Posted on 09/24/2009 6:08:52 AM PDT by xcamel
William Dembski, the “intelligent design” creationist who is a professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has some rather interesting requirements for students of his creationism courses — 20% of their final grade comes from having written 10 posts promoting ID on “hostile” websites: Academic Year 2009-2010.
Spring 2009
Intelligent Design (SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL SEMINARY #AP 410, 510, and 810; May 11 – 16, 2009)
NEW! THE DUE DATE FOR ALL WORK IN THIS COURSE IS AUGUST 14, 2009. Here’s what you will need to do to wrap things up:
AP410 — This is the undegrad [sic] course. You have three things to do: (1) take the final exam (worth 40% of your grade); (2) write a 3,000-word essay on the theological significance of intelligent design (worth 40% of your grade); (3) provide at least 10 posts defending ID that you’ve made on “hostile” websites, the posts totalling 2,000 words, along with the URLs (i.e., web links) to each post (worth 20% of your grade).
AP510 — This is the masters course. You have four things to do: (1) take the final exam (worth 30% of your grade); (2) write a 1,500- to 2,000-word critical review of Francis Collins’s The Language of God — for instructions, see below (20% of your grade); (3) write a 3,000-word essay on the theological significance of intelligent design (worth 30% of your grade); (4) provide at least 10 posts defending ID that you’ve made on “hostile” websites, the posts totalling 3,000 words, along with the URLs (i.e., web links) to each post (worth 20% of your grade).
Yeah, it is.
pronouncements from the creationist paleo-triablism cult is not “intellectual debate”.
Only to RINOs like you.
It is a tad amusing to see people alternate between posting give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death pronouncements on the one hand and complaining that they simply can't bear a few unkind words on the other....
“We all know”
You have a multiple personality disorder?
Well said.
Nah, just that thousands of Freepers have seen your posts over the years as well.
I’ve seen xcamel’s posts and haven’t noticed any problems. Can’t say the same for yours, though.
The problem is not that you said unkind words. The problem is you were talking behind your target's back by not pinging them.
But I've come to expect that kind of difficulty in grasping basic logic from you.
I disagree. I think this does have wider cultural implications, although they may not be immediately apparent.
Please list them. I assume you have complete documentation?
As I said.. grow up. (unless you really are 12 years old)
Like I said, you do have a problem in grasping logic. You and xcamel come in here to insult creationists and you say things about them behind their backs, yet you say you've seen no problem in xcamel's posts being rude. Your powers of deduction are underwhelming.
Call up just about any Fair Tax thread in which you have participated. You want me to list links?
What’s the problem? If FR ceases to be “hostile” to this form of junk science, then the people who post it here won’t get academic credit for it, and might not be able to graduate on time. Really, we’re doing them a big favor....
Hahaha!!! You beat me to it.
Again, something that is just as stupid, if not more, than creationism. but delusion loves company.
The problem is with you. You spend most of your time on FR directing your fire rightwards instead of leftwards. I disagree with much of what the creationists post. But I find common ground with them in areas that truly matter, such as trying to rein in the Democratic agenda.
You, to the contrary, cruise left-wing sites looking for materials with which to bash the likes of creationists and Palin.
I diagree with the Fair Taxers, mainly because IMO we'd end up with both a federal sales tax while keeping the income tax. That's how DC works nowadays.
However, their underlying principles are sound. And there is enough common ground there regarding fiscal conservatism that they can be allies in trying to constrain the Democrats.
But all you can do is call them stupid...
The same principle applies on the right.
fairly tale proclamations from the religion of secular humanism are so highly improbable that it is laughable faith.
Hmmm ... let's see ... the left wing crazies want to wreck the economy, endanger national security and cram left-wing propaganda down the throats of kids in school.
The creationists want to push their viewpoint of one subject in schools.
Yet the two are morally equivalent in your book.
Telling.
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