Re: Creationism is a falsified scientific theory


George Evans wrote:
in article 1155507111.760313.89770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, RAM at
rmathers@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 8/13/06 3:11 PM:

George Evans wrote:

in article 165387979.0000586c.088.0001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, TomS at
TomS_member@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 8/12/06 6:06 AM:

My apologies for rushing this post. I have just recalled that there was a
theory in which the original exemplars of kinds were created on certain
islands.

Your attempts to marginalize creationism are entertaining.

Are you serious that it should not be marginalized?

What possible benefit would there be for not marginalizing creationism?

Empirically unsound religious beliefs are the source of much that is wrong
with American politics. The DI, reactionary religious rightists in the
Republican party, millennialism, dominionism, and a moral denigration of those
who do not share fundamentalists religious beliefs are just part of the idiocy
of contemporary America society.

It is not unlike the stupidity of a belief in witches in the 1660's. For the
religious reactionaries that direct much of the Republican party policies the
contemporary witches are anybody who disagrees with them and particularly
liberals (yes I'm one). They allow "swift boating," "authoritarian
practices," "monitoring science policies to conform to their religious
beliefs," and various other undemocratic and incompetent political practices
because it conforms to their religious beliefs.

I know some of these people, some are relatives and they scare the hell out of
me! I don't want to live in a society that they control.

Amen. I am a liberal on most of the issues you brought up, too. OTOH,
throwing everything biblical out with the bath water is not the answer. A
lot of what's right with western culture came from religion, too--like
institutionalized charity which is based on the biblical idea of grace.

George Evans


I am in no way suggesting that one throw out the Bible or the
eleemosynary tradition that it promulgated. I am saying in no
uncertain terms that creationism is a religious distraction and
unsupported by science. On the religious level it promotes an
anti-science ethos and distracts from a meaningful/vibrant religious
theology that meets the demands of the third millennium. On the
scientific level it is fraught with distortions, moral equivocations,
and out-right lies. It has no scientific value even as an example of
pseudo-science. We have plenty of them historically and
contemporarily. Creationism is a major energy consuming distraction
that has to be dealt with and held a bay (it should recalled that it
was positively portrayed on the Texas Republican platform in 2000 and
2004, with the recommendation that it be taught in public schools).
What needs to be done is for OEC to insist that it be contained within
the fundamentalist religious tradition and not promoted for public
consumption because of its corrosive social, religious and political
effects. They will then be able to retreat into a victimhood status
and feel morally superior while still holding onto publicly politically
incorrect beliefs.

RAM

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