[Heartlander]

Your zest for the ‘evolution cause’ is somewhat intriguing. I’m just curious, and don’t take this wrong, but what exactly is your goal? If it is to prove that we all came into being by some natural occurrence… I would think that cosmology is where you should start – then biology – then philosophy.

Man, you got your hands full…
What is your goal here again? More importantly, what do you believe concerning the existence of God?

[VadeRetro]

Your zest for the ‘evolution cause’ is somewhat intriguing. I’m just curious, and don’t take this wrong, but what exactly is your goal?

I give you the hysterical historical narrative. I discovered FR in 98 while the Lewinsky scandal was brewing. I remember being rather shocked when what we now call a "crevo" thread started and I saw Luddites young-earthing all over the place, spray-painting the walls of science. I immediately realized that this sort of thing gives conservatism a bad name with people who wear shoes most days of the week.

So I dived in, although my technical background came mainly from subscribing to Scientific American and reading/writing a lot of bad SF. (My never-used degree was in Psychology, which I've come to realize is "all a crock," as a character on one of the Newhart shows put it.)

It became a hobby. I didn't know the answers to some of the stuff people were trying to baffle me with, but the trick is to simply ask yourself if you're convinced. If you are, admit it. If you're not, say why not.

So, something like three years later, I'm mainly arguing to keep Luddite Know-Nothing pseudoscience out of the classroom. There's no point in falling further behind the world in science education.

What do I believe about God? I've been an agnostic since before I knew the word. How do you even kid yourself you can know about that stuff?

But I do know the universe is very old and that macroevolution happens.