Fact, Fable, and Darwin

One America ^ | 09-2004 | Rodney Stark

[ofwaihhbtn]

"The battle over evolution is not an example of how heroic scientists have withstood the relentless persecution of religious fanatics. Rather, from the very start it primarily has been an attack on religion by militant atheists who wrap themselves in the mantle of science."

How true!

[ahayes]

Perhaps you could share with me how you managed to cross over from an alternate reality? I'm sure this knowledge would be quite useful.

[blowfish]

The day I start paying attention to sociology professors is the day that I get someone to take a sledgehammer and put me out of my misery...

[Coyoteman]

Typical uninformed and oft-rebutted antiievolution tripe.

There seems no end of here lately.

===> Placemarker <===

[Dog Gone]

Find me an example of a human fossil in the same rock strata as a dinosaur fossil, and then we'll talk.

[VOA]

I did like Stark's book, The Victory of Reason. It made me even happier being considered an infidel by Muslims.

[facedown]

I write as neither a creationist nor a Darwinist,...

Humor alert.

[muawiyah]

No one is taking evolutionists out and cutting their heads off.

[LiteKeeper]

yuppers!

[ahayes]

Ah, you must come from an alternate reality in which my post said that evolutionists were being killed.

[muawiyah]

I put political tract-writing biologists in roughly the same category; well, maybe a tad higher on the ladder, but a "political scientist" is a "political scientist".

[muawiyah]

No, I'm coming from another thread where we almost made a thousand posts before you killed that chance by starting this one up by answering the nutso "news" piece.

Still, no one is cutting off Evo heads ~ and that's despite the fact that you just know the Creos want to ~ really, really, really want to, and so bad they can taste the blood spewing out.

Right?

Come now, you are among friends on FR. You can let us all know how you really fear the Creos.

[ahayes]

Me, fear you? It is to laugh! :-D

[ahayes]

Oh, are you familiar with "projection"?

[thomaswest]

I think this says it better than you:

The battle over evolution is not an example of how heroic believers have withstood relentless persecution by scientists. Rather, it has been an attack on the scientific method and rational thought by frightened believers who wrap themselves in the mantle of "the one true faith" of one peculiar ancient text.

[freedumb2003]

IBTP?

[muawiyah]

Who are you referring to?

[ahayes]

At a guess, I'd say you.

[ahayes]

Surreal Conversation Placemarker

[muawiyah]

So, what is that "one true faith"?

Can you name it?

Bet you can't ~ and it's dollars to doughnuts you're one of those old boys who confounds "fundies" with "holy rollers", oh yes you are, aren't you?!!!

Clue ~ they're different.