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Science or creation? Thou art too nosy
Toronto Sun ^
| March 19, 2009
| Mike Strobel
Posted on 03/20/2009 6:41:02 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
This week, the Globe and Mail asked Science Minister Gary Goodyear, a chiropractor, if he believed in evolution.
None of your beeswax, he replied.
"I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate."
Well, the primordial ooze hit the fan.
Scientists roasted Goodyear. Is this why the feds have cut research funding? Does Ottawa figure it's cheaper to read the Bible?
Fumed one: "It's the same as asking the gentleman, 'Do you believe the world is flat?' and he doesn't answer on religious grounds."
No, it's not the same. We can bloody well see the world is round. But I can't look at an ape and see myself.
You could say that God made Conservatives and only Liberals come from apes.
(Excerpt) Read more at torontosun.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: darwin; evolution; oldearthspeculation; piltdownman
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To: editor-surveyor
I tell ya, anyone making such a statement must be one
fart smeller!
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:24:02 AM PDT
by
MrB
(irreconcilable: One of two or more conflicting ideas or beliefs that cannot be brought into harmony.)
To: Dog Gone; count-your-change
"To some Real Christians, yes. As a general statement, false."
22
posted on
03/20/2009 8:26:24 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: editor-surveyor
23
posted on
03/20/2009 8:28:54 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: editor-surveyor
The deviant religion of Statism is a problem, too.
24
posted on
03/20/2009 8:30:50 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
Fumed one: "It's the same as asking the gentleman, 'Do you believe the world is flat?' and he doesn't answer on religious grounds." No, it's not. Not nearly the same thing at all; he just knows when he's being baited.
Sometimes half the fun is watching the meltdown because you won't play along.
Evos and scientists don't realize how stupid they look to the general public when they make comparisons like that.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:31:38 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Tax-chick
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth
can stand by itself.” —Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia, 1782.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:36:39 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: GL of Sector 2814
On the other hand, any human who looks at himself is seeing an ape, since humans are apes, by definition. My ancestors were human, sorry about yours.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:38:12 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
That’s what I meant, with better phrasing!
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:38:37 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
To: metmom
My ancestors were human, too ... but my brother-in-law is a questionable case.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:39:20 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
To: mountainlion
God created Science. Science isn't a thing. God created the universe. Man invented the scientific method to investigate it.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:40:51 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Tax-chick
I like that quote. Those old guys who founded this country came up with a bunch of good ones like that.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:43:27 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: editor-surveyor
Sorry, but you don’t get to define who is a Christian.
That’s above your pay level.
32
posted on
03/20/2009 8:45:25 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: GodGunsGuts
Apparently, the issue of how he does his job doesn’t even enter into it; we’ve heard no criticism of that. All that matters is his belief system.
Talk about dogmatic.....
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:46:11 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Tax-chick
We all have someone like that....
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:46:46 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
It helps to study the classics!
I wonder what the Canadian complainers think the “Science Minister” would do differently if he were a believer in Darwinism. Maybe this is really about the government’s funding research and other potential consumption of aborted babies.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:47:51 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
To: Dog Gone; editor-surveyor
Sorry, but you dont get to define who is a Christian. Thats above your pay level. Then that means that by default, you do, because you must have some criteria that you use to define *Christian* if you think that his isn't valid.
You just aren't accepting HIS definition.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:49:23 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
The Priests used an early form of Science to make beer. They needed a system to develop consistency. Later scientists wrote down a few agreed upon rules to use the method. Now they have added another step called politics such as global warming hoax science.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:53:29 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(concerned conservative.)
To: metmom; Tax-chick
"
Those old guys who founded this country came up with a bunch of good ones like that" Beware of Old White Men!
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:53:32 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: GL of Sector 2814
since humans are apes, by definition.![](http://williamcalvin.com/portraits/bonobo/SDZoo%20250adj.JPG)
At least this lovely lady's boobs are real.
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:53:37 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
03/20/2009 8:55:01 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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