[jennyp]

More from the original CRSC FAQ pages:

#4. Materialism, Naturalism, Darwinism, all these isms, what do they have to do with me and my life?

Materialism is a powerful philosophy of life today because it sets the boundaries for what is right and wrong in society. It explains the ''rules'' that govern our civilization. It goes to the very intellectual roots of society, the very foundation that our social and cultural institutions are built upon.

Indeed, if materialism is right -- as most intellectuals propose -- then ''God'' is merely a figment of our imagination. Therefore, God didn't create man; man created God. Doestoyevsky once said that ''if God is dead then all things are lawful. '' Might makes right. The State is the ultimate enforcer of rules.

Do you begin to see why we view IDers with so much contempt when they claim to be purely scientific dissidents?

[Gumlegs]

jennyp ... jennyp ... jennyp! You're talking to yourself. We're interested, too. Really.

[RobbyS]

Are you claiming that Dawkins doesn't have an agenda? Mewman defined liberalism as the anti-dogmatic princple, but materialism is anything but undogmatic, and every materialist I have ever read is dogmatic in the purely perjorative sense of the Word. He wants to explain too much, to be certain when the evidence does not permit even probability. I think this is called scholasticism and a corrupt form at that.

[Quila]

Might makes right. The State is the ultimate enforcer of rules.

I like this one. It's always been that way, and it was usually quite nasty when the State was the Church.