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To: Zack Nguyen
All other theories are banned with a fervor that goes beyond science.

Wrong, boyo. At the moment there are no other theories. IDers seem to think their position must be considered science even though it lacks any positive evidence or testable hypotheses. If or when ID proponents get off their duffs and actually do some science then and only then will they have a dog in this hunt. Poking at evolution does not constitute POSITIVE evidence for ID.

I know it comforts you to think there is some sort of Grand Conspiracy to keep the masses ignorant of all those "alternate theories" but in this day and age, with the advent of the internet, it should be pretty easy to get the word out on a new theory -- IF THERE ACTUALLY WAS ONE.

347 posted on 01/04/2006 3:46:43 AM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: Junior; highball
Poking at evolution does not constitute POSITIVE evidence for ID.

Maybe not, but it does indicate questions and possible weaknesses in the theory of evolution. These questions will not be allowed in the public school classroom. This is because, at bottom, evolutionists have just as much of a personal stake in this as creationists do. Evolution has been the philosophical presupposition of Western society for the last century. It is much more than a scientific theory, it is a philosophical touchstone of reason for its adherents. That is why no other competing ideas are allowed. I have no faith that the evolutionists will ever claim that ID, creationism, or any other idea has the merit of a "theory" and should be taught in the classroom.

374 posted on 01/04/2006 6:45:41 AM PST by Zack Nguyen
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