glenn morton wrote:
> At 08:51 AM 12/6/99 -0500, Moorad Alexanian wrote:
> >Dear Glenn,
> >
> >I know the words of our Lord vis a vis lawyers. I suppose if my own daughter
> >weren't a lawyer, then I would feel more repelled by them. To change
> >people's mind you have to bring forth the assumptions they are making and at
> >times try to undermine them. We have to think sharply and lawyers are
> >trained to do that. "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of
> >wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matt. 10:16.
>
> I do beg to differ a bit. Lawyers are not trained to think more 'sharply'
> than are scientists. Scientists are trained to think even sharper than
> lawyers. I will say that with the exception of patent lawyers I haven't met
> many who really understood science and Phil is a great example of not
> understanding science.
>
> Before you pull out your 'my-daughter-is-a-lawyer' again, my wife is a
> paralegal, her father is a judge (who when I married was a prominent
> attorney), my brother-in-law is a lawyer, so I have them all around me and
> know their abilities vis-a-vis the sciences. As a scientist, they can't
> shine shoes. As legal beagles, they are fantastic and I can't shine shoes!
> glenn
>
> Foundation, Fall and Flood
> Adam, Apes and Anthropology
> http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
>
> Lots of information on creation/evolution