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To: William Terrell
Why would any truth, if it is truth, mind any presentation of evidence agaisnt it?

Because in the case of ID, it isn't just "any presentation of evidence". It's a dishonest, factitious presentation designed only to cast spurious doubt upon established knowledge, and not to offer any viable alternative.

ID is the academic equivalent of a push-poll. It doesn't care how the questions are answered because the questions aren't presented honestly. The questions are merely there to tarnish, in the listener's mind, something the questioner opposes.

42 posted on 03/15/2006 1:18:23 PM PST by Physicist
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To: Physicist
Now, both you and I know the base of this school controversy is the exposure of cross-species evolution to examination of lacks therein.

But, OK, Let's suppose that ID became the dominant belief because it is taught and most people liked that one. What then? So what? Why so excited?

You wouldn't have to believe it if you didn't want to.

43 posted on 03/15/2006 1:45:03 PM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: Physicist

ID is the academic equivalent of a push-poll. It doesn't care how the questions are answered because the questions aren't presented honestly. The questions are merely there to tarnish, in the listener's mind, something the questioner opposes.

Well said!
94 posted on 03/15/2006 11:32:30 PM PST by jennyp (WHAT I'M READING NOW: Life and Solitude in Easter Island by Verdugo-Binimelis)
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