[Coyoteman]

You cannot be a proper scientist if you fear scientific dissent. Yes, that would be pride too. But science is a discipline, or a group of disciplines, in which you are not supposed to fear scientific dissent. It's the essence of scientific inquiry to be objective.

There. Fixed.

The dissent we are getting on these threads is anything but scientific; it is pure religious apologetics masquerading as science in hopes of fooling some school boards.

And that dissent is anything but objective. It is based on religious belief and revelation, not scientific evidence.

[valkyry1]

Where is there ever any science in your postings?

Lets go back to your 5 hypotheses that TOE works equally well under any one of those (your words not mine)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2063792/posts?page=46#46

I think you must agree that those are hardly scientific, why do you a PHD scientist even seriously use them?

[firebrand]

Thank you.

I don't think the Christian folks on this board are really trying to fool anyone, though. I was pointing out that pride can lead one astray. That is the root of the problem: one of the seven deadly sins. If they would humble themselves and think about the issue totally objectively, they might be enlightened.