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To: Lurking Libertarian
Total strawman. This [Johnson's formulation] is not the theory of evolution. Some evolutionists are atheists, but many are believers.

Exactly, however something further is worthy of notice: Both the formulation of "evolution," and the framing of the issues concerning it, are shared by the jingoistic "scientific" atheist Dini, and creationists the like of Philip Johnson and the authors of this article. They are in full and nearly exact agreement as to the philosophical signficance of evolution and creation, the relationship between the two, and the consequences of the truth or falsity of each.

IOW, creationists (of the virulently anti-evolutionary variety) think like the most naive and extreme sort of athiest, and vice-versa. They agree on nearly every important matter of principle and philosophy, and only disagree as to a mere matter of fact (whether or not evolution is true).

The majority of Americans, whatever they may think about the truth status of evolution, recognize that the shared thinking and assumptions of both "scientific" atheists and anti-evolutionary creationists are laced with false dilemmas, false dichotomies and false logic.

595 posted on 05/15/2003 5:07:59 PM PDT by Stultis
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To: Stultis
do you believe in evolution?
596 posted on 05/15/2003 5:09:43 PM PDT by ALS
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