Posted on 09/24/2009 6:08:52 AM PDT by xcamel
William Dembski, the “intelligent design” creationist who is a professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has some rather interesting requirements for students of his creationism courses — 20% of their final grade comes from having written 10 posts promoting ID on “hostile” websites: Academic Year 2009-2010.
Spring 2009
Intelligent Design (SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL SEMINARY #AP 410, 510, and 810; May 11 – 16, 2009)
NEW! THE DUE DATE FOR ALL WORK IN THIS COURSE IS AUGUST 14, 2009. Here’s what you will need to do to wrap things up:
AP410 — This is the undegrad [sic] course. You have three things to do: (1) take the final exam (worth 40% of your grade); (2) write a 3,000-word essay on the theological significance of intelligent design (worth 40% of your grade); (3) provide at least 10 posts defending ID that you’ve made on “hostile” websites, the posts totalling 2,000 words, along with the URLs (i.e., web links) to each post (worth 20% of your grade).
AP510 — This is the masters course. You have four things to do: (1) take the final exam (worth 30% of your grade); (2) write a 1,500- to 2,000-word critical review of Francis Collins’s The Language of God — for instructions, see below (20% of your grade); (3) write a 3,000-word essay on the theological significance of intelligent design (worth 30% of your grade); (4) provide at least 10 posts defending ID that you’ve made on “hostile” websites, the posts totalling 3,000 words, along with the URLs (i.e., web links) to each post (worth 20% of your grade).
did u actually read the post?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2347175/posts?page=49#49
Are u disagreeing with leading evolutionist Sir Julian Huxley, a primary architect of modern neo-Darwinism? Huxley called evolution a “Religion Without Revelation”
He chanted.
Nice misquote... care to try again?
One person... hmmm.. So I guess I should paint you with the beliefs of Fred Waldron Phelps, after all he believes in creation too...
Regardless of the suject matter, it seems ethically questionable for a college professor to author a theory, and then impose an academic requiremnt on students of his classes that they publicly defend and promogulate that theory.
"...leading evolutionist Sir Julian Huxley..."
hmmm..
That is true. There are a few Evos who do engage in intellectual discussion and those discussions can be enlightening, but guys like xcamel and steve-b seem to be content to simply ridicule rather than engage in honest debate.
And they call creationists "trolls".
“Enlightening” is what way exactly?
Like those who debate the various spells in Harry Potter books?
It's kinda pathological with you, isn't it?
Do you hate all Christians, or just those who believe in God?
Have you stopped beating your children?
It does seem to be one of those ‘biblical mandates’...
Yes. They grew up.
Can't say the same about you.
Darwin is dead. What's your point?
Darwin is dead. What's your point?
You do have a point, don't you?
LOL...I’m actually kind of flattered :o) Let the little hens cluck.
All the best to you and yours—GGG
Good post, Freedom. Thanks.
Although it has been said many times that the explanation of the first life form is not within the realm of evolution, it is, in my opinion, the holy grail that must be overcome if it can.
To my knowledge, which I don’t claim to be vast, there is no credible explanation for how the first life arose by naturalistic means.
I have studied logical fallcies, but I don't have a degree in them.
It does appear however, from my studies of logical fallacies and my observation of your posts, that you use them quite often and your favorite, argumentum ad hominem appears to be the only method of debate you have used so far on this thread.
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