I'm an opponent of ID, but I can't help recoil in disgust when I see such gratuitous bashing of the ID supporters' religion. Such tactics have no place in civilized discourse, and they do nothing to advance scientific understanding.
I formally request that the moderators not tolerate this kind of hateful rhetoric.
You can ask to have the post or the thread pulled, but I have seen numerous FReepers defend the treatment of Galileo.
Did you happen to miss the idiotic "Atheism is a Religion" thread? Or maybe when Christians do the bashing it doesn't register with you?
Oh sure, ignore a poster who brags about pooping a deity into an outhouse, but get all righteous about trivial things like torture, murder or prison. I won't name the blaphemer's name, I think he is coming around. But where are all the outrages?
We're talking NOODLES man!
DK
THe comment was relevant and not a personal attack. It was relevant to the history that accompanied my conclusion.
"Such tactics have no place in civilized discourse, and they do nothing to advance scientific understanding. I formally request that the moderators not tolerate this kind of hateful rhetoric."
The given History is not a tactic, nor was the conclusion. Your use of the word hate is also inappropriate, since "hate" was in no way a motivation for the post, or any of it's contents.
Why recoil from bigots?
What exactly is the ID supporters' religion? And why are you trying to pretend that this religion is science or belongs in science class?