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From: kbmill@ksu.edu [mailto:kbmill@ksu.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:50 PM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: RE: Claims Intelligent Design Scientists ..
>I guess I am admitting more ignorance that I should, but does the ID
>movement take any position on the age of the earth?
>
>I thought their arguments concerned the complexity of micro-biology, and
>macro-evolution, not cosmology.
The primary promoters of ID at the Discovery Institute avoid making
criticisms of any position as long as it opposes accepting the adequacy of
cause and effect processes as scientific descriptions of the origin and
history of life. They enthusiastically support and encourage the efforts
of young Earth creationists. The prime movers for altering the standards in
Kansas were young Earth creationists who were publically supported by DI
members. One of the ghost authors of the rewritten Kansas standards has
argued for the possiblity of geocentrism. The ID supporters are intent on
maintaining a "big tent" that includes everyone except "theistic
evolutionists."
Gee, I like name calling and conspiracy theories as much as the next guy,
but from watching the TEs scatter, I think that would take a "big net"...and
a might strong one at that.
Norm
Keith
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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