 posted on 06/12/2006 5:59:34 AM PDT by ahayes ("If intelligent design evolved from creationism, then why are there still creationists?"--Quark2005)
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To: TheCrusader; Ichneumon

Collins references more than one extreme. Besides the handful of scientists who politicize their discipline in the interest of ridiculing metaphysical considerations there is a handful of people who disparage the work of science altogether just because (on certain occasions) it does not necessarily incorporate them.


221 posted on 06/12/2006 12:10:06 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: TheCrusader
I don't think there's anything more repulsive than a liar

Then you find Ann Coulter repulsive, eh? Here's one of her lies for you, out of many.

340 posted on 06/13/2006 4:14:18 AM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
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