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Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing
The American Prowler ^ | 11/24/04 | Hunter Baker

Posted on 11/24/2004 11:20:27 AM PST by neoconsareright

WACO, Texas -- At one time, the debate over Darwin's theory existed as a cartoon in the modern imagination. Thanks to popular portrayals of the Scopes Trial, secularists regularly reviewed the happy image of Clarence Darrow goading William Jennings Bryan into agreeing to be examined as an expert witness on the Bible and then taking him apart on the stand.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: crevolist; darwin
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To: cwiz24

I'm not telling anyone how to BE anything. The fact of the matter is that the label of right-wing conservative is generally reserved for those on the right that are religious.

Otherwise you're just fiscally conservative and socially liberal. It's not a very hard concept to understand.


41 posted on 11/24/2004 11:52:28 AM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: Bikers4Bush

Pardon me, but I believe people can be religious and still believe in evolution. I know many, many religious people who do not take the Bible literally.


43 posted on 11/24/2004 11:53:32 AM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: cwiz24; Bikers4Bush
Who says you can't be a right-wing conservative not not believe in intelligent design

It's a private club. They set the membership rules and meet in the little tent.

44 posted on 11/24/2004 11:53:49 AM PST by Oztrich Boy ("The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force". - Voltaire)
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To: stormingthegatesofhell

You've got to be kidding me. There are decades of genetic and osteological evidence.


45 posted on 11/24/2004 11:54:33 AM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: Bikers4Bush

Robert Welch, founder of the John Birch Society, was an atheist.


46 posted on 11/24/2004 11:54:40 AM PST by Clemenza (Gabba Gabba Hey!)
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To: dmz

Let's put it this way, if I'm going to rely on verses for my beliefs those that I rely on will not be Darwins.

And while we're at it, why is it that you don't wish to respond to Darwins own belief in intelligent design?


48 posted on 11/24/2004 11:55:51 AM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: cwiz24

Because B4B has the franchise rights on right wing conservatives, and dammit, he says you're not one, so be properly chastised and go to your room.

do I need a sarcasm tag?


49 posted on 11/24/2004 11:55:57 AM PST by dmz
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To: Bikers4Bush

Well then, you'll have to spell it out for us stupid idiots that don't understand why "right-wing conservative" can't be applicable to a range of political and social ideologies.


50 posted on 11/24/2004 11:56:51 AM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: neoconsareright

Ape ping.


51 posted on 11/24/2004 11:56:52 AM PST by ColoCdn (Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)
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To: dmz

No--sarcasm is understood.


52 posted on 11/24/2004 11:57:11 AM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: stormingthegatesofhell
We didn't descend from apes. We share a common ancestor.

And your proof is???

Can you spell DNA?

54 posted on 11/24/2004 11:58:20 AM PST by Oztrich Boy ("The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force". - Voltaire)
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To: cwiz24

The ultimate hypocrisy, claiming to be religious and yet believeing completely in evolution.

You cannot be both religiously devout and a strict evolutionist. The two are mutually incompatible.


55 posted on 11/24/2004 11:58:41 AM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: neoconsareright
"Because there are apes. And men are apes. hy is this so hard to understand. We are apes."

Now that's a convincing argument for retrogressive evolution if I ever heard one.

56 posted on 11/24/2004 11:59:26 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Bikers4Bush

Let me understand this--you believe in Darwin's contention that an intelligent designer created the first spark of life and you're willing to cite Darwin to bolster your opinion as such. Yet, you are unwilling to look at the other things Darwin said about natural selection and evolution? So Darwin is a reliable source, but only up to a point?


57 posted on 11/24/2004 12:00:56 PM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: Bikers4Bush

You don't have to take the Bible literally.


58 posted on 11/24/2004 12:01:25 PM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: Oztrich Boy
Can you spell DNA?

No, it is DNA plus a bunch of logical fallacies to go along with it. One thing is for sure, all evolutionists flunked the class that taught the basic rules of logic.
60 posted on 11/24/2004 12:02:14 PM PST by microgood
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