Intelligent Design - the Creationists' Latest Wheeze

[jporter]

On Sep 29, 2005, at 9:53 AM, John Carvill wrote:

>
> Well just step right in and attack me, why don't you?  I never used the
> word 'unscientific', I said ID was pseudo-science. We could argue on 
> and
> on about that. I wasn't really making 'points', I could sum up my
> reaction to ID as, "Aw, c'mon!"
>
>
> Well I haven't read the article you've linked to, but in any case I 
> only
> mentioned what the theory of evolution had done for religion, ie.
> provided a scientific alternative which is a good deal more persuasive
> than religion's supernatural mumbo jumbo, and has only increased in
> plausibility over time, which is the opposite of how religion has begun
> to lose its grip as humans have become more enlightened.
>

Persuasive? plausibility? Which part of evolutionary theory is
so persuasive or plausible? I think you're just reflexively genuflecting
to those "priests" of a lesser god, unless you'd care to get more
specific about that catechism.


>> Intelligent Design- which may well be a lousy theory-
>
> I don't really regard it as a theory at all, it's more of a ruse, a
> hustle, an attempt by the creationists to have their cake and eat it.
> They know that outright denials of evolution aren't washing so well
> these days so they've come up with a way of seemingly embracing
> evolution whilst in actuality subverting it.
>

Claiming that ID is bogus does not mean you know anything
about the theory of evolution, which means you're operating
on faith, unless you'd care to explain evolution. Your faith may
be justified by the facts, but that doesn't mean you have an
understanding of those facts, and won't be led astray in future.


>> they have found the truth- "a stick", as you say,
>> with which to beat their favorite devil.
>
> Im an athiest, and us yahoos don't believe in devils........
>

But you like sticks. Atheism is a belief, btw.

jody