[OneVike]

And I too say all sides use the method, but like I said in my original comment. You make my point about not owning up to doing it also. You would rather accuse the other side and say you don't do it.

I admit all sides do, that is how we come about our beliefs. You and I do it, we all do it. Now own up to it and quit saying only one side does it.

[dirtboy]

You make my point about not owning up to doing it also. You would rather accuse the other side and say you don't do it.

Hardly. First of all, I have my own diveregences in viewpoints from Darwinian evolution. I do not have a major problem with many theories of ID, because they are not an affront to the geological record - I don't agree with them, but they don't create impossible geological events to fit into the geological record.

Second, I have taken upper-division coursework in geology and have gone on field geology trips as well, including a fair stint in the Rockies. So I do have some actual exposure to this subject.

Third, I believe that geological theories continue to need to prove themselves - for example, the Rockies are very difficult to explain through existing plate tectonic theories, and many prominent geologists (usually those in the field and not back in the universities) continually raise these issues. Young Earthers come up with completely imposssible and contractictory scenarios - and then justify that by sniping at actual scientists engaging in actual scientific debate over new research as some kind of 'proof' that they are correct.

So your attempt to lump me in with the likes of Young Earthers and AGW types is an