> Glenn Morton wrote:
> >I enjoy it also. I wish the young-earthers would let me on their internet
> >bulletin boards. I would have lots of fun. :-)
> >
> >glenn
> >
> >Foundation, Fall and Flood
> >http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm
> >
> An off the wall comment here, but how could the young-earthers keep you off
> their bulletin boards? Can't anyone sign up for these lists, in most
> cases? (I know Schimmrich [sp?] requires his list to have Ph.D.s, but I
> can't imagine the young-earthers would have that as a requirement). Do
> they limit their list to people they like? Have you tried to get on?
>
> Dave F.
The young-earth creationists do have their own private bulletin boards
where only known young-earth creationists are allowed to subscribe (I suspect
Allen Roy, who's on the ASA list, knows more about this than I). I know
they've discussed me on those forums, for example, since I've gotten
reposted comments about my critique of John Woodmorappe's radiometric
dating work (http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~s-schim/scichr/essays/
woodmorappe.html) forwarded to me from them.
I see nothing wrong with private bulletin boards or mailing lists where
people of similar interests can exchange views in a non-hostile
environment. I do wish, however, the more well-known young-earth
creationist authors would be more willing to exchange dialogue in a
public forum like the ASA list where we have Christians who are
scientists who are not young-earth creationists.
By the way, I don't require a PhD to join my list. Many participants do
not. I do ask prospective participants, however, to demonstrate to me
that they have more than a superficial knowledge of science (i.e. have
actually studied science and not just read a few creationist books and
think that's enough to educate them in the physical sciences). I also
require all list participants to be Christians. Even though it's a
closed mailing list, most participants are also on the public ASA list.
- Steve.
-- Steven H. Schimmrich KB9LCG schimmri@kutztown.edu Department of Physical Sciences Kutztown University 217 Grim Science Building, Kutztown, PA 19530 (610) 683-4437 http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/s-schim Fides quaerens intellectum